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Harold Lee Pocklington, Sr.

Male 1889 - 1965  (75 years)


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  • Name Harold Lee Pocklington  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 5 Sep 1889  Ridgeway, Lenawee County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Aug 1965  Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, August 19, 1965
      Page Three

      Algonac Civic Leader Dies in Hospital

      H. Lee Pocklington, 75, longtime civic leader of Algonac and village president 13 years, died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Port Huron, after a long illness.

      Mr. Pocklington was born Sept. 5, 1889, in Ridgeway, Mich.

      He and the former Clara V. Lenzner were married in 1908. Mrs. Pocklington died Jan. 3, 1944.

      One of Mr. Pocklington's sons, Robert R. Pocklington of Algonac is missing and presumed drowned in a fishing accident Aug. 9.

      Another son, Harold L. Pocklington of Algonac, is executive director of the Leader Dog School for the Blind at Rochester and is a Lions International Counselor.

      Two other sons are Herbert Pocklington of Deerfield, Fla., and James Pocklington of Salisbury, Md.

      Mr. Pocklington is survived also by a daughter Mrs. William Eugenis of Algonac.

      Funeral services were to be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Gilbert Funeral Home.

      Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)

      The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 25, published on September 6, 1965, reported his death as well. It also noted that he had received Algonac's Outstanding Citizen Award in 1963.
    Person ID I29678  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Clara Viola Lenzner,   b. 15 Mar 1888, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1944, Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1908  [2, 5
    Children 
     1. Harold Lee Pocklington, Jr.,   b. 11 Jun 1910, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1986, Ira, St. Clair County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Dorothea Mae Pocklington,   b. 6 Dec 1912, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1986, Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. James Richard Pocklington, II,   b. 3 Aug 1915, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1986, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. David Herbert Pocklington,   b. Abt 1920, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1922, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)
     5. Robert Ray Pocklington,   b. 3 Mar 1925, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Living
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2012 
    Family ID F9563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Sep 1889 - Ridgeway, Lenawee County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Aug 1965 - Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, August 19, 1965 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1289] Pocklington, Kathi [kathipock4@aol.com]-Family Researcher.

    3. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Michigan, St. Clair County, Clay Township, Algonac Village Enumerated May 6, 1930 ED 74-6, SD 5, Sheet 15B 429-438 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 25, September 6, 1965 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, January 14, 1944 (Reliability: 3).