
Pietersburg
People in this camp
6533
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.
A detailed description, Pietersburg, can be seen on the web site British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1899-1902. An overview is also provided (in Afrikaans) on Wikipedia: Pietersburg-konsentrasiekamp
One of the camp inmates Jacobus Johannes Potgieter compiled a personal perspective, Die JJ Potgieter manuskrip, of the Anglo-Boer War and of his own experiences (including grave digging and his eventual escape) relating to the Pietersburg Camp.
The object of reproducing the list here is to see if these people can be located on Geni (Please list surname at the time, i.e.1901-1902)
THEY LIVED TO GO HOME
A
B
- Johanna Cornelia Beukes
- Cornelia Johanna Catharina Botha 1864
- Isabella Maria Elizabeth Cornelia Botha 1862 -1942
- Jacoba Marthina Bronkhorst 1899 -
- Johanna Catharina Bronkhorst 1879 - 1959
C
D
- Anna Helena Martha de Fortier 1895
- Charles Lewis de Fortier 1900 - 1954
- Elizabeth Helena de Fortier 1894
- Maria Petronella de Fortier 1897
- Marthinus Johannes de Fortier 1875 - 1944
- Sybrand Adriaan Cornelius de Fortier 1875 - 1908
- Elsie Sophia de Jager (Nel) 1879 - 1918
- Martha Margaretha Emmerentia de Jager (Botha) 1885 - 1963
- Andries Petrus de Jager 1887 - 1958
- Pieter Willem Adriaan de Jager 1892 - 1930
- Christiaan Lourens Johannes de Jager 1896 - 1908
E
- Frederik Christoffel Eloff 1888-1967
- Martha Magdalena Eloff 1892 -
- Petronella Margaretha Eloff 1872 -
- Carolina Frederika Espach (de Jager) 1894 - 1974
F
G
- Cornelia Gertruida Grobler (de Jager) 1890 - 1954
H
- Maria Magdalena Hartzenberg (Engelbrecht)
- Maria Magdalena Lombard (Hartzenberg)
- Andries Herbst 1885 - 1912
- Christoffel Jacobus Herbst 1893 - 1976
- Cornelia Johanna Catharina Herbst 1887
- Eva Maria Herbst 1896
- Maria Elizabeth Herbst 1891 - 1958
J
- 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 -
- Amy Margaretha Janse van Rensburg (alt. Momberg) 1879 - 1953
- Cornelia Johanna Janse van Rensburg 1887 - 1944
- Elizabeth Christina Janse van Rensburg 1901 -
- Francina Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg 1889 -
- Johannes Frederick Janse van Rensburg 1891 - 1946
- Johannes Frederik Ludovicus Janse van Rensburg 1862 - 1924
- Josephus Daniel Janse van Rensburg 1884 - 1911
- Josephus Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg 1857 - 1934
- Magdalena Alberta Janse van Rensburg 1886 - 1914
- Martha Johanna Margaretha Janse van Rensburg 1850 - 1912
- Martha Margaretha Janse van Rensburg 1893 - 1983
- Sesara Elizabeth Susanna Janse van Rensburg 1868 -
- Susanna Christina Jacoba Janse van Rensburg 1898 -
K
- Jacomina Hendrina Korff (Venter) 1897 - 1983
L
- Stephanus Petrus Lombard 1864 - 1942
- Hester Lourette Page (Lombard) 1888 - 1958
- Christoffel Antonie Lombard 1889 - 1947
- Johanna Susanna Lombard 1890 -
- Gloudina Magdalena Lombard 1891 -
- Elsie Sophia Lombard 1891 -
- Stephanus Petrus Lombard 1896 -
