1841 British Census taken 6/7 June
Kilver Street, Shepton Mallet [HO 107/963 Book 12 Folio 30]
HOCKEY Daniel, 62 yrs, Butcher, (D.F.)?
HOCKEY Ann 63 yrs
HOCKEY Charlotte 22 yrs, Dressmaker (no mention of her husband who we understood travelled a lot)
HOCKEY Charlotte 7 mos

1851 British Census taken 30/31 March (provided by Patricia Westwood)
No 6 Prospect Place, Shepton Mallet [HO 107/1933, Schedule No 116]
HUNT John, Head, Married, 50, Proprietor of Houses, Born Wiltshire
HOCKEY Charlotte, Servant, Unmarried, 30, Housekeeper, born Somerset, Shepton Mallet
HOCKEY Charlotte A., Daughter, 10, Scholar, born Somerset, Shepton Mallet
HOCKEY Eliza, Daughter, 9, Scholar, born Somerset, Shepton Mallet
HOCKEY Amelia, Daughter, 5, Scholar, born Somerset, Shepton Mallet
HOCKEY Sarah, Daughter, 1, Scholar, born Somerset, Shepton Mallet

1854 Voyage on Star of the East:
Charlotte HOCKLEY (HOCKEY) Widow aged 34 years, departed Liverpool 4 Jul 1854, arrived Melbourne 23 Sep 1854 on the Star of the East with her elderly parents Daniel 76 and Ann 76 and her four daughters Charlotte A 13, Eliza 12, Amelia 8 and Sarah 4 yrs. They were all English, Unassisted Passengers.
It is interesting to speculate that the death of a John Hunt (no age stated) in the Sep Qtr 1853 at Shepton Mallet [FreeBMD Vol 5c Pg 334] could be the catalyst for Charlotte to emigrate.

Charlotte came to join her brother Samuel HOCKEY who was living in Geelong and earned her living as a milliner.
In the Geelong Rate Books Samuel HOCKEY had a brickyard in Gertrude Street in 1854-56 and was a storkeeper in Virginia Street in 1858-60.
Trade Directory Geelong 1890-91 Dressmakers: Mrs HOCKEY, Milliner, Anderson Street, Kildare. These addresses are all close to Villamanta Street where Charlotte bought a house.

Charlotte HOCKEY died 15 Jan 1897 aged 76 yrs at 'Daisy Cottage', Villamanta Street, Geelong West d/o Daniel HOCKEY, Butcher, and Ann formerly RAIKES [Vic 7277] Cause of death was Senile Asthenia (old age), duration of last illness was 14 days, last seen by Dr W E DERMER on 4 Jan 1897. Death registered on 16 Jan at Geelong, informant was an authorized agent. Issue: Charlotte Ann HELLYAR 56 yrs, Eliza TREVENA deceased, Amelia SARGANT deceased, Sarah LANDER 46 yrs.
According to the cemetery records Charlotte HOCKEY bur 16 Jan 1897 'New General Cemetery' Geelong West, Wesleyan Methodist, Grave No 1289 [R/N 919] On 24 Jan 1876 Mrs HOCKEY paid two pounds for the purchase of Grave No 1289 [R/N 445] Gravestone inscription below:

In loving memory of Charlotte, Relict of John HOCKEY CE, who was taken home 15-1-1897. With loved ones gone before. Dear Mother.

On Charlotte's death certificate it was stated that she was married in England aged 20 yrs to John HOCKEY. She had lived 42 yrs in Victoria. Charlotte HOCKEY and John HOCKEY woud have been married abt 1838. John's occupation was a CE which we take to be Civil Engineer, Surveyor or the like. A record of this marriage has not been found. There is a marriage of John HOCKEY in 1838 at Yeovil but the spouse is not recorded [FreeBMD Jun Qtr 1838 Vol 10, Pg 941] Also of interest is a John HOCKEY chr 16 Oct 1814 Middle Chinnock, Somerset, England, 3rd of 8 chn of Edmund HOCKEY/Sarah MASSEY (submitted to the IGI, no src info)

Victorian Probate Index : Charlotte HOCKEY, Geelong West, Widow, died 15 Jan 1897, Date of Grant: 9 Mar 1897 Reference: 63/533

The Will of Charlotte HOCKEY dated 29 Oct 1896
This is the last will and testament of me Charlotte HOCKEY of Geelong West in the Colony of Victoria, Widow. I revoke all prior wills and appoint my daughter Sarah LANDER and my grandson James G HELYAR Trustees and Executors hereof.
I bequeath to my daughter Charlotte HELLYAR cedar chest of nine drawers, family bible, nickel cruet and the legacy or sum of two hundred and fifty pounds.
To my said daughter Sarah LANDER a gilt framed fier (?) glass, butter cooler and all my pictures.
To my grand daughter Charlotte Ellen HELYAR the legacy or sum of fifty pounds.
To my grand son Herbert Joseph LANDER the legacy or sum of seventy-five pounds.
To my grand daughter Sarah Amelia SARGEANT occasional table with splash work top and the legacy or sum of twenty-five pounds.
To my grand son James George HELYAR tin specimen ornament occasional table and walnut duchesse table.
I direct that should my personal estate after payment thereof of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses be insufficent to pay the above mentioned pecuniary legacies in full then the same legacies shall be abated pro rata.
I devise all that the house and land owned and occupied by me in Villamanta Street Geelong West to my said daughter Sarah LANDER and my said grand son James George HELYAR in equal shares as tenants in common.
I devise and bequeath all other real and personal estates to which I shall be entitled at my decease or over which I shall then have disposing power after payment thereout of my debts, funeral and testamentary expenses unto my said daughters Sarah LANDER and Charlotte HELYAR in equal shares but should any of my said children or grand children die leaving issue, such issue shall take and if more than one equally between them the share which the deceased parent would if living have taken.
I forgive my said daughter Sarah LANDER and my said grand daughter Sarah Amelia SARGEANT all debts owing to me by them respectively at the time of my decease.
I forgive my said grand son James George HELYAR the sum of one hundred pounds of any debt owing by him to me at my decease. And I also forgive him any interest due by him to me at my decease on any such debt.
I declare so far as concerns the Trusteeship of this my will that vacancies occurring therein from death in my lifetime or otherwise disclaimer, resignation, unfitness or incapacity may from time to time be supplied by the other Trustee for the time being and if none such by the disclaiming or resigning Trustee or if also none such then by the acting Executors or administrators for the time being of the last deceased Trustee.
In witness whereof I the said Charlotte HOCKEY the Testatrix have to this my last will and testament set my hand this Twenty-ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
Signed by the said Charlotte HOCKEY the Testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses. G H CLUTTERBUCK, E W WILSON, Clerks to Messrs Taylor BUCKLAND & Gales SOH, Geelong.

Children of Charlotte HOCKEY 1818-1897

Fellow researchers of Charlotte HOCKEY line - Laurel Merritt, Fred Rosewarne, 'Monty' Cusworth (Helyar descendant)

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Children of Daniel HOCKEY m 1799 Ann REAKES

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