Nora Gladys Cockcroft: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Nora Gladys Cockcroft was born on 27 May 1912 (daughter of Arthur Compton Cockcroft and Auguste Johanna Louise Axel); died on 14 Mar 1961 in Frere Hospital, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Family/Spouse: Seymour. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Arthur Compton Cockcroft was born on 13 Mar 1876 in Cape Province, South Africa (son of Thomas Iken Cockcroft and Mary Jane Sparks); died on 10 Jul 1953 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Arthur + Auguste Johanna Louise Axel. Auguste was born on 19 Jun 1886 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Dec 1962 in Frere Hospital, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Auguste Johanna Louise Axel was born on 19 Jun 1886 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Dec 1962 in Frere Hospital, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Alice Emily Cockcroft was born on 19 Dec 1908 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 9 Feb 1989 in Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Hilda Blanche Cockcroft
1. Nora Gladys Cockcroft was born on 27 May 1912; died on 14 Mar 1961 in Frere Hospital, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Winifred May Cockcroft
Douglas Gray Cockcroft
Norman Arthur Cockcroft was born on 3 Feb 1904; died on 3 Jul 1972.

Generation: 3

Thomas Iken Cockcroft was born on 2 Dec 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Jan 1836 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Thomas Cockcroft, 1820 Settler and Dorothy Simpson, 1820 Settler); died on 13 Feb 1907 in Myrtle Grove farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 15 Feb 1907 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Thomas married Mary Jane Sparks on 26 Nov 1857 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Henry Sparks, 1820 Settler and Eliza Venables, 1820 Settler) was born on 26 May 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Jun 1838 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Mar 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Jane Sparks was born on 26 May 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Jun 1838 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Henry Sparks, 1820 Settler and Eliza Venables, 1820 Settler); died on 25 Mar 1869.

Children:

Ida Emmeline Cockcroft was born on 9 Mar 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Feb 1885 in Oatlands, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ernest Herbert Cockcroft was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Jan 1895 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alice Jane Cockcroft was born about 1861; died on 24 Oct 1926 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Bertha Sarah Cockcroft was born on 3 Nov 1863 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Constance May Cockcroft was born in 1869; died on 15 Jul 1944 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Harry Cockcroft was born about 1867.
Winifred Mary Cockcroft was born about 1874; died on 17 Dec 1953.
2. Arthur Compton Cockcroft was born on 13 Mar 1876 in Cape Province, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1953 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
Owen Shepherd Cockcroft was born on 25 May 1881 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Gertrude Cockcroft was born on 19 Apr 1885 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Nov 1911 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 4

Thomas Cockcroft, 1820 Settler was born in 1807 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (son of Charles Cockcroft, 1820 Settler and Harriet Farrier Bailey, 1820 Settler); died on 30 Nov 1881 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Thomas married Dorothy Simpson, 1820 Settler on 3 Jan 1831 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Dorothy (daughter of Thomas Simpson, 1820 Settler and Ann Shepherd, 1820 Settler) was born on 2 May 1810 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 13 Oct 1810 in St Mary, Kippax, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 13 Dec 1858 in Myrtle Grove farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy Simpson, 1820 Settler was born on 2 May 1810 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 13 Oct 1810 in St Mary, Kippax, Leeds, Yorkshire, England (daughter of Thomas Simpson, 1820 Settler and Ann Shepherd, 1820 Settler); died on 13 Dec 1858 in Myrtle Grove farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Mary Ann Cockcroft was born about 1832 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died after 1883.
Ann Shepherd Cockcroft was born on 23 Dec 1833 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Feb 1834 in Methodist Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. Thomas Iken Cockcroft was born on 2 Dec 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Jan 1836 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Feb 1907 in Myrtle Grove farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 15 Feb 1907 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
William Cockcroft was born on 14 May 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Jun 1838 in Wesleyan Chapel, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Jun 1912 in Victoria East, Cape, South Africa.
Sarah Jane Cockcroft was born on 18 Jun 1840 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Aug 1918 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Dorothy Cockcroft was born on 18 Nov 1843 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Jun 1914 in Thornden farm, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 2 Jul 1914 in Rokeby Park Church (Methodist), Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Elizabeth Smith Cockcroft was born on 20 Oct 1845 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 May 1914 in Rokeby Park, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 20 May 1914 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ebenezer John Cockcroft was born on 15 Oct 1849 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Dec 1937 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Walter Simpson Cockcroft was born on 10 Sep 1852 in Trappes Valley, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 28 Nov 1852 in Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Jun 1941 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa.

10.

Henry Sparks, 1820 Settler was born on 10 May 1814 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; was christened on 29 May 1814 in St Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (son of Henry Sparks, 1820 Settler and Mary Tussler, 1820 Settler); died on 18 Aug 1872 in Diamond Fields, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Henry married Eliza Venables, 1820 Settler on 18 Jan 1836 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of Daniel Venables, 1820 Settler and Jane Hunt, 1820 Settler) was born in 1814 in Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, England; died about 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Eliza Venables, 1820 Settler was born in 1814 in Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Daniel Venables, 1820 Settler and Jane Hunt, 1820 Settler); died about 1838.

Children:

5. Mary Jane Sparks was born on 26 May 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Jun 1838 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Mar 1869.