Alfred HOCKEY chr 30 Apr 1820 St Peter's C of E South Barrow, Somerset s/o Robert HOCKEY, Butcher, and Elizabeth MARTIN of the nearby agricultural parish of Sparkford [p 243-4 SY]
Alfred HOCKEY died 6 Mar 1876 aged 56 yrs bp England, parents unknown [Vic 2118] bur 11 Mar 1876 Glendaruel Cemetery, Wesleyan Methodist (headstone below) An inquest into his death found that he died of 'disease of brain' at Kew [Vic INQ 235/76]
Alfred HOCKEY aged 25 yrs m 21 Apr 1845 at South Barrow, Mary Ann PICKFORD aged 21 yrs, b abt 1824 Somerset d/o William PICKFORD/Elizabeth [R/N 13, p242 SY]
Mary Anne HOCKEY d 25 Apr 1871 aged 47 yrs birthplace England d/o William PICKFORD/Elizabeth - [Vic 3422]
Mary Ann HOCKALY bur 28 Apr 1871 aged 47 yrs Glendaruel Cemetery, Wesleyan Methodist (headstone below)

Sacred To The Memory of MARY ANN HOCKEY Who Departed This Life April 25th 1871, Aged 47 Years Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord: Yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them Also ALFRED Her Husband Died 6th March 1876 Aged 56 Years. (Biblical quotation is from Revelations Chapter XIV, verse 13)

The Somerset Years (1987) Florence Chuk, Pennard Hill Publications, Ballarat, Victoria.
Florence found that Mary PICKFORD and two of her brothers were married on the same day at South Barrow. William aged 22 yrs to Ann BOWDEN of South Barrow and John aged 20 to his cousin Sarah also PICKFORD of Castle Cary. These 3 entries 13, 14, 15 in the South Barrow marriage register are reproduced in the book. Also recorded is information about the assisted immigration of this HOCKEY/PICKFORD family group to Australia on The Lady Kennaway which sailed from Southampton on 9 May 1853 and arrived at Melbourne, Victoria on 15 Aug 1853. [pic p245 SY]
Alfred HOCKEY aged 33, Labourer, C of E, literate and Mary HOCKEY aged 28, literate. Alfred and Mary left the immigration depot on 24 Aug 1853 to work for Charles Pitt PYSENT of Wonwondah for 12 mos for £60pa with rations. [Bk9 p250]
Mary A HOCKEY aged 17, Domestic, C of E, Literate, went to work for Mr MICKLE, an auctioneer and pastoral pioneer, of Brunswick South (Melbourne) for an initial term of one month.
John PICKFORD aged 20, Agricultural Labourer, C of E, Literate, and Sarah HOCKEY aged 20, Literate.
William PICKFORD aged 22 Agricultural Labourer, C of E, Literate, and Ann HOCKEY aged 18, literate.
These two couples also went to work for Charles Pitt PYSENT of Wonwondah on the same terms as Alfred and Mary HOCKEY. This sheep property of over 140 000 acres was located abt 15 miles SW of Horsham in the Wimmera.

A year earlier other PICKFORDs from South Barrow were assisted immigrants on the Calphurnia which sailed from London via Plymouth on 30 Dec 1851 and arrived at Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, Victoria on 29 Mar 1852.
Tobias PICKFORD aged 25, Labourer, Independent, Literate and his wife Mary (Ann nee MORGAN) PICKFORD 32 yrs and dau Eliza PICKFORD 6 yrs.
Tobias PICKFORD chr 24 Sep 1826 South Barrow s/o Samuel PICKFORD/Winifred (MARTIN) [p156 SY] Births of children were recorded at Horsham so this family was very likely on the Wonwondah property.
Silas PICKFORD (brother of Tobias) also immigrated to Victoria and worked on his uncle John's property named Yeovil before selecting land at Avon Plains. Samuel PICKFORD (father of Tobias and Silas, and brother of John, William and Mary) also emigrated but returned to England after a short time in the colony. William and Ann PICKFORD settled at Buangor Park near Beaufort. [p245 SY]

Ballarat Shire Rate Books :
HOCKEY Alfred 1864 Ballarat Shire West Riding, 149 acres and store [Bk1]
1865 owner 84 acres
1866/67 owner 149 acres
1868 176 acres Glendaruel Parish
1871 Talbot Shire Rate Book, South Riding, farm at Clunes

Children of Alfred HOCKEY and Mary Ann PICKFORD

Fellow researchers of this family are Max Laidley, Peter McAllister, Diana Shelton and Helen Sim. In 1986 Richard Roland HOCKEY of Orange NSW contacted us.