Frederik Simon Mocke
14 October 1781 – 3 October 1842 · Mocke line
Connection to the Koup
Married into a household on this ground: Aletta Catharina Roux (1806-04-05).
- event Klein Sleutlefontein titled to Johannes Stein in the 15 April 1841 series1841-04-15
Names
- Given
- Frederik Simon
- Surname
- Mocke
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Father
- Johan Godfried Mocke
- Mother
- Sophia Rebecca Plagman
- Brothers and sisters
- Married
- Aletta Catharina Roux 5 April 1806
- Children
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- 1806Johan Godfried Mocke
- 1809Pieter Hendrik Mocke
- 1811Frederick Simon Mocke
- 1813Christiaan Pieter David Mocke
- 1816David Gideon Mocke
- 1818Hannah Elizabeth Mocke
- 1818~Susanna Elizabeth Mocke
- 1820Sophia Johanna Mocke
- 1821Jacobus Johannes Mocke
- 1823Aletta Catharina Mocke
- 1827Margaretha Apolona Mocke
- 1829Coenraad Frederik Mocke
A life in the record
- 14 October 1781 born Born
- 5 April 1806 married Married Aletta Catharina Roux
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15 April 1841
event
Klein Sleutlefontein titled to Johannes Stein in the 15 April 1841 series
Klein Sleutlefontein No. 127, surveyed in the Traka field cornetcy in September 1833, was titled on 15 April 1841 under quitrent deed Bf.W.Q.6-5. It joins the run of district farms whose titles all carry that one date.
- 3 October 1842 died Died
Stories
- mentioned The men who drew the lines
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 1 other person in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Sources
- Klein Sleutlefontein No.127 original diagram (1833)Surveyor-GeneralSG Dgm B.326/1833
Research notes
SOPHIA JOHANNA MOCKE'S FATHER - named on her death notice ('Fredrick Simon Mocke & Alette Roux', DOC-0087). [TREE] 1781-1842; married Aletta Catharina RouxH 5 Apr 1806 at Tulbagh (UNI-000044). Son of Johan Godfried MockeL x Sophia Rebecca PlagmanM - listed as child (5) in his mother's 1821 estate inventory MOOC8/36.35 [SRC-128/DOC-0091]. Frederik Simon 'Frikkie' Oosthuizen of Zwartkraal (PER-000006) was named for him. Added 30 Jul 2026 under the one-hop rule (parent of PER-000136).
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