| 8. | Henry Broadley Cockcroft was born on 11 Nov 1850 in New Bristol, Lower Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Aug 1862 (son of Mark Cockcroft, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Ann Purdon, 1820 Settler); died about 1928 in Rooirand, Oranjeville, Free State, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
- 1820 Lineage: Yes
- Name: Henry Broadly Cockcroft
- Death: 11 Dec 1928, Rooirand, Oranjeville, Dist. Heilbron, Free State, South Africa
Notes:
Henry Broadley Cockcroft farmed at "Duringfontein" (Doringfontein?), Dordrecht district.
Apparently he supported the Boer side in the Anglo Boer war, and this led to friction with other members of the family. Their will dated 20.11.1901 records their address as Arcadia, Klip River, Natal and was witnessed by his brother Mark Baillie Cockcroft, farmer of Ladysmith and nephew Gordon Powell Cockcroft, farmer of Ladysmith. After the war he spent the rest of his life in the Orange Free State. H.B.Cockcroft's Death Notice records his nationality as "Afrikaner".
There were two or three Cockcroft families who thought of themselves as Afrikaners and who fought for the Boer republics. Other Cockcroft families, particularly those in the Cape where there was little or no conflict, took no active side and as farmers would provision whoever called without a thought whether the traveller was Afrikaner or Khaki or Rooinek.
Apparently he fought on the Boer side in the Anglo-Boer was and this led to differences with other members of the family.
Death:
When he died he was a "graanboer" aged 77 years 8 months.
Henry + Magdeline Cornelia Hattingh. Magdeline (daughter of Izak Hattingh and Dorothea van Rensburg, daughter of Izak Hattingh and Dorothea Jansen van Rensburg) was born in Mar 1861 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Mar 1888 in 'Vaalbank', Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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