Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Cock was born on 18 December 1873, in Kimberley, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa, his father, Nathaniel Cock, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Sarah Barber, was 41. He married Mary Ann Edgar on 9 August 1911, in Rietpoort, Marico, Transvaal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. His occupation is listed as fitter in Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He died on 7 June 1930, in Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, at the age of 56, and was buried in Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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Sources (6)
- Alfred Cock, "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930"
- Alfred Cock, "Zimbabwe, Death notices, 1904-1976"
- Alfred Cock in entry for William Edgar Cock, "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004"
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World Events (8)
1878
Britain claims Walvis Bay.
1879
British defeat the Zulus in Natal. British and colonial forces destroy Zulu army at Isandhlwana. Griqualand East annexed to Cape Colony.
1897
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
Name Meaning
1 English: (i) occupational name from Middle English cok ‘cook’, a possible variant of Cook if shortening of the vowel of Old English cōc ‘cook’ occurred before it developed to Middle English coke, couk, cook. In examples of Coc and Cok below, the vowel may be short or long, so they could alternatively be cited under Cook . (ii) nickname from Middle English cok (Old English and Old French coc) ‘male bird, cock’ (especially the male of the domestic fowl), perhaps used humorously of a leader or chief man in a social group, though this sense is not recorded before the 16th century in OED . Some of the following early bearers may alternatively belong under other senses below.
2 English: relationship name occasionally perhaps from the Middle English personal name Cok, of uncertain origin. For possible early bearers of the surname see examples without the definite article in (1) above.
3 English: (i) locative name from Middle English cok (Old English cocc) ‘hillock, haycock, heap’, denoting someone who lived by a hillock or mound. (ii) occupational name from Middle English cok, cok(k)e ‘ship’s boat’, and used for a boatman. Compare Barge . (iii) locative name, occupational name for someone who lived or worked or at a house or inn distinguished by a sign depicting a haycock or mound, a boat, or a cock bird (see the senses above).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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