[Index]
Edward Berkshire King HOCKING (1848 - 1918)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Margaretta Lucy HOCKING (1874 - 1902)
Louisa Ethel Louisa HOCKING (1877 - 1935)
Ernest Ormond HOCKING (1890 - 1959)
Arthur Edward HOCKING (1892 - 1953)
Harold Christopher HOCKING (1894 - 1965)
 Edward Berkshire King HOCKING (1848 - 1918)

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Margaretta WOOTTEN (1852 - 1880)

Elizabeth Watson SCOTT ( - 1915)
 Joseph HOCKING (1820 - )











Mary Ann POLLARD (1823 - 1891) William POLLARD (1800 - 1876)



Patience MANN (1800 - 1876) Edward MANN


Edward Berkshire King HOCKING Elizabeth Watson SCOTT
Edward Berkshire King HOCKING Edward Berkshire King HOCKING
Edward Berkshire King HOCKING Elizabeth Watson SCOTT Edward Berkshire King HOCKING Edward Berkshire King HOCKING
Pic S2. In Loving Memory of
our dear mother
ELIZABETH HOCKING
died 8th Nov 1915
aged 59 years
also
our father
EDWARD HOCKING
died Aug 22nd 1918
aged 70 years

Pic 2. In Loving Memory of
our dear mother
ELIZABETH HOCKING
died 8th Nov 1915
aged 59 years
also
our father
EDWARD HOCKING
died Aug 22nd 1918
aged 70 years

b. 1848 at At Sea - 'Berkshire'
m. (1) 1872 Margaretta WOOTTEN (1852 - 1880) at Victoria, Australia
m. (2) 1888 Elizabeth Watson SCOTT ( - 1915)
d. 1918 at Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia aged 70
Near Relatives of Edward Berkshire King HOCKING (1848 - 1918)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather William POLLARD abt 1800 Kenwyn, Cornwall, England 1876 Penzance, Cornwall, England 76
Grandmother Patience MANN abt 1800 Morvah, Cornwall, England 1876 Penzance, Cornwall, England 76

Father in Law John WOOTTEN
Mother in Law Mary Ann GREENWOOD
Father in Law Arthur SCOTT
Mother in Law Unknown INGLES

Father Joseph HOCKING abt 1820
Mother Mary Ann POLLARD 16 Feb 1823 Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall, England 1891 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 68

Self Edward Berkshire King HOCKING 1848 At Sea - 'Berkshire' 1918 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 70

Wife Margaretta WOOTTEN abt 1852 Cornwall, England 1880 Victoria, Australia 28
Wife Elizabeth Watson SCOTT 1915 East Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Daughter Margaretta Lucy HOCKING 1874 Victoria, Australia 1902 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 28
Daughter Louisa Ethel Louisa HOCKING 1877 Carlton, Victoria, Australia 1935 Los Angeles, California, USA 58
Son Ernest Ormond HOCKING 1890 Victoria, Australia 1959 Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia 69
Son Arthur Edward HOCKING 1892 Carlton, Victoria, Australia 1953 Carlton, Victoria, Australia 61
Son Harold Christopher HOCKING 1894 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 1965 Prahan, Victoria, Australia 71

Brother William Henry HOCKING 31 Aug 1845 Penzance, Cornwall, England 24 Nov 1913 Gawler South, Port Gawler, SA, Australia 68
Brother Samuel HOCKING 1847 Penzance, Cornwall, England 1918 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 71
Sister Mary Ann HOCKING abt 1848 1926 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 78

Son in Law Gustavus Douglas STRACHAN 1864 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1922 East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia 58
Son in Law George Frank HUME 1873 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 1930 Los Angeles, California, USA 57
Daughter in Law Gladys Miller REDFERN abt 1893 1990 97

Grandson Alick STRACHAN
Granddaughter Florrie STRACHAN
Granddaughter Georgie STRACHAN
Granddaughter Gussie STRACHAN
Granddaughter Rita STRACHAN
Grandson Roy STRACHAN
Grandson William STRACHAN
Granddaughter Ethel Murial STRACHAN 1897 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter Phyllis HUME abt 1902 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1986 Orange Co, California, USA 84
Granddaughter Gladys Maude HUME 1905 Los Angeles, California, USA 1968 Los Angeles, California, USA 63

