Born in Grahamstown, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Cockcroft
and Elizabeth (King) Cockcroft
Sister of
Percy Charles Cockcroft, Emily Sarah Cordelia (Cockcroft) Lloyd, Stephen Thomas Cockcroft and Amy Eleanor Prime (Cockcroft) Stirk
Wife of
George Knott
— married
23 Mar 1887 in Kingston, Victoria East, Cape Province, South Africa
[children unknown]
Died
at age 63
in Peffers Kop, Victoria East, Eastern Cape
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2016
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Biography
- b1c5 George (Nomtayi) KNOTT * “Bothas Post”, dist. Fort Beaufort 1.8.1859 † “Klipfontein”, dist. Victoria East 6.3.1919
- x “Kingston”, dist. Victoria East 23.3.1887 Dorothy Louisa Harriet (Dolly) COCKCROFT * 7.5.1862 † “Pefferskop”, dist. Victoria East 18.10.1925
- d1 Ellen Amy (Nellie) * “Klipfontein”, dist. Victoria East 26.12.1887 † Alice 3.6.1975, unmarried
- d2 George (Georganna) * “Klipfontein”, dist. Victoria East 7.5.1889 † "Klipfontein”, dist. Victoria East 25.11.1954
- x “Woodhouse”, dist. Alice 5.8.1924 (Rose) MOORCROFT * “Klipkraal”, dist. Halseton, Cape 23.9.1896 † Port Elizabeth 22.10.1978
Sources
"Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-1 v.17 pp. 437" [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 26 Aug 2017]
- www.1820settlers.org
[McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 16 Oct 2016]
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