Personal Details Name: Mrs Rachel Cathrina Strauss Other Names: Pienaar, Rachel Catharina Born in camp? No Place of death: Brandfort RC Age died: 76 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: dropsy Gender: female Race: white Marital status: widowed Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 97478 Camp History Name: Brandfort RC Age arrival: 76 Date arrival: 09/08/1901 Date departure: 08/10/1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: Grootfontein Town: Colesburg District: Cape Colony Name: Middelburg / Middeldam District: Hoopstad Status of Husband Type: dead Relationships Mrs Rachel Cathrina Strauss (Pienaar, Rachel Catharina)       is the grandmother of Miss Anna Maria Strauss       is the grandmother of Miss Rachel Cathrina Strauss       is the grandmother of Miss Magdalena Johanna Strauss Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.289 Title: RS 31 Cape & Natal DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 31 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.11 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 18/10/1901, p.574 Title: SRC 76 Brandfort CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 76 Notes: p.299 (126)

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.