Individual Notes

Note for: Mahala Bond, 10 Nov 1837 - 14 Nov 1876 Index

Burial:
     Date:   15 Nov 1876
     Place:   near Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA

Individual Note:
     DEATH & BURIAL: Mahala and James Hocking went to Oregon by covered wagon. Mahala died on the plains near Salina, Saline, Kansas and was buried there on the plains.

SOURCE: Parlie LeRoy Hocking 2950 W. 12600 So. Riverton, Utah 84065. Edwards Co., Illinois Marriage, Birth, and Death Records; Washington Co., OR Death Certificate; Mrs. Alice McCaslin, 1104 Elm. St., Forest Grove, OR; Mrs. Emma Ramsey, Portland, OR; 1850-1960 Census Edwards Co., Illinois; Mrs. Emma Madsen, 287 No. Main, Farmington, Utah.

CENSUSES:
1850 U. S. Census : Illinois. Edwards County. Bond, Mahala, age 12, female, born in Illinois. Attended school within the year. Lives with mother and five siblings.

Individual Notes

Note for: Harriet Amelia Hocking, CAL 1850 - 28 Oct 1902 Index

Individual Note:
NEED TO DO: Need to confirm her birth dates and her parents.

OBITUARY: Gives her born 29 Dec 1850 and died 28 Oct 1902 both in Edwards County. Obituary was in the Norton County Plaindealer.

Individual Notes

Note for: Henry Hocking, Jan 1856 - 2 May 1856 Index

Individual Note:
BIRTH: He was born 8 months after his father died. That would be January 1856.

CENSUSES:
1870 U. S. Census: Illinois. Edwards County. Henry Hocking, age 14, male, born Illinois, attended school within the year. He lives with brother Francis Hocking and mother Lucinda Hocking.

Individual Notes

Note for: Nancy Ellen Hocking, 16 Sep 1858 - Index

Individual Note:
SOURCE: Parlie LeRoy Hocking 2950 W. 12600 So. Riverton, Utah 84065. Edwards Co., Illinois Marriage, Birth, and Death Records; Washington Co., OR Death Certificate; Mrs. Alice McCaslin, 1104 Elm. St., Forest Grove, OR; Mrs. Emma Ramsey, Portland, OR; 1850-1960 Census Edwards Co., Illinois; Mrs. Emma Madsen, 287 No. Main, Farmington, Utah.

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Note for: Hester Margaret Sims, 11 Jul 1842 - 11 Dec 1889 Index

Burial:
     Date:   Dec 1889
     Place:   Bone Gap, Edwards, Illinois, USA

Individual Note:
     BIRTH: Combined History of Edwards County says she was born in Upsher Co., West Virginia and 2 or 3 Censuses say born in West Virginia. Other sources say Bone Gap, Edwards, Illinois.

SOURCE: Parlie L. Hocking, 350 Marion St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Stake: Riverside, Ward: Riverside.

MARRIAGE: Hester was a widow when she married Franklin.

NAME: In Records of Birth, Book I, page 21, #269, the birth record of child #8, Frank, says his mother is Hester Margaret.

PARENTS: The Ordinance Index on FamilySearch.com gives her parents in several places as Joel Sims and Sarah Jacks.

CENSUSES:
1860 U. S. Census : Illinois. Edwards. Albion. Hester Ward, age 18, female, born in Virginia. Lives with husband Thomas Wood, Robert Thread (relationship unknown), and baby Sarah Thread, age 1. Found in ERL A24A.
1870 U. S. Census : Illinois. Edwards. Albion. 294/293 Hocking, Franklin, age 25, male, white, farmer, $1200/$300, born in Illinois. Hocking, Hester M., age 26, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia. Lives with children Sarah P. Ward, Mary C. Ward, Lulu E. Hocking, and Clara S. Hocking.

Individual Notes

Note for: Lulu E. Hocking, 27 Sep 1866 - 17 Sep 1888 Index

Individual Note:
CENSUSES:
1870 U. S. Census : Illinois. Edwards. Albion. Hocking, Lulu E., age 3, female, white, born in Illinois. Lives with parents Franklin and Hester Hocking, sister Clara S. Hocking and stepsisters Sarah P. and Mary C. Ward.

Individual Notes

Note for: Clara S. or L. Hocking, 30 Sep 1868 - 31 Mar 1937 Index

Individual Note:
NAME: Middle initial might be L.

CENSUSES:
1870 U. S. Census : Illinois. Edwards. Albion. Hocking, Clara S. (sic), age 1, female, white, born in Wisconsin (sic). Lives with parents Franklin and Hester M. Hocking, sister Lulu E. Hocking, and stepsisters Sarah P. and Mary C. Ward.
1880 U. S. Census : Illinois. Edwards. Albion. HOCKING, Clara L. (sic), daughter, single, female, white, age 11, born in Illinois, at school, father born in Illinois (sic), mother born in West Virginia.