In 1891, Elizabeth Hockley (38) Pauper inmate was once more at Dunmow Poor Law Union Workhouse, as was her ten year old son, listed as James Hockley.
In 1901, Elizabeth Hockley (49) was employed as Housekeeper in the household of Walter Howland at Silverleys, Straits Lane, Felstead. Ada Hockley (32) born in Islington was back in The Dunmow Union Workhouse as a Pauper Inmate.
In 1911, both mother and daughter, Elizabeth Hockley (64) and Ada Hockley (43) Domestic servants were once again Inmates at the Dunmow Union Workhouse. This is the last record that can be found for either of them.
Joseph James Hockley, as James Hockley, from
Felsted, meanwhile, enlisted in the
Coldstream Guards on 20 Jun 1898. He
said he was 18 years and 3 months old, so he'd added a year. He was a tall lad at 5ft 9in, weighing 133 lbs with a fresh complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. The workhouse school had just about taught him to sign his name. In 1901, J Hockley (20) from Felsted, Essex, Pte foot guards, was at
Pirbright Camp in
Pirbright, Surrey.
Joseph James Hockley and Nellie Radley
Joseph James Hockley married
Nellie Radley (b. 19 Apr 1880 in Felsted), daughter of Jonah Radley and Jane Digby, on 2 Jan 1904 at
Holy Cross Church, Felsted. They were almost certainly childhood sweethearts.
Joseph James and Nellie had six children, but tragically, only two survived:
- Eleanor Lottie Hockley b. 1904 D Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 416
- Doris Rose Hockley b. 1907 J Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 434
- Austen Hubert Hockley b. 1909 M Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 407. Died in 1909 J Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 223
- Annie May Hockley b. 1910 S Quarter in WILLESDEN Volume 03A Page 301. Died 1910 D Quarter in WILLESDEN Volume 03A Page 136
- Neville Frederick Hockley b. 1910 S Quarter in WILLESDEN Volume 03A Page 301. Died 1910 D Quarter in WILLESDEN Volume 03A Page 129
- Kathleen Nellie Hockley b. 1916 S Quarter in STEYNING Volume 02B Page 403. Died 1917 D Quarter in STEYNING Volume 02B Page 365
Annie May and Neville Frederick, clearly, were twins.
In 1911, Joseph Hockley (30) Metropolitan police sergeant, Nellie Hockley (30), Eleanor (6) and Doris (4) were at 5 Weymouth Terrace, Acton Lane,
Willesden.
Joseph James Hockley died, aged 38, in 1919 M Quarter in
STEYNING.
Nellie Hockley of 46 Marmion Road, Hove, died on 3 Aug 1958 at
26 Tugela Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, leaving her effects to Doris Rose Slade (wife of Samuel James Slade) and Leslie William Terry Judd chartered secretary.
(Eleanor Lottie Hockley had married Leslie William Terry Judd in 1929, in Steyning, Sussex, while Doris Rose Hockley had married Samuel James Slade in 1948, in Chippenham, Wiltshire. It's uncertain if either couple had children).