g.8. Johannes Matthys VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, geb. 30/01/1872, ged. 06/10/1872

g.8.  Johannes Matthys, geb. 30/01/1872, ged. 06/10/1872, Heidelberg, Tvl. x 22/04/1895, Heidelberg, Tvl. met Susara Gertruida DU TOIT,  geb. 23/10/1878, d.v. Johannes Jacobus du Toit en Anna Helena Alberts. 

 Johannes Matthys was die seun van Jasper Petrus Cornelis van der Westhuizen en Maria Elizabeth Zacharya Meintjies.

Sy naam kom voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1901.

Sy naam kom voor in hulle ma se sterfkennis van 1917.

 Anglo Boere-oorlog:

Op 1 Julie 1901 kom Johannes Matthys se vrou by die Heidelberg Konsentrasiekamp aan.

Heidelberg was one of the oldest camps and was probably already in existence in October 1900, when families harbouring Boer commandos were brought into the town, although there may also have been substantial numbers of destitute Boers for whom the British had to provide. By February 1901 there were over 1,200 people living there but the camp was never very large. At the end of June 1901 there were only 751 inmates and the number remained at under 1,000 for most of the period of the existence of the camp. Later a number of the families were moved to the Natal camps. Unusually, the superintendent for the entire life of the camp was a local Heidelberg man, Arnold Allison. A number of Free State families had fled to Heidelberg as the British army advanced and they also found themselves in the camp. In May, however, they were returned to Kroonstad. The camp soon outgrew its original site and a second camp was established towards the end of May 1901, linked by a deep sluit and a bridge of poplars and stone. The site a good one on high ground, well supplied with water. The camp seems never to have been fenced. (https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Heidelberg/#) 

While the tents were always clean, the appearance of the camp was scruffy. A number of people lived in sod houses, roofed with galvanised iron and others remained for some time in their wagons with tents pitched at the side. As the camp expanded, however, tents were pitched in the approved style in neat rows. Facilities tended to be rudimentary. There were no washing facilities for the women at all and only rough provision for the men. The people preferred nursing their own children, until it became necessary to send them to hospital. The low rate of sickness during the early months made this laissez faire attitude possible. In July 1901 there were only eleven deaths, nine of them from measles. When measles struck in July 1901, the epidemic was a severe one, although mortality was not as high as in some camps, 38 dying out of 728 cases, the MO reported in August 1901. As so often, the doctors were critical of the nursing of the mothers whom they considered neglected the children. (https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Heidelberg/#)  

Sterftes in die Heidelberg Konsentrasiekamp

Van der Westhuizen, Jacobus                    M           0.75             Modderbult Heidelberg  

Van der Westhuizen, Pieter Hendrik           M               2             Modderbult Heidelberg

Van der Westhuizen, Johana P                  V            0.17                                                           Diaree

Van der Westhuizen, Cornelia ME             V            0.75             Modderbult Heidelberg          Longontsteking

Van der Westhuizen, Peter H                    M              16                                                            Masels

Van der Westhuizen, Maria Aletta             V               52           Kafferkral Heidelberg              Koors

Van der Westhuizen, Christiaan Petrus    M                2             Modderbult Heidelberg          Siekte

(http://www.fak.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ABO-Konsentrasiekamp-sterftelys_-7-1.pdf)

Op 22 Oktober 1901 word sy na Durban (moontlik Merebank) oorgeplaas.

Personal Details
Name:
Mrs Johannes Mathys van der Westhuizen
Born in camp?
No
Died in camp?
No
Gender:
female
Race:
White
Marital status:
married
Nationality:
Transvaal
Occupation:
bywoner
Registration as head of family:
Yes
Unique ID:
120708
Camp History
Name:
Heidelberg RC
Age arrival:
26
Date arrival:
01/07/1901
Age departure:
26
Date departure:
22/10/1901
Reason departure:
transferred camp
Destination:
Durban ( Merebank?)
Tent number:
491
Farm History
Name:
Modderbult / Moorderbult
District:
Heidelberg
Relationships
Mrs Johannes Mathys van der Westhuizen
      is the mother of Master Christian Petrus van der Westhuizen ((may be a male))
      is the mother of Master Jasper Petrus Cornelius van der Westhuizen ( van der Huizen, Jasper Petrus Corns )
      is the mother of Master Johannes Susannah van der Westhuizen ((may be a female))
Sources
Title:
DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
Location:
Transvaal
Notes:
p.W 03
Title:
DBC 60 Heidelberg CR
Location:
Transvaal
Notes:
p. 030