BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Elsie Brown
Other Names:Eliz Louisa
Born in camp? Yes
Place of death:Brandfort RC
Age died:33 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:94817
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Age arrival:42
Date arrival:11/01/1901
Date departure:05/10/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:186
Farm History
Name:Brown family
Town:Hoopstad
Status of Husband
Type:dead
Relationships
Mrs Elsie Brown (Eliz Louisa)
      is the mother of baby Brown
      is the mother of Master Jan Anthony Brown
      is the mother of Master Charley Williame Brown
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.47
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:17/10/1902, p.1265
Title:SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 76
Notes:p.057


Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.