Cornelis Hermanus was die seun van Hermanus van der Westhuizen en Maria Margaretha Cornelia Ras.
Sy naam kom voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1888.
Sy naam kom voor in hulle broer Hermanus Maria se sterfkennis van 1889.
Anglo boere-oorlog:
Irene was a large and constantly changing camp, reaching 5,641 inmates at its peak, but averaging about 4,000 people. In the early days many families came from Pietersburg, until a camp was established in the north; in April 1902 the unhealthy Nylstroom camp was closed and its inhabitants moved to Irene although they were always housed separately. Both Pietersburg and Nylstroom were malarial areas and many families from these districts were already debilitated when they arrived at Irene. Along with the people from the Waterberg and Rustenburg, they were mainly impoverished bywoners with few resources. (https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Irene/)
One reason for Irene’s poor reputation was the ill health. Measles was present from the first, probably introduced from Pretoria, for the capital was an unhealthy town. Families from the malarial areas arrived chronically ill and in a wretched state. As in other camps, Franks found that the women were extremely reluctant to enter hospital. Maternity patients were equally reluctant to give birth in hospital, preferring their own midwives. Mortality continued to dog Irene camp. The repeated influx of new arrivals, who could not be isolated, and who had no immunity to the disease, meant that the measles kept finding new hosts. Pneumonia and bronchitis were also continuing sources of concern, especially in the cold winter of 1901. Few of the children were admitted to hospital so they continued to suffer in the tents, treated by their mothers. Fatal disease was never entirely eliminated from Irene camp. The winter months of 1902 brought virulent pneumonia and measles returned as families came back from Merebank in Natal. (https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Irene/)
Van der Westhuizens wat sterf in die Irene Konsentrasiekamp:
N
SJ
Maria Susanna M V 0.42 Zwartkoppies, Rustenburg
Gertruida Susanna V 10 Rooikoppies, Pretoria Siekte
Maria Christina (geb. Mazyn) V 66 Rooikoppies, Pretoria Siekte
Gertruida Catharina V 2 Rooikoppies, Pretoria
Susanna V 26 Roodekopjes, Rustenburg Koors
Daniel Rudolf M 2 Klipdrift, Pretoria Siekte
Underlying the ill health was the nutrition. There were two ration scales in the Transvaal, with no meat for families whose men were on commando. While this scale certainly existed on paper, from the first several camps ignored the instruction and within a month, by March 1901, most camps, including Irene, had abandoned it. Nevertheless, the ration scale did not provide enough calories, fat was lacking and vitamins were deficient. But Irene was better off than many camps. From fairly early on the Irene estate supplied some vegetables. (https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Irene/)
Although sickness and death dogged everyone, Irene seems to have been a particularly depressed camp. There was also much resentment and conflict between the inmates of Irene. These are generally very bitter against the men in the camp, whom they style “hands-uppers,” and treat so contemptuously that the men will not do anything for them. (https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Irene/)
Op 18 September 1901 vertrek sy na Durban.
| Personal Details | |
| Name: | Mrs Anna J A G van der Westhuizen |
| Born in camp? | No |
| Died in camp? | No |
| Gender: | female |
| Race: | white |
| Marital status: | married |
| Nationality: | Transvaal |
| Registration as head of family: | Yes |
| Unique ID: | 132564 |
| Camp History | |
| Name: | Irene RC |
| Age arrival: | 29 |
| Date arrival: | 02/01/1901 |
| Age departure: | 29 |
| Date departure: | 18/09/1901 |
| Reason departure: | sent to |
| Destination: | Durban |
| Tent number: | RT 18 (15?) |
| Farm History | |
| Name: | Bokfontein |
| District: | Rustenburg |
| Relationships | |
| Mrs Anna J A G van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Miss Anna Aletta van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Miss Elsie Aletta van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Master Cornelis van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Miss Elsie Aletta van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Master Hermanus van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Master Johannes Cornelis van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Miss Maria Margrieta van der Westhuizen | |
| is the mother of Miss Aletta Gertruida van der Westhuizen | |
| Sources | |
| Title: | DBC 62 Irene CR |
| Type: | DBC 62 |
| Reference No.: | DBC 62 |
| Notes: | p. W 01 |
