Emma Hocking

Emma Minnie Hocking 

Born: 10 October 1897, Grimsby

Baptised: 3 November 1897, Grimsby 

Father: Alfred George Hocking (b. 1859)

Mother: Emma Hocking (b. 1868)

Brothers: Frederick Alfred Hall Hocking (b. 1903)

Sisters: Phoebe M Hocking (b. 1900), Georgina M Hocking (b. 1901)

Marriage:        1930, Grimsby 

Husband:         Lawrence Percy Edgar Bracey

                        b. 24 November 1897

                        Listed as ‘Inspector M. F. B.’ on William’s baptism in Cape Town 

                        d. 29 August 1984

Issue – 

#1 Female Bracey

#2 Male Bracey

In 1901 –         

She is at Station Road, Barnetby Le Wold. Her father is listed as ‘Weighing Machine Fitter’. Emma, her mother and sisters, Phoebe and Georgina, are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 76 Bursar Street, Cleethorpes. Her father is listed as ‘Weighing Machine Fitter’. Emma, her mother, her paternal grandmother, Sarah Ann Hocking (b. 1825) and siblings, Phoebe, Georgina, and Frederick, are unlisted

In 10/16 – 

School: Bursar St. Council, Cleethorpes.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1916.

In 11/18 – 

Appointed to Elliston Street Girls, Cleethorpes.

In 1921 – 

She is at 9 Wollaston Road, Cleethorpes. Her father is listed as ‘Weighing Machine Fitter’. Emma and a boarder, Jennie Oldershaw (b. 1889), are listed as ‘School Teacher’. 

In 1949 – 

She and her daughter, Patricia, are onboard Llanstephan Castle in 1st Class. Their intended country of future permanent residence is South Africa. Her daughter is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. 

In 1958 – 

Emma and her husband arrive in the UK onboard the Durban Castle. They are both listed as citizens of South Africa and their intended country of future permanent residence is South Africa. They list their duration in the UK as 49 days. 

d.         6 November 1964, Hermanus, Cape Province, South Africa