Death Notice - signed 18th Day of Sept 1916 - Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia

Elizabeth Magdalena Marais

Birthplace - Transvaal

Father - Abraham Smith deceased

Mother Hester Gertruida Smith - deceased

Age - 41

Surviving Spouse - Barend Daniel Marais married in community of property

Place of marriage - Transvaal - Johannesburg

Day of Decease - 6th August 1916

Where died - Homestead, Farm Ostend, Melsetter

Names of Children

Majors-

Abraham

Hester Gertruida

Minors -

Barend Daniel

Catharina Wilhelmina

Elizabeth Magdalena

Frans Johannes

Susanna Catharina

Diederick Jacobus

Johannes Philippus Jurgens

Johanna Francina

Elizabeth Magdalena died on the birthdate of her daughter Catharina Wilhelmina who was only 13 years old at the time. She was the first child born after her father (Barend Daniel Marais) was released from St. Helena after his confinement there during the Boer war. It fell to her to look after the younger children and she became the "little mother" of the family.

Elizabeth Magdalena Smit, and five children aged between 1 and 7 years, were sent to Balmoral Camp and arrived there as prisoners of war on 19th October 1901, almost a year after her husband was captured. The BCCD entry for the family was - Mrs. Barend Daniel Marais aged 27; ID 60972 Tent number 679 children - Abraham Marais - 8 Hester Gertruida - 7 Barend Daniel - 5 Cornelius Hermanus - 2 Willem Jacobus – 1

On the "Information of a Death" form dated 21 October 1915 -

Died on 6th August 1915 on the Farm Ostend, Melsetter, aged 41 years; born Transvaal; Married; Vause of death - Anaemia - 10 month duration.

Her husband Barend Daniel Marais was the informant