IRENE
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People in Camp: 10297
Deaths: 1610
Irene has received more attention than any other camp, for a number of reasons. Because it was located so close to Pretoria, it was under the eye of the senior camp authorities. The presence of a group of Boer women from Pretoria who nursed in the camp and who expressed themselves strongly on conditions there, at the time and later, gave it additional notoriety. But there were other factors as well. The Irene camp superintendents and medical officers wrote long, detailed reports reflecting on many aspects of life in the camp. Taken with the accounts of the Pretoria women, we have perspectives on Irene camp from many different standpoints. These accounts have to be interpreted carefully but they give us a valuable sense of the life in Irene.
Even before the British reached Pretoria, the capital was overflowing with refugees and the arrival of the British triggered a fresh influx. As a result, Pretoria was forced to supply relief to a substantial number of people from the start of the war. Some of the Boer families were housed in a camp on the banks of the Apies River, where Henrietta Armstrong, one of the Pretoria women, worked already in 1900. Irene camp may have been formed shortly after Kitchener’s notice of 22 September 1900 that camps should be established in Pretoria and Bloemfontein; it was certainly in existence in December 1900 and the Apies River families were then moved to Irene. At this stage, in December 1900, when there were 891 inmates, the camp was managed by the military under Capt Hime-Haycock.
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THEY SURVIVED
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- Hester Susanna Alberts (15) 1886-
- Alberts, Nicolaas Renier (38) Unique ID 12406
- Aurets, Jeremiah (55) Arrived 10/3/1901 Unique ID 124014
- In Tent RT 349 with wife and 6 children
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- Botes, Abraham Petrus (10) Unique ID 124892 28/6/1901-29/6/1901 Tent NO RT 1501
- Farm History: Schoongzicht, Pretoria.
- With mother, Aletta Johanna and 4 siblings
- Aletta Maria Botha 1873-1941 Married J v Rensburg
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- Agatha Gertruida du Toit (59) 1850-
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- Benjamin Gerhardus Herbst 1897 - 1959
- Christiaan Hendrik Herbst 1893 - 1951
- Cornelis Stephanus Herbst 1886
- Hendrik Arnoldus Herbst 1851
- Hendrik Arnoldus Herbst 1896
- Jacob Adriaan Herbst 1888 -1943
- Marthinus Wessel Herbst 1879 -1938
- Pieter Cornelis Marthinus Herbst 1878 - 1936
- Paulus Johannes Herbst 1890
- Pieter Gerhardus Herbst 1853 - 1919
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- Neeltje Cornelia Sophia Jacobs 1855
- Anna Barbara Janse van Rensburg 1887 -
- Adriaan Willem Janse van Rensburg (44) 1857 -
- Adriaan Willem Janse v Rensburg 1872-1957
- Adriaan Willem J v Rensburg1887-1941
- Frederika J v Rensburg 1882-
- Jan Hendrik Janse van Rensburg 1896 -
- Johannes Nicolaas J v Rensburg (3) 1898 -
- Margrietha Gertruida J v Rensburg 1879
- Magrietha Gertruida Aletta J v Rensburg 1886-
- Marthinus Dirk Jacobus J v Rensburg 1859-1932
- Petronella Margaretha Janse van Rensburg (37) 1869 -
- Petronella Margaretha J van Rensburg Jnr 1898
- Petrus Johannes J v Rensburg 21/9/1901 -
- Renier Jacobus J v Rensburg 1884 -
- Jansen, Barend Jacobus Gert (52) Arrived 15/5/1901 - 15/7/1901 left for Pietersburg
- Tent RT 1263 Unique ID 127437
- Family history: Jansen family, Middelburg, Cape.
