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22/03/2022 6:16 pm
Ms. Nora de Kock (SAF) claims to be have been born on a small farm in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, on 12 May 1910. She was the eldest of 12 children and has outlived all of her siblings. She worked on the farms in Kuils River, Western Cape, South Africa. She had two children with Harry Olman, although the pair never married.
In the early 2000s, de Kock suffered a stroke. At the claimed age of 106, she said that the most treasured moment in her life was when she received her own home. Her only brother, Hannes, died around 2013. At the claimed age of 109, she had seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. At the claimed age of 111 she is still able to walk without any assistance.
Nora de Kock currently lives in Sarepta Street, Kuils River, where she celebrated her claimed 110th birthday in May 2020.
Last year: https://rumble.com/vgwwj3-nora-de-kock-turns-111-years-old.html
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14/05/2022 7:32 am
One does wonder how she could be the eldest sibling (born in 1910) if her brother died aged 109 in 2013 (born in 1903/1904)...
14/05/2022 10:45 am
@930310 It doesn't say her brother died aged 109. It merely says her brother died in or around 2013. The sentence beginning "At the claimed age if 109" was a reference to the number of decendents Nora de Kock had at that age.
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29/10/2026 5:31 pm
Nora sadly passed away on 28 September 2024. Rest in Peace ❤️ https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2024-10-01-cape-town-mayor-and-community-share-their-condolences-on-passing-of-114-year-old-granny-nora-de-kock/
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29/10/2026 8:08 pm
@billy-robinson R.I.P. Ms. de Kock.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
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29/10/2026 9:21 pm
Topic updated and moved. RIP.
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30/10/2026 4:57 am
Rest in peace Ms de Kock.