George Hockley, son of Daniel Hockley and Sophia Mason, married Eliza Crow, daughter of William Crow and Judith Doe on 6 Nov 1843 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow. The marriage record shows that George, as well as both fathers' were labourers and witnesses were John and Jane Burton.
George and Eliza's children included:
- William Crow bap. 17 Nov 1842 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Tamar Hockley b. 1844 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 75 (Tamar as a female given name) (No baptism found)
- Daniel Hockley b. 1845 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 71, bap. 12 May 1850 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Elizabeth Hockley b. 1847 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 79, bap. 9 Aug 1857 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- James Hockley b. 24 Apr 1849 (1849 J Qtr in DUNMOW UNION Vol 12 Page 22), bap. 10 Jun 1849 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Emma Hockley b. 1851 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 90, bap. 13 Apr 1851 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Lucy Hockley b. 1852 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 283, bap. 8 Aug 1852 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Charles Hockley b. 1854 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 326, bap. 9 Jul 1854 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Alice Hockley b. 1855 D Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 282, bap. 11 Nov 1855 St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
- Sarah Ann Hockley b. 1857 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 337, bap. 9 Aug 1857 St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow
The mother's maiden name is listed on the birth registrations as CROW, except Daniel Hockley, with mother's maiden name listed as "Cross".
George Hockley, Agricultural Labourer, died on 12 Jul 1857, aged just 42 (1857 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 225), at
Halfway House [Farm], from the then all too common cause,
Phthisis (
Tuberculosis (TB)) and was buried on 17 Jul 1857, in Great Dunmow.
Clearly Sarah Ann and Elizabeth were baptised after their father's death.
In 1861, Eliza Hockley (40), was living at Phreaders Green, Great Dunmow with sons, William Crow (19) and Daniel Hockley (14), both Agricultural Labourers presumably supporting their mother and their younger siblings: Elizabeth Hockley (12), James Hockley (10), Emma Hockley (8), Lucy Hockley (7), Charles Hockley (6), Alice Hockley (5) and Sarah (3). Tamar Hockley (16) was then a House maid in the employ of Francis Berrington Crittall (36) 'Ironmonger' (founder of
Crittall Windows) in
Bank Street, Braintree.
In 1871, at High Street,
Park Corner, Great Dunmow, were Eliza Hockley (39) - she was 50 -
Charwoman, with Charles Hockley (16) Farm Lab and Sarah Hockley (12) Domestic Servant. Daniel Hockley (21) Groom, was living at The Cottage, Great Canfield, Dunmow; Elizabeth Hockley (20ish) and illegitimate daughter, Ada Elizabeth Hockley (1) (b. 1869 D Quarter in
ISLINGTON, bap. 1 May 1873, at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow), were listed as Inmates of
Dunmow Union Workhouse; Emma Hockley (19) was General servant to Samuel Knight, Architect at Maitland Park Villas, St Pancras, London. Lucy Hockley (19) was a Housemaid at
38 Upper Park Road,
Belsize Park; while Alice Hockley (14) was a domestic servant to William Stacey, Photographer and Florist, in
The Causeway, Great Dunmow.
Eliza Hockley, daughter of William Crow, married
William Bloomfield, widower, son of Robert Bloomfield, in
Felsted, on
20 Apr 1872.
(It hasn't been possible to find William Bloomfield's baptism, however, he'd previously married
Mary Ann Harsant (bap. 1 Apr 1821 in
Peasenhall, Suffolk), in 1839, in
Blything registration district. In 1841, William Bloomfield (20) Blacksmith, Mary Ann (20) and their daughter Lucy (1) were in the High Street,
Moulsham, Chelmsford. In 1851, William Bloomfield (32) Blacksmith, with Mary Ann (30) and Lucy (11) were back in
Stoven, Blything, Suffolk. In 1861, William Bloomfield (43) Jobbing smith (with wife listed as Maria and daughter as Lizzie: probably misheard) were living at Bridge End Road,
Great Bardfield, Dunmow. And by 1871, William Bloomfield (50) Blacksmith, Mary Ann (49) and Lucy (29) had moved to
Church End, Great Dunmow. Then Mary Ann Bloomfield died, aged 49, and was buried, on 26 Aug 1871, at
Holy Cross, Felsted. Lucy Bloomfield just disappears.)