- Anna Maria Joubert 1900
- Barend Jacobus Joubert 1898
- Coert Joubert 1900 - 1961
- Daniel Francois Joubert 1897
- Elsabe Cornelia Joubert 1892
- Gideon Frederik Joubert 1898 - 1946
- Gideon Johannes Joubert 1894
- Hendrik van der Merwe Joubert 1892 - 1911
- Izak Dirk Joubert 1890
- Jacobus Petrus Joubert 1872
- Johannes Joost Joubert 1886 - 1940
- Jozua Joubert 1860 - 1936
- Jozua Joubert 1883
- Luitje Catharina Cornelia Margaretha Joubert 1898
- Maria Elizabeth Joubert 1870 - 1943
- Maria Elizabeth Joubert 1894
- Stephanus Johannes Joubert 1861 - 1940
- Stephanus Johannes Joubert 1897
- Willem Frederik Joubert 1884 - 1947
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- Susanna Maria Elizabeth Koekemoer (Rossouw)
- Cornelia Zacharia Koekemoer
- Jacobus Matheus Koekemoer
- Gabriel Petrus Koekemoer
- Joseph Christoffel Koekemoer
- Cornelia Elizabeth Kotze 1846
- Abraham Johannes Kruger 1893
- Abraham Johannes Jacobus Kruger 1863 - 1941 POW in Groenpunt
- Cornelia Elizabeth Kruger 1884
- Daniel Frederik Johannes Kruger 1841
- Gert Johannes Kruger 1899
- Jacobus Johannes Stephanus Kruger 1877 - 1965
- Jan Albert Kruger 1889
- Martha Johanna Susanna Kruger 1899
- Petrus Jacobus Stephanus Kruger 1896
- Theunis Johannes Kruger 1901
- Willem Jacobus Kruger 1889 - 1975
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- Helena Peacock 1865 - 1956
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- Cornelia Maria Robbertse 1878 - 1945
- Anna maria Robinson
- Dirk Frederik Christiaan Robinson 1899 - 1989
- Helena Robinson
- Robert Robinson
- Willem Robinson
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- Christoffel Johannes Snyman Born 20/7/1897 according to mother Cornelia Susanna Alberts' Death notice.
- Louis Jeremias Cornelis Snyman Born 14/11/1898 according to mother Cornelia Susanna Alberts' Death notice.
- Agatha Gertruida Snyman Born on 22/11/1901 according to camp register NASA Pretoria.D.o.Cornelia Susanna Albert and Christoffel Johannes Snyman. Her mother died in camp a day after she was born.
- Farm History: Rietvlei, Krugersdorp
- Maria Elizabeth Steynberg 1864 - 1931
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THEY DIED IN THE CAMP
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- Cornelia Susanna Alberts (37) 1864 -23/11/1901 One day after the birth of her ittle girl Agatha Gertruida Snyman. Husband Christoffel Gerhardus Snyman.
- Johanna Helenea Fredrika Alberts 1880-1901
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- Margaretha Gertruida Janse v Rensburg 1892-1901 Debility
- Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (17) 1884 -16/4/1901 Remittent fever & debility
- Wilhelmina Elizabeth J v Rensburg 1900- 24/2/1901 cause unknown
- Wilhelmina ELizabeth Janse v Rensburg 1900 - 14/10/1901
- Anna Sophia Joubert 1897 - 21 July 1901
- Cause of death – Measles
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- Jacobus Matheus Koekemoer
- Susanna Maria Elizabeth Koekemoer 1887 - 1902
- Jacobus Daniel Kruger 1891 - 1901
- Cause of Death – Measles
- Lasya Sophia Petronella Kruger 1898 - 1901
- Irene Concentration Camp
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- Marais, Jacobus Abram (78) Died on 22/7/1901
- Camp History: Unique ID 128223 Tent RT 514
- Farm History: Tweefontein, Pretoria
- Family: With daughter in law, Martha Sophia Marais and grandchildren Master David Jacobus Marais, Mr Jacobus Abram Marais,Mrs Ellie Dorothea Fourie
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- Jacobs Johanna Catharina Snyman 1866-1901
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