Hester Elisabeth Maartens
Hester was born in 1899. Hester's father was
Jan Hendrik Maartens and her mother was
Johanna Magdalena de Klerk. She had four brothers and ten sisters, named
Francois,
Francois,
Willem,
Barend,
Magdalena,
Christina,
Johanna,
Susanna,
Wilhelmina,
Christina,
Aletta,
Anna,
Esther and
Anna. She was the fifth youngest of the fifteen children. She died due to a medical problem, Measles & diarrhoea, at the age of 2 on September 25th, 1901 in
Brandfort RC Concentration Camp.
Death Notes
Name: Miss Ester Elizabeth Martins
Other Names: Peter; Maartens, Hester Elizabeth
Born in camp? No
Place of death: Brandfort RC
Age died: 2 years 11 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death: measles & diarrhoea
Gender: female
Race: white
Marital status: single
Nationality: Free State
Registration as child: Yes
Unique ID: 96465
Camp History
Name: Brandfort RC
Age arrival: 2
Date arrival: 11/01/1901
Date departure: 25/09/1901
Reason departure: death
Tent number: 19
Farm History
Name: Grootpan
District: Hoopstad
Relationships
Miss Ester Elizabeth Martins (Peter; Maartens, Hester Elizabeth)
is the daughter of Mrs Johanna Magdalena Martins
Sources
Title: RS 30 ORC DL
Type: Death lists
Location: National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.: RS 30
Origin: Goldman
Notes: p.180
Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes: 4/10/1901, p.543
Title: SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type: Camp register
Location: Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.: SRC 76
Notes: p.207