Personal Details Name: Mr Douw Gerhardus van Wyk Other Names: Douw Gert Barend Born in camp? No Place of death: Brandfort RC Age died: 74 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: pneumonia Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 97833 Camp History Name: Brandfort RC Age arrival: 76 Date arrival: 19/08/1901 Date departure: 26/09/1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: van Wijk family Town: Colesburg District: Cape Colony Name: Boschkop District: Bloemfontein Relationships Mr Douw Gerhardus van Wyk (Douw Gert Barend)       is the husband of Mrs Elina Maria van Wyk Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.348 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 4/10/1901, p.543 Title: SRC 76 Brandfort CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 76 Notes: p.331 (142)

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.