BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Margaretha Maria Jacobs
Other Names:Smith, Maria Margaretha
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Brandfort RC
Age died:31 years 2 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:95726
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Age arrival:30
Date arrival:11/01/1901
Date departure:28/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Langkuil
District:Hoopstad
Notes:6000m
Status of Husband
Type:pow
Notes:St Helena
Relationships
Mrs Margaretha Maria Jacobs (Smith, Maria Margaretha)
      is the mother of Master David Lourens Jacobs
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.130
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.277
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:6/12/1901, p.706
Title:SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 76
Notes:p.145 (49


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.