BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Wessel Matthys Pretorius
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:97599
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Age arrival:78
Date arrival:09/08/1901
Date departure:03/09/1902
Reason departure:gone to farm
Destination:farm
Stock into camp:no
Stock out of camp:no
Farm History
Name:Gelukskraal
District:Hoopstad
Notes:4600m
Relationships
Mr Wessel Matthys Pretorius
      is the husband of Mrs Hester Cornelia Pretorius
Sources
Title:SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 76
Notes:p.311 (132)


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.