Pietersburg

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People in this camp

6533

People who died in this camp

0

Pietersburg was the northernmost camp in the Transvaal system, isolated and difficult to service. Although Pietersburg itself was relatively open, the nearby Zoutpansberg was mountainous and forested, bordering on Mozambique. The town was only occupied by the British on 8 April 1901 and, initially, the people of this region were housed in Irene camp. It was only after some thought that it was decided to establish a camp in such a remote area, in May 1901. This was still, in some respects, frontier territory, vulnerable to attacks from local African societies who remained unsubdued by the Boers. While there were some established farmers, much of the wealth of the area was derived from lumber and mining. Slave trading (the capture and sale of black children as apprentices to Boer farmers) still occurred occasionally. Many of the families were subsistence farmers at best and the presence of the Buys clan of Mara was an indication of the ‘in-between’ status of some of the people. These were the descendents of a Cape colonial renegade, Coenrad Buys, who had married into local black families. His descendents, however, did not identify with black society (in the camp context at least) and refused to be classed with black camp inmates. Instead, they maintained a separate identity in Pietersburg camp, living largely in their own wagons but rationed by the camp authorities. The head of the family was ‘a big burly negro, who rules his camp with great discretion’, the Ladies Committee noted in November 1901. Pietersburg was close to malaria country and the health of the region was notoriously poor so it was inevitable that the mortality in Pietersburg camp should be high. http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Pietersburg/

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BLUE GENI PROFILES

BLACK - PROFILES NOT FOUND ON GENI

THEY LIVED TO GO HOME

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• Isabella Maria Elizabeth Cornelia Botha 1862 -1942

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• Frederik Christoffel Eloff 1888-1967

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• Martha Magdalena Fouche

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• Jan Nicolaas Jacobs 1856 -
• Petronella Margaretha Jacobs 1885 -
• Jan Willem Jacobs 1880 -
• Adriana Maria Jacoba Jacobs 1881 -
• Susanna Elisabeth Jacobs 1883-
• Martha Margaretha Jacobs 1887-
• Theunis Johannes Botha Jacobs 1890 -

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• Stephanus Petrus Lombard 1864-1942

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• George Reinhardt Pheiffer Moolman (32)

• Camp History: 18/5/1901-11/11/1902. Tent no 147 Unique ID NO 36680
• Farm History:Moolman Family, Rhenosterspoort

THEY DIED IN THE CAMP

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• Martha Wilhelmina Zacharia Erasmus 1867-1901

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• Josephus Johannes Janse van Rensburg (6) Pneumonia
• Magdalena Alberta Janse van Rensburg (2) Measles & Pneumonia
• Janse van Rensburg, Susanna Catharina (29) Unique ID NO 35998

• Camp History: 9/6/1901-121/12-1901
• Death Notice TAB 650 Researched by Judi Marais-Meyer
• Died of malaria & pneumonia
• Farm History:Muldersland, Lagersveld.
• D.o.Johannes Lodewicus J v Rensburg & Susanna Ctharina Fourie

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