Charles Hockley, then 23, Groom from Great Dunmow, Essex, enlisted in the
20th Hussars at London, on 2 Jul 1877. At that time being 5ft 6in, with a fresh complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. He transferred to the
10th Hussars (
Prince of Wales's Own) on 31 Oct 1879, which ultimately meant he saw action at the Battle of El Teb, 29 Feb 1884 (
First and Second Battles of El Teb) during the
Mahdist War in what was then
Mahdist Sudan. This action earned him the Sudan Medal 1884 (
Egypt Medal) with clasp El Teb, as well as a
Khedive Star 1884. From 11 Dec 1879 to 18 Feb 1884, Charles had been in the
East Indies, first in
Rawalpindi and then
Mian Mir: "
The four-week march was arduous and hampered by lack of healthy camels. They had to cross the rivers Jhelum and Chenab, and camped several days at Shaddera near Lahore." In November, they were ordered to re-locate again, to
Lucknow, where the 10th were located near the ruined
Dilkusha Palace. "
There was a large European population at Lucknow during the cooler months so that a good social life was enjoyed." [
Source] As proof of that, in Nov 1881, in Lucknow, Charles was treated for a dose of that well-known soldiers' "recreational hazard",
Gonorrhea. The 10th travelled to Sudan aboard
HMS Jumna 1884 and disembarked on 19 Feb 1884, where Charles' record locates him until 21 Apr 1884. Amongst sprains and dislocations, Charles also suffered Jaundice in 1879, ague (malaria or another illness involving fever and shivering) on no less than four occasions in 1880 and 1881 and
Dysentery while in
Suakin in 1884. Charles' next of kin is listed as his mother,
Eliza Bloomfield at Glengall Road, Poplar - the address of her eldest son,
William Hockley (born Crow). Charles left the army in 1885.
In 1881, William Bloomfield (62) Blacksmith, born in
Dunwich, Suffolk, and Eliza Bloomfield (55), were at Cottage Farm,
Banister Green, Felstead. Elizabeth Hockley (28), Ada Hockley (12) and
Joseph James Hockley (0) - born on 7 Mar 1881, Elizabeth's second illegitimate child - were all
Pauper Inmates at the Union Workhouse, Great Dunmow. (Joseph James Hockley was baptised on 16 Jun 1882 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, with their address given at that time as
Dunmow Union Workhouse Felsted.)
In 1891, William (73) and Eliza Bloomfield (64) were at
Cock Green, Felsted. Elizabeth Hockley (38) Pauper inmate was once more at Dunmow Union Workhouse, with son, [Joseph] James Hockley (10). Charles Hockley (35) was working as a Valet and residing in
Arlington Road, St Pancras, London.
William Bloomfield died, aged 76, in 1893 D Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 407.
In 1901, Eliza Bloomfield (it claims she was 75) widow living on children, was still living in Felsted. Elizabeth Hockley (49) was Housekeeper to Walter Howland at Silverleys, Straits Lane, Felstead, while Ada Hockley (32) born in Islington was back in The Dunmow Union Workhouse as a Pauper Inmate; Charles Hockley (46) from Great Dunmow, Essex was a Boarder in the household of Robert Bailey a Cadet servant (
military academy) at 10, James Street,
Woolwich, London. (Robert Bailey, from Huddersfiled, Yorkshire had served, from 1867 to 1888, in the
109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). Charles was an Arsenal labourer (
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich).
Charles Hockley died, at 50, in 1904 D Qtr in SOUTHWARK Vol 01D 23.
Eliza Bloomfield died in 1906 M Quarter in BILLERICAY Volume 04A Page 319, with her age estimated as 84. She will have been 86.
In 1911, Elizabeth Hockley (64) and Ada Hockley (43) Domestic servants were once again Inmates at the Dunmow Union Workhouse. So far I've found no further records for Elizabeth nor Ada, who may have died there.