Uncle William POLLARD abt 1826 Cornwall, England 1893 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 67
Aunt Diana (Dinah) POLLARD abt 1827 Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall, England 04 Dec 1899 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 72
Uncle Richard Joseph TRESISE abt 1826 Penzance, Cornwall, England 24 Jun 1903 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 77
Uncle John POLLARD abt 1828 Cornwall, England
Aunt Jane POLLARD abt 1831 Cornwall, England
Aunt Elizabeth POLLARD abt 1835 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England 1898 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 63
Uncle Christopher Oates JAMES abt 1831 Uny Lelant, Cornwall, England 22 Mar 1909 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 78
Uncle Thomas POLLARD abt 1837 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Aunt Alice (Alicensa) POLLARD abt 1838 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Aunt Johanna POLLARD abt 1845 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Aunt Emma POLLARD abt 1846 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Cousin Richard William (1) TRESISE abt 1847 bef 1863 16
Cousin Catherine (2) TRESISE abt 1848 bef 1863 15
Cousin Richard William (3) TRESISE abt 1849 bef 1863 14
Cousin Mary TRESISE 31 Oct 1849 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cousin William Pollard TRESISE 24 Feb 1851 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cousin Mary Catherine (4) TRESISE abt 1853 1863 Victoria, Australia 10
Cousin Richard William (5) TRESISE abt 1855 bef 1863 8
Cousin Emma (7) TRESISE abt 1858 bef 1863 5
Cousin Evangeline (6) TRESISE abt 1858 Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia 1894 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 36
Cousin Ellen (Ella) Maude (8) TRESISE abt 1859 Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia 1908 Hotham East, Victoria, Australia 49
Cousin William Wallis (9) TRESISE abt 1860 Gordon, Mt Edgerton, Victoria, Australia 04 Jul 1924 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 64
Cousin Emma (10) TRESISE abt 1861 1862 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1
Cousin Dinah (11) TRESISE 1863 Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia 1864 Victoria, Australia 1
Cousin Mary Catherine (12) TRESISE 1866 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1943 Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia 77
Cousin Jane Ann (13) TRESISE 1867 Oxford, Victoria, Australia 09 May 1918 Oxford, Victoria, Australia 51
Cousin Richard John (14) TRESISE 1869 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1870 Victoria, Australia 1
Cousin Christopher JAMES 1858 Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia 1859 Victoria, Australia 1
Cousin Emma JAMES 1860 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 26 Feb 1925 Berwick, Victoria, Australia 65
Cousin Richard JAMES 1862 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia aft 1919 57
Cousin Christopher JAMES 1864 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1919 Victoria, Australia 55
Cousin William John JAMES 1866 Deptford, ?Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 28 Jul 1941 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 75
Cousin Benjamin JAMES 1868 Deptford, ?Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1932 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 64
Cousin Rev.Thomas Pollard JAMES 1870 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1938 Belgrave, Victoria, Australia 68
Cousin Albert James (Ern) JAMES 1873 Deptford, ?Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Cousin Charles Henry JAMES 1875 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 08 Sep 1919 Williams, WA, Australia 44

Niece Selina May HOCKING 18 Mar 1879 Lyndoch, South Australia, Australia 23 Jun 1950 Algate, South Australia, Australia 71
Nephew William James HOCKING 17 Sep 1880 Gawler, South Australia, Australia 02 Jul 1949 Guilford, Western Australia, Australia 68
Nephew Joseph Edward HOCKING 27 Jul 1882 Gawler, South Australia, Australia 13 Dec 1966 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 84
Nephew John Samuel Francis Thomas HOCKING 21 Apr 1885 Morgan, South Australia, Australia 24 Jul 1964 St Leonards, South Australia, Australia 79
Niece Ethel Maude HOCKING 25 Dec 1886 Morgan, South Australia, Australia 27 Jan 1981 Leabrook, South Australia, Australia 94
Niece Susan Frances Jane HOCKING 08 Feb 1890 Moorna Station, Wentworth, NSW, Australia 02 Jun 1899 Willaston, South Australia, Australia 9
Nephew Stanley Percival HOCKING 09 Jul 1894 Moorna Station, Wentworth, NSW, Australia 17 Jun 1993 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 98
Niece Laura Ethel HOCKING 1871 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1919 Armadale, Stonnington City, Victoria, Australia 48

