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hocking family in Burnley

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Shirley

Shirley Report 19 Feb 2023 01:03

thanks for these. Only just seen them. Much appreciated.
Shirley :-)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2023 16:44

BUNNEY, SARAH ANN HOCKING
GRO Reference: 1869 M Quarter in PRESCOT Volume 08B Page 628

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
18, Lisbon Street, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire, England
John Hocking Head Married Male 45 1836 Coal miner Cornwall, England
Sarah Hocking Wife Married Female 36 1845 Housekeeper Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Sarah Ann Burney (Hocking) Step daughter Single Female 12 1869 Cotton weaver St Helens, Lancashire, England
R John Burney (Hocking) Step son Single Male 9 1872 Scholar Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Willie Hocking Son Single Male 4 1877 - Cumberland, England


BUNNEY, RICHARD JOHN HOCKING
GRO Reference: 1871 J Quarter in LISKEARD Volume 05C Page 68

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Chapel Row, St Cleer, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Richard Bunney Head - Male 24 1847 - Cornwall, England
Susan Bunney Wife - Female 26 1845 - Cornwall, England
Sarah A Bunney Daughter - Female 2 1869 - Lancashire,
England

Deaths Jun 1874 (>99%)
BUNNEY Richard 27 Burnley 8e 136

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2023 16:30

Name: Susan Bunney...........widow
[Susan Hocking]
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1844
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1875
Parish: Habergham Eaves, Holy Trinity, Lancashire, England
Spouse: John Hocking.......................................widower
Spouse Age: 40
Father: John Hocking
Spouse Father: Samuel Hocking

HOCKING, WILLIE BONEY
GRO Reference: 1876 D Quarter in BOOTLE Volume 10B Page 646

Reg district is Bootle Cul, Cumberland

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2023 12:14

Marriage: 14 Dec 1879 St Stephen, Burnley, Lancashire, England
William Henry Miller - 19, Collier, Bachelor, 6 Turf Street
Sophia Hocking - (X), 19, Spinster, Patten Street
Groom's Father: George Miller, Bricksetter
Bride's Father: John Hocking, Miner
Witness: John Hocking, (X); Mary Jane King
Married by Banns by: James Cranbrook Perpetual Curate
Register: Marriages 1879 - 1894, Page 4, Entry 8
Source: LDS Film 1849648

Marriage: 18 Dec 1880 St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England
Francis Sherburn - (X), 25, Spinner, Bachelor, Gannow Lane
Mary Ann Hocking - (X), 22, Winder, Spinster, Patten Street
Groom's Father: John Sherburn, Labourer
Bride's Father: John Hocking, Collier
Witness: Samuel Hocking, (X); Eliza Richards, (X)
Married by Certificate by: Robt. H. Giles, Vicar
Register: Marriages 1880 - 1895, Page 9, Entry 18
Source: LDS Film 1526143

Marriage: 26 Dec 1881 St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England
Samuel Hocking - (X), 26, Collier, Bachelor, 34 Patten Street
Eliza Richards - (X), 23, Throstle-spinner, Spinster, 34 Patten Street
Groom's Father: John Hocking, Collier
Bride's Father: Thomas Richards
Witness: Benjamin Pate; Bridget Pate, (X)
Married by Banns by: Robt. H. Giles
Register: Marriages 1880 - 1895, Page 24, Entry 48
Source: LDS Film 1526143


Marriage: 21 Feb 1885 St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England
John Hocking - (X), 28, Collier, Bachelor, 34 Patten St.
Elizabeth Ann Singleton - 27, Weaver, Spinster, 17 Back Albion St.
Groom's Father: John Hocking, dead
Bride's Father: Isaac Singleton, dead
Witness: John Allen; Ann Parkinson, (X)
Married by Banns by: Howard McCririck
Register: Marriages 1880 - 1895, Page 68, Entry 135
Source: LDS Film 1526143

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2023 11:44

HOCKING, MARY ANN (MMN)THOMAS
GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in ST AUSTELL Volume 05C Page 157

HOCKING, JOHN THOMAS
GRO Reference: 1856 J Quarter in SAINT AUSTELL Volume 05C Page 165

HOCKING, SOPHIA THOMAS
GRO Reference: 1861 J Quarter in ST AUSTELL Volume 05C Page 16


HOCKING, SAMUEL THOMAS
GRO Reference: 1852 M Quarter in SAINT AUSTELL Volume 05C Page 153
HOCKING, SAMUEL 0
GRO Reference: 1852 D Quarter in ST AUSTELL Volume 05C Page 95

HOCKING, SAMUEL THOMAS
GRO Reference: 1854 D Quarter in SAINT AUSTELL Volume 05C Page 143


Marriages Dec 1854 (>99%)
Hocking John St Austell 5c 224
Thomas Amelia St.Austell 5c 224


Name: Amelia Thomas
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Date: 1836
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1854
Marriage Place: St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Father: John Thomas
Spouse: John Hocking
FHL Film Number: 1545297
Reference ID: 42
Name: John Hocking
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1833
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1854
Marriage Place: St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Father: Samuel Hocking
Spouse: Amelia Thomas
FHL Film Number: 1545297
Reference ID: 42

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 7 Feb 2023 09:49

??? This family has a Samuel and a Mary Ann born in the years you specify (at least per 1861 census) , and the father is a miner:

Samuel Hockin
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Samuel Hockin
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Relation: Son
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Where born: St Austell, Cornwall, England
Civil parish: St Austell
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England
Registration district: St Austell
Sub-registration district: St Austell
ED, institution, or vessel: 17c
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 23
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Hockin 25 Head - tin miner
Amelia Hockin 23 Wife
Samuel Hockin 6 Son
John Hockin 4 Son
Mary Ann Thomas Hockin 2 Daughter


Living in Lancashire by 1871:

Samuel Hocking
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Samuel Hocking
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: 1857
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where born: St Austell, Cornwall, England
Civil parish: Pemberton
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Lamberhead Green
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Wigan
Sub-registration district: Pemberton
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 72
Piece: 3896
Folio: 10
Page number: 14
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Hocking 33 Head - coal miner
Emalia Hocking 33 Wife
Samuel Hocking 14 Son
John Hocking 13 Son
Svalia Hocking 10 Daughter
Sophia Hocking 8 Daughter


Samuel in 1881 , at 34 Patten Street with his future wife's family:

Samuel Hocking
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Samuel Hocking
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relationship to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Habergham Eaves
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 34 Patten St
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Coal Miner
Registration District: Burnley
ED, institution, or vessel: 31a
Neighbors:
Piece: 4151
Folio: 75
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Richards 48
Eliza Richards 22
Betsy Richards 18
John Richards 17
James Richards 11
Samuel Hocking 28
Joseph Miller 19
Richard Curwood 19

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Feb 2023 21:24

Sophia Hocking MMN Thomas, birth registered JFM 1861

EDIT.........see below

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Feb 2023 21:19

John Hocking, widower, aged 40, married Sarah Bunney, widow 1875
His father SAMUEL Hocking
Her father John HOCKING

Also…..in 1879, Sophia Hocking, aged 19, father John Hocking, miner, married giving address as Patten Street

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Feb 2023 21:00

There is a death in Burnley in 1882 of a John Hocking aged 47…..possibly too young

?????????
John Hocking, Coal miner, born Cornwall is in Burnley in 1881 with a wife named Sarah, who had been married before

A son of her marriage to Hocking was born in 1876 in Cumberland (Willie). MMN will be on the GRO index…

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 6 Feb 2023 20:48

The years of birth don't match what you said in our opening post - is this the right family??


HOCKING, SAMUEL mmn FRENCH
GRO Reference: 1860 D Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 307

HOCKING, RICHARD mmn FRENCH
GRO Reference: 1848 M Quarter in PENZANCE UNION Volume 09 Page 221

HOCKING, MARY ANN mmn FRENCH
GRO Reference: 1855 J Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 348

HOCKING, THOMAS mmn FRENCH
GRO Reference: 1868 J Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 335

HOCKING, WILLIAM mmn FRENCH
GRO Reference: 1858 M Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 355

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Feb 2023 20:41

According to the marriage record on the FREE LanOPC site, the father was a Collier

One of the witnesses was a SAMUEL Hocking

In 1881, she says she was born in PLYMOUTH, Devon

In 1881, Samuel married the other witness, Eliza Richards. His father John was also said to be a Collier
In 1881, his YoB is estimated to be 1853

1885, John Hocking married saying father John was ‘dead’

Address for all Hockings getting married was Patten Street, and all married in St Matthew the Apostle, Habergham Eaves

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 6 Feb 2023 20:41

I think this is the right family:

Samuel Hocking
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Samuel Hocking
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: 1860
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where born: Penzance, Cornwall, England
Civil parish: Penzance
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England
Registration district: Penzance
Sub-registration district: Penzance
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Household schedule number: 119
Piece: 2340
Folio: 88
Page number: 25
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Hocking 53 Head - "Carrier and keeps beer shop"
Marian Hocking 45 Wife
James Hocking 18 Son
Marian Hocking 16 Daughter
William Hocking 13 Son
Samuel Hocking 11 Son
Henry Hocking 9 Son
Thomas Hocking 3 Son
Charley Dongay 34 Lodger
Louisa Yuls 25 Lodger

Kay????

Kay???? Report 6 Feb 2023 20:26

? possible.

Detail Source
Name: Samuel Hocking
Gender: Male
Age: 6/12
Relation: Son
Estimated Birth Year: 1860
Where born: Penzance, Cornwall, England
Civil parish: Madron
Ecclesiastical parish: Penzance
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England
Registration district: Penzance
Sub-registration district: Penzance
ED, institution, or vessel: 23
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 62
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Hocking
42 Head
Mary E Hocking
35 Wife
John Hocking
15 Son
Richard Hocking
13 Son
Edwin Hocking
11 Son
James Hocking
8 Son
Mary A Hocking
6 Daughter
William Hocking
3 Son
Samuel Hocking 6/12 Son.


John Hocking is listed as Inn Keeper..

Shirley

Shirley Report 6 Feb 2023 19:49

I have a Mary Ann hocking born 1858 with father John hocking. She married Francis Sherburn in 1880 in Burnley. Her brother was named Samuel hocking born approx 1855. I am presuming born Cornwall. I am not able to find these siblings with father John hocking on the 1861 or 1871 census, can anyone help please, :-)