Personal Details Name: Miss Hester Susannah Maria Marais Other Names: Hester S M Born in camp? No Place of death: Brandfort RC Age died: 1 years 6 months Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles & diarrhoea Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Notes: There is an anomaly here; she is in the Bloemfontein CR although she is supposed to have died in Brandfort RC. Unique ID: 98618 Camp History Name: Brandfort RC Age arrival: 1 Age arrival: 18 months Date arrival: 15/09/1901 Date arrival: 15/9/1901 Date departure: 27/10/1901 Reason departure: death Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 1 Date arrival: 29/05/1901 Date departure: 21/08/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Winburg RC; probably Brandfort RC Farm History Name: Aletta / Alettha / Alletta District: Ficksburg Relationships Miss Hester Susannah Maria Marais (Hester S M)       is the daughter of Mrs Hester Susannah Maria Marais (Hester S M) Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.179 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 1/11/1901, p.616 Title: SRC 76 Brandfort CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 76 Notes: p.433 (193) Title: SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 70 Notes: p.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.