-
Birth |
11 Nov 1850 |
New Bristol, Lower Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Baptism |
1 Aug 1862 |
|
Death |
Abt 1928 |
Rooirand, Oranjeville, Free State, South Africa |
Burial |
|
|
Marriage |
|
Frankfort, Free State, South Africa [1] |
Other Spouse |
Magdeline Cornelia Hattingh | F6436 |
Marriage |
|
|
Father |
Mark Cockcroft, 1820 Settler | F6401 Group Sheet |
Mother |
Elizabeth Ann Purdon, 1820 Settler | F6401 Group Sheet |
Birth |
21 Jan 1872 |
|
Death |
Abt 1963 |
Vereeniging, Gauteng (Transvaal), South Africa |
Burial |
|
|
Father |
|
Mother |
|
Birth |
25 Dec 1892 |
Saaiplaas, Free State, South Africa |
Death |
1 Jul 1967 |
Weskoppies, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
Burial |
|
Vereeniging, Gauteng (Transvaal), South Africa |
Spouse |
John Henry Dednam | F6445 |
Marriage |
29 Jul 1913 |
Frankfort, Free State, South Africa |
Birth |
29 Sep 1908 |
|
Death |
22 Nov 1928 |
|
Burial |
|
|
-
Notes |
- He was farming at "Duringfontein" (Doringfontein), Dordrecht district between 1882 and 1884 when Harry Rufus and Charles Beaucamp were baptised.
He supported the Boer side in the Anglo-Boer wa, and this evidently led to some friction with other members of the family. The will of Henry Broadley Cockcroft and Annie Margaret Cockcroft, dated 20th November, 1901 (i.e. during the war) records their address as Arcadia, Klip River, Natal, and was witnessed by his elder brother Mark Baillie Cockcroft, farmer of Ladysmith and nephew Gordon Powell Cockcroft, farmer of Ladysmith (my great-grandfather). 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".
Considering the history of Cockcrofts in commandos in the Eastern Cape and other military activities, one has the impression that many of them were ambivalent about taking part in the Anglo-Boer War, being of British Stock yet having friends and family amongst the Boers. There were Cockcrofts who thought of themselves as Afrikaners and who fought for the Boer Republics. Other Cockcroft families, particularly those in the Cape 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. [2, 3]
|
-
Sources |
- [S2321] Charles Cockcroft Descendancy July 2010 version.
- [S2948] Neil Zimmerman, Zimmerman gedcom.
- [S2987] Unpublished Manuscript by Keith Nicol. l Jan 1995.
|
Please help towards my time and effort in maintaining this website. Every £, $, € and Rand helps!
|
|
Many Thanks, Paul
|
This site powered by v. 14.0.4, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.
Maintained by . | .