BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Hester Sophia van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:97368
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:09/08/1901
Date departure:29/09/1902
Reason departure:moved to town
Destination:Middelburg
Stock out of camp:no
Date appointed (as staff):n
Farm History
Name:Uitenhage
District:Hoopstad
Status of Husband
Type:on commando
Relationships
Mrs Hester Sophia van der Merwe
      is the mother of Miss Hester Sophia van der Merwe
      is the mother of Master baby van der Merwe (Jan Albert)
Sources
Title:SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 76
Notes:p.291 (122)


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.