Personal Details Name: Mrs Hester Margaretha Combrinck Other Names: Strauss Born in camp? No Place of death: Brandfort RC Age died: 63 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: carbuncle Gender: female Race: white Marital status: widowed Nationality: Free State Occupation: farmer Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 95081 Camp History Name: Brandfort RC Age arrival: 63 Date arrival: 20/06/1901 Date departure: 12/08/1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: Doornpoort District: Hoopstad Notes: 2000m Status of Husband Type: dead Sources Title: RS 29 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 29 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.65 Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.290 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 16/8/1901, p.406 Title: SRC 76 Brandfort CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 76 Notes: p.079 (16)

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.