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Sidney Moorcroft

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: October 29, 1903 (79-80)
Aliwal North, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of James Moorcroft, SV/PROG and Sarah Moorcroft, SM/PROG
Husband of Phoebe Moorcroft (nee Baxter)
Father of George John Moorcroft; Herbert Sidney Moorcroft; Sarah Arnold; Jessie Moorcroft; James (Samuel) Moorcroft and 5 others
Brother of George James Moorcroft; (James) Alfred Moorcroft and Sarah Edwards (Moorcroft)

Occupation: Farmer, Farmer in the district of Stormberg, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa in the year 1872 (year of his son Sidney Charles birth), horse breeder
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About Sidney Moorcroft

Baptism : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-57408-39?cc=146... : accessed 23 Sep 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1826-1836 > image 32 of 80; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
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Marriage : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK8-KS6W-2?i=465&...
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https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/grahamstown-journal/1149... Grahamstown Journal 1854 - 1 - January to March Written by Sue Mackay. Posted in The Grahamstown Journal Saturday 14 January 1854 MARRIED at Post Retief on the 3rd inst, Sidney MOORCROFT to Miss Phoebe BAXTER, late of Barking, Essex, England.
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Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4ST2-P?cc=2517051... : 12 September 2017), 007844464 > image 113 of 2240; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/fort-beaufort-advocate/1... Fort Beaufort Advocate 1864 1 January - March Written by Nadine Van der Merwe. Posted in Fort Beaufort Advocate MISCELLANEOUS. DANGER OF KNEEHALTERING. – A valuable mare belonging to Mr, J. VIGNE with a filly foal by the thorough bred horse “Red Cross Knight,” were recently accidently drowned at Mr. S. MOORCROFT’s place, Winterberg
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https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/fort-beaufort-advocate/1... Fort Beaufort Advocate 1863 4 October - December Saturday, November 21, 1863 LIBERAL DONATION. – Mr. Sydney MOORCROFT has very liberally presented the amount of the Third Prize for Wool (£7 10) awarded to him at the last annual Agricultural Show, as a donation to the Society for the purchase of hurdles, &c.

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Sidney Moorcroft's Timeline

1823
1823
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1829
April 24, 1829
Age 6
Grahamstown, Western District, EC, South Africa
1855
1855
1856
December 9, 1856
Adelaide, EC, South Africa
1859
September 24, 1859
Winterberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1861
1861
Winterberg District, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1862
November 25, 1862
Cape Province, South Africa
1865
1865
1866
1866