Sister in Law Charlotte PENN 13 Jan 1856 Mt Pleasant, South Australia, Australia 09 Jun 1942 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 86
Sister in Law Ellen BONNEY 1846 Hailsham, East Sussex, England 1911 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 65
Brother in Law John FLYNN
Events in Edward Berkshire King HOCKING (1848 - 1918)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1848 Edward Berkshire King HOCKING was born At Sea - 'Berkshire' 54
03 Oct 1848 Immigration "Berkshire" Plymouth to Geelong, Victoria, Australia Note 1 54
1872 24 Married Margaretta WOOTTEN (aged 20) Victoria, Australia Note 2 52
1874 26 Birth of daughter Margaretta Lucy HOCKING Victoria, Australia Note 3
1877 29 Birth of daughter Louisa Ethel Louisa HOCKING Carlton, Victoria, Australia Note 4 52
1880 32 Death of wife Margaretta WOOTTEN (aged 28) Victoria, Australia Note 5 22, 52
1888 40 Married Elizabeth Watson SCOTT Note 6 52
1890 42 Birth of son Ernest Ormond HOCKING Victoria, Australia Note 7 52
1891 43 Death of mother Mary Ann POLLARD (aged 68) Geelong, Victoria, Australia Note 8 52, 54
1892 44 Birth of son Arthur Edward HOCKING Carlton, Victoria, Australia Note 9 52
1894 46 Birth of son Harold Christopher HOCKING Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Note 10 52
1902 54 Death of daughter Margaretta Lucy HOCKING (aged 28) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Note 11 52, 60
1915 67 Death of wife Elizabeth Watson SCOTT East Melbourne, Vic, Australia Note 12 22, 60
1918 70 Edward Berkshire King HOCKING died Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Note 13 22, 54, 60
1918 70 Burial Warringal Cemetery, Heidelberg, Victoria Note 14 90
Death of father Joseph HOCKING Note 15
Note 1: 'Berkshire' departed Plymouth on 20 June 1848
HOCKING Joseph (28) stonemason, read and write; Mary Ann (26), read; William Henry (3); Samuel (1) - all born Penzance. Edward Berkshire King (0) - born on the voyage
Note 2: Margaretta Wootten
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Margaretta Wootten
Marriage Date: 1872
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Date: 1872
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Edward Burkshire Kin Hocking
Registration Number: 3029
Note 3: Margaretta Hocking
in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917
Name: Margaretta Hocking
Birth Registration Date: 1874
Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Edward Berk Ki Hocking
Mother Maiden Name: Wootten
Reference Number: 10522
Note 4: Louisa Ethel Hocking
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Louisa Ethel Hocking
Birth Date: Abt 1877
Birth Place: Carlton, Victoria
Registration Year: 1877
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Edward Hocking
Mother: Margaretta Wootten
Registration Number: 20878
Note 5: Margaretta Hocking
in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988
Name: Margaretta Hocking
Death Registration Year: 1880
Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Wootten Jno
Mother Maiden Name: Greenwood
Spouse: Edward Hocking
Reference Number: 6436


HOCKING Margaretta
Death
Mother - Mary Anne GREENWOOD
Father - Wootten Jno
Place of birth - CORNWALL
Spouse - HOCKING, Edward
Age - 28
1880
6436/1880
Note 6: Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001
Name Edward Herkinshire King Hocking
Gender Male
Notice Type Marriage
Marriage Date 31 Dec 1888
Father Joseph Hocking
Mother Mary Hocking
Spouse Elizabeth Watson Scott

The Age (Melbourne) 31 Dec 1913
HOCKING— SCOTT.—(Silver Wedding.)—On the
31st December, 1888, at the residence of the bride's
parents, 64 Studley-street, Abbotsford, by the late
Rev. James Taylor, Edward Berkinshire King. third
son of the late Joseph and Mary Hocking, late of
Chilwell, Geelong. to Elizabeth Watson, second
daughter of the late Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Elizabeth
Scott, of Abbotsford. Present address: 53 Victoria-parade.

Edward Hocking
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Edward Hocking
Marriage Date: 1888
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Date: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Elizabeth Watson Scott
Registration Number: 8214
Note 7: Death reg

Ernest Ormond Hocking
in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917
Name: Ernest Ormond Hocking
Birth Registration Date: 1890
Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Edwd Berkshire Hocking
Mother Maiden Name: Scott
Reference Number: 10842
Note 8: Vic Death Reg No 11926/1876 - Mary HOCKING - age 53 (born c 1823) - parents unknown.

Ancestry Dohnt/Bradshaw/Heaven tree - drowned.



