Rhoda Ann Moorcroft

1893 - 1986  (93 years)

• Name	Rhoda Ann Moorcroft  [1]
  Birth	12 May 1893  [2]
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	21 Sep 1986  [3]
  Burial	Clifton, Adelaide district, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  Person ID	I168218	master
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Sidney Stephen Moorcroft,   b. 27 Jun 1837   d. 1901, Clifton, Adelaide district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Knott,   b. 11 Feb 1853, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 3 Feb 1943, Louwskraal, Adelaide district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F41678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joanne Polzin wrote "Rhoda was known by all as "Aunt Ting". She was the middle-born of three children - with Elizabeth ("Bessie") the eldest, and George ("Knott") the youngest. Their mother (Elizabeth Knott) brought up her three young children (Bessie, Ting and George) by herself after her husband (Sidney Stephen) died in 1901. They were all encouraged and taught to farm. There were three Rhoda cousins born in the 1890s. The other two (both Knotts) were nicknamed "Tonnie" (1896) and "Toosie" (1898). Perhaps the nicknames were given to help differentiate between the three of them. Aunt Ting had a strong friendship with Toosie, and they travelled together to Kenya in the 1920s to visit Toosie's sister Louisa Harriet Knott (whom they called "Louie"). Aunt Ting served as a probationer nurse at Roberts Heights in Pretoria during the First World War. My Dad says she was called "Ting" because she was like a bright, twinkly-eyed bird. It is an apt description from my memories of her. Kind and generous with an innate sense of joy and wonder and always so pleased to see people. She was a staunch supporter of the Baptist Church, and especially her beloved church at Louwskraal, which was built by her mother. Aunt Ting never married, and was devoted to looking after her mother at Louwskraal until her death. After her mother died, Aunt Ting lived by herself on her farm Kliplaatdrift for the remainder of her life. We used to visit her on Sundays, except for Church Sundays. She was greatly loved." [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVZ-YSYZ-6?i=180 (Reliability: 3). [S5057] Polzin, Joanne. [S5057] Polzin, Joanne, emails.