Richard Simmonds
Adcock
Born in Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Adcock
and Maria (Pollard) Adcock
Brother of
Maria Louisa (Adcock) Griffiths [half], Edward Staveley Adcock [half], Edward Stavely Adcock, Samuel Adcock, Jane Elizabeth Adcock, Sarah Anne Adcock, Eliza Jane Adcock, Jessie (Adcock) Burroughs, Christopher Adcock, Lavinia (Adcock) Rowles, Angelina (Adcock) Hundermark and Joseph Benjamin Adcock
Husband of
Francina Catharina Johanna (Engelbrecht) Adcock
— married
about 1877 [location unknown]
Husband of
Anna Margaretha Adriana (Pienaar) Adcock
— married
17 Aug 1903 in Bethulie, Orange River Colony
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2015
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Biography
Richard Simmonds was born in the Cape Colony on 27 December 1855; he was the son of Edward Adcock and Maria (Pollard) Adcock.
In about 1877 he married Francina Catharina Johanna Engelbrecht who then passed away in the Anglo Boer War; there were no children.
The widower, now aged 48, married widow Anna Margaretha Adriana (Pienaar) Retief, aged 38, in Bethulie, Orange River Colony, on 17 August 1903.[1]
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| Marriage Richard Simmons Adcock to Anna Margaretha Adriana (Pienaar) Retief |
Richard did not have any children; Francina who was supposed to be his child was actually that of his brother Samuel, born with the death of his wife. He farmed at Vaalbank, Orange Free State, when he passed away in the Bloemfontein National Hospital on 23 January 1928; he was 73 years old.[2][3]
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| Death Notice of Richard Simmons Adcock |
Sources
- ↑ South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLR-2M4 : 20 February 2021), Richard Simmons Adcock and Anna Margaretha Adriana Pienaar Retief, 17 Aug 1903; citing p. 37, Marriage, Bethulie, Free State, South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm 1,670,484
- ↑ South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7B9J-YJPZ : 23 March 2020), Richard Simmons Adcock, 1928; citing Probate, Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004087675
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 14 June 2021
- Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 8” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-7972-0949-2, page 28[4]
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