M
N
- Aletta Elizabeth Nel (Morrison) 1880 - 1939
- Frederik Petrus Nel 1875 - 1938
- Jan Christiaan Nel 1887 - 1946
- Aletta Susara Maria Nel 1869 -
P
- Hermanus Jacobus Potgieter 1869 -
- Jacoba Martina Potgieter 1893 -
- Jacobus Johannes Potgieter 1870 - 1936 He was the official grave digger. He eventually escaped and penned his memoirs - Die JJ Potgieter manuskrip
- Stephina Anna Catharina Potgieter 1896 - 1961
S
V
- Johanna Susanna van der Lith 1875 - 1946
- Martha Johanna Magrietha van der Lith 1900 -
- Maria Susanna van der Merwe 1882
- Sybrand van Dyk 1826
- Aletta Sophia Venter 1887 - 1976
- Anna Sophia Venter 1883 - 1963
- Jacoba Marthina Venter 1849 - 1919
- Johannes Jurgens Venter 1885 - 1952
- Stefina Anna Catharina Venter 1874 - 1944
- Petronella Catharina Aletta Villoen (Nel) 1865 - 1920
- Frans Jacobus Villoen 1889 - 1969
- Petrus Johannes Villoen 1897 - 1955
- Alberta Maria Villoen 1892 -
- Johannes Ludovicus Villoen 1900 - 1935
- Jan Adriaan Venter 1891 -
- Stephanus Johannes Venter 1893 - 1945
- Barend Johannes Venter 1895 -
- Susanna Maria Van Staden (Nel) 1882 - 1948
- Jacomina Hendrina Venter (Nel) 1873 - 1949
- Anna Catharina Gertruida van Rooyen (de Jager) 1883 - 1962
THEY DIED IN THE CAMP
Pietersburg Concentration Camp cemetery on the eGSSA web site.
A
B
- Hendrik Lambert Johannes Bronkhorst 1900 - 26 July 1901
C
D
- Carel Louis de Fortier 1899 - 1 August 1901, Measles and Bronchitis
- Sybrand Cornelius de Fortier 1900 - 12 September 1901, Congenital Debility
- Gert Johannes de Jager 5 Dec 1899 - 13 Nov 1901, Malnutrition
- George Diedrich Frederick de Jager 12 Nov 1896 - 7 Dec 1901, Diarrhoea
E
- Martha Wilhelmina Zacharia Erasmus 1867-1901
F
G
H
- Theunis Louis Herbst 1861 - 28 November 1901, Malaria & Diarrhoea
- Theunis Louis Herbst 1889 - 14 July 1901, Malaria & Debility
I
J
- Cornelius Johannes Janse van Rensburg 1899 - 4 August 1901, Measles & Diarrhoea
- Johannes Frederik Janse van Rensburg 1896 - 26 July 1901, Measles & Pneumonia
- Josephus Johannes Janse van Rensburg 1885 - 28 Oct 1901, Pneumonia
- Magdalena Alberta Janse van Rensburg 1889 - 22 July 1901, Measles & Pneumonia
- Petrus Johannes Janse van Rensburg 1898 - 23 June 1901, Malaria & Diarrhoea
- Sesara Elizabeth Susanna Janse van Rensburg 1891 - 25 July 1901, Measles & Pneumonia
- Susanna Catharina Janse van Rensburg (29) Malaria & Pneumonia
- Wienand Jacobus Janse van Rensburg 1893 - 21 July 1901, Measles & Pneumonia
L
- Anna Dorothea Jacomina Lombard 1898 - 19 August 1901, Measles & Diarrhoea
- Andries Petrus Johannes Lombard 1900 - 25 August 1901, Measles & Acute Bronchitis
N
- Susara Sophia Isabella Nel 22 Sept 1899 - 21 Jan 1902, Marasmus
P
- Aletta Sophia Potgieter 1895 - 5 Jan 1902
- Pieter Johannes Lodewyk Potgieter 1901 - 23 Jan 1902
V
- Petrus Daniel Gerhardus Venter 1901 – 6 December 1901, Dentition & Convulsions
- Franz Jacobus Villoen 1854 - 20 August 1901, Gastro-enteritis
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