HOCKING. Mary Ann
Death
Mother Elizth. PROVIS
Father - Paull Hy
Stawell
Age - 67
1891
4062/1891
Note 9: Arth Edwd Hocking
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Arth Edwd Hocking
Birth Date: Abt 1892
Birth Place: Carlton, Victoria
Registration Year: 1892
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Edwd Hocking
Mother: Ellzth Watson Scott
Registration Number: 30976
Note 10: Harold Chris Hocking
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Harold Chris Hocking
Birth Date: Abt 1894
Birth Place: Collingwood, Victoria
Registration Year: 1894
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Edrd Hocking
Mother: Eliz Scott
Registration Number: 28278
Note 11: Marguerita Lucy Strachan
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Marguerita Lucy Strachan
Death Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1874
Death Date: Abt 1902
Death Place: Fitzroy, Victoria
Registration Date: 1902
Registration Place: Australia
Father: Hocking Edwin
Mother: Marguerita Lucy Whitten
Registration Number: 5491

The Age (Melbourne) 3 May 1902
STRACHAN.—On the 2nd May, at 23 Rae-street,
North Fitzroy, Lucy, the dearly beloved wife of Gus-
tavus Strachan, and daughter of Edw. Hocking, of
Victoria-parade, also beloved sister of Mrs. F. Hume,
aged 28 years.
Note 12: Burial info

HOCKING Elizth Watson
Death
Mother - Unknown INGLES
Father - Scott Arth
Place of death - Melb E
Age - 53
1915
14306/1915


Ballarat Star 8 Nov 1915
THREE MORE DEATHS.
Melbourne, Sunday
Tho following deaths from meningitis
occurred, to-day: — Thos. Surey, aged 45
years, of Richmond, civilian, at Alfred
Hospital; Elizabeth Hocking, aged 53
years, of Collingwood, at the Melbourne
Hospital; AlmiaMurphy, aged nine
months of Fitzroy, at Children's Hos
pital.

The Age (Melbourne) 8 Nov 1915
HOCKING.— On the 7th November, at Melbourne
Hospital, Elizabeth Watson, dearly beloved wife of
Edward Hocking, loving mother of Ernest, Arthur
and Harold Hocking, of 53 Victoria-parade, Colllng
wood. and daughter of of late Arthur Scott, of
Abbortsford, aged 58 years.
Note 13: HOCKING Edw Berkinshire King
Death
Mother - Mary POLLARD
Father - Hocking Josh
Place of death - Hberg
Age. - 70
1918
9195/1918


The Argus (Melbourne) 24 Aug 1918
HOCKING.- On the 22nd August, Edward Hocking
(cabinet maker), the beloved husband of the late
Elizabeth Watson Hocking, and loved father of
Ernest, Arthur, Harold; also Mrs. Ethel Hume, of
Los Angeles, U.S.A., and the late Mrs. Lucy
Strachan; beloved brother of Mrs. Flynn and the
late Samuel Hocking, also the late William Hock-
ing, of South Australia. Member of the Chilwell
Old Scholars Association. A colonist of 70 years.
(Interred privately on 23rd August.)
Note 14: Edward Hocking

Birth
1848
Death
22 Aug 1918 (aged 69–70)
Burial
Warringal Cemetery
Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia
Note 15: POSSIBLE
HOCKING Joseph
Death
Mother: Ann WARING
Father: William
Place of Birth: ENGL
Age :44
1865
1164/1865


ALSO POSSIBLE
Jos Hocking
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Jos Hocking
Death Age 84
Birth Date abt 1822
Death Date Abt 1906
Death Place Stawell, Victoria
Registration Date 1906
Registration Place Australia
Registration Number 11018
PARENT’S NAMES - Unknown (Vic bdm)

The Argus (Melbourne) 1 Aug 1906
HOCKING.—On the 27th July, at Stawell, of acute
bronchitis, Joseph Hocking, formerly of Tre-la-
Warren, Camborne, Cornwall, aged 84 years.
"In hope of the resurrection to eternal life."
Source References:
22. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Victoria bdm index, Title: Victorian bdm
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: HOCKING Edw Berkinshire King
Death
Mother - Mary POLLARD
Father - Hocking Josh
Place of death - Hberg
Age. - 70
1918
9195/1918
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Margaretta Wootten
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Margaretta Wootten
Marriage Date: 1872
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Date: 1872
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Edward Burkshire Kin Hocking
Registration Number: 3029
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Edward Hocking
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Edward Hocking
Marriage Date: 1888
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Date: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Elizabeth Watson Scott
54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: The Argus (Melbourne) 24 Aug 1918
HOCKING.- On the 22nd August, Edward Hocking
(cabinet maker), the beloved husband of the late
Elizabeth Watson Hocking, and loved father of
Ernest, Arthur, Harold; also Mrs. Ethel Hume, of
Los Angeles, U.S.A., and the late Mrs. Lucy
Strachan; beloved brother of Mrs. Flynn and the
late Samuel Hocking, also the late William Hock-
ing, of South Australia. Member of the Chilwell
Old Scholars Association. A colonist of 70 years.
(Interred privately on 23rd August.)
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Edward Hocking

Birth
1848
Death
22 Aug 1918 (aged 69–70)
Burial
Warringal Cemetery
Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia
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