Living

Wesley married Dorothea Mae Pocklington before 1932. Dorothea (daughter of Harold Lee Pocklington, Sr. and Clara Viola Lenzner) was born on 6 Dec 1912 in Michigan; died in May 1986 in Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as Dorotha EUGENIS on the SSDI.

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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.

Harold married Clara Viola Lenzner on 5 Sep 1908. Clara (daughter of Christian Oscar "C.O." Lenzner, Jr. and Sophia Ahr) was born on 15 Mar 1888 in Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 3 Jan 1944 in Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According the the 1941 issue of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast (Vol. 5, September 1, 1941), Mrs. C.O. Lenzner was living with her daughter, Mrs. H.L. Pocklington of Algonac. H. Lee Pocklington was president of the village of Algonac, his wife president of the Clay Township Library board, Harold president of the Algonac Lion's Club and manager of the Algonac Band, and James Pocklington drum major of the band.

Cass City Chronicle
Vol. 38, Number 39.
Friday, January 14, 1944

Mrs. Pocklington Died in Algonac

Mrs. H. Lee Pocklington Died in Algonac

Mrs. H. Lee Pocklington, 55, daughter of the late C. Oscar and Sophia Lenzner, died at her home in Algonac on Sunday morning after a 10-day illness. She had been in ill health for some time suffering with a heart ailment.

Born in Cass City, Mar. 15, 1888, Clara V. Lenzner was graduated from the high school here in 1905, after which she pursued a course in nursing in an Ann Arbor hospital. On Sept. 5, 1908, she was united in marriage with H. Lee Pocklington of Ann Arbor.

In Algonac, Mrs. Pocklington had served on the library board for many years, had previously served as a member of the board of education, and was an active member of the Music Study Club. She resigned from the Athena Club two years ago on account of her health.

Besides her husband, H. Lee Pocklington, president of Algonac village, she is survived by four sons, Harold, James and Herbert Pocklington, all of Algonac, and Robert Pocklington in Army service at Camp Cooke in California; a daughter, Mrs.Wesley Moody, of Algonac; nine grandchildren; and a brother, H.F. Lenzner, of Cass City.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon in the Gilbert Funeral Home in Algonac and burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Relatives from Cass City who attended the funeral were Mrs. Angus McPhail, Mrs. John A. Sandham and Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenzner.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)

(Research):
Census Information:

1930 Census
Michigan, St. Clair County, Clay Township, Algonac Village
Enumerated May 6, 1930
ED 74-6, SD 5, Sheet 15B
429-438
Pocklington, H. Lee Hd Own $6,000 M W 40 Mich US US Landscape Gardner Private Estate
Pocklington, Clara Wife F W 42 Mich NY Pa
Pocklington, Harold L. Son M W 19 Mich Mich Mich Landscape Gardener Private Estate
Pocklington, Dorotha M Dtr F W 17 Mich Mich Mich
Pocklington, James R Son M W 14 Mich Mich Mich
Pocklington, Robert R Son M W 5 Mich Mich Mich
Pocklington, Herbert L Son M W 3 3/12 Mich Mich Mich

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Cass City Chronicle
Cass City, Michigan
Friday, June 10, 1927
Vol. 23, No. 5

C.O. Lenzner Passed Away on June 2
Had Been in Furniture Business at Cass City for Forty Years.

C.O. Lenzner passed away at the home of his son, H.F. Lenzner, at Cass City on Thursday afternoon, June 2, at the age of 72 years. His death was due to carcinoma of the stomach. Mr. Lenzner was taken to his son's home about a month previous because of his severe illenss.

Christian Oscar Lenzner was born in Lancaster, New York, on October 30, 1854. He came to Cass City with her parents, C.O. Lenzner, Sr., and Susan Lenzner, in the spring of 1873, and was united in marriage with Sophia Ahr on March 1, 1879.

For several years he was employed by his father as a cabinent maker and he later worked as a carpenter in this community. He entered into partnership with his brother in the furniture business at Cass City, and for 40 years he has been in that business here as a partner of Lenzner Brothers or as an individual.

Mr. Lenzner was a member of the trustee board of the Evangelical church at the time the church building was erected at Cass City in 1882 and held that position for 25 years. He was also church organist for a like period of time, besides holding other offices in the society.

Besides his widow, he leaves two children, Mrs. H.L. Pocklington of Algonac and H.F. Lenzner of Cass City, one sister, Miss Emma Lenzner of Cass City, two brothers, Franklin Lenzner of Cass City and John Lenzner of Gagetown and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the H.F. Lenzner home on Saturday afternoon and interment was made in Elkland cemetery by Rev. F.L. Pohly of Sebewaing, a former Evangelical minister at Cass City. Local business houses were closed during the funeral hour.

Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral were Mrs. H.L. Pocklington and son, Herbert Linn, of Algonac; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lenzner of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mast, Mrs. and Mrs. A. Muellerweiss, Rev. and Mrs. F.L. Pohly and Mr. and Mrs. John Schwalm, all of Sebewaing; Henry Schust, George and Miss Esther Hausner, Mrs. F. Klump, Mrs. Clyde Fox and Mrs. Faist, all of Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Striffler of Caro.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)

(Research):Census Information:

1880 Census
Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Oscar C. LENFRIER Self M Male W 20 NY Carpenter SAXONY FRANCE
Sophia LENFRIER Wife M Female W 23 PA Keeping House WERTENBURG WERTENBURG
Frank H. LENFRIER Son S Male W 6/12 MI At Home NY PA
Source Information:
Census Place Cass City, Tuscola, MichiganFamily History Library Film 1254607 NA Film Number T9-0607Page Number 100C

1900 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City Village
Enumerated 11 June 1900 by A.D. Gillis
SD 8 ED 111 Sheet 7B
155-158
Lenzer, Christian O Hd W M Oct 1854 45 m 21 Ny Germany Germany Cofin Maker
Lenzer, Sophia Wife W F April 1859 43 M 21 2.2 Pa Germany Germany
Lenzer, Hubert F Son W M Dec 1879 20 S Mich NY Pa Printer
Lenzer, Clara V Dtr W F Mar 1888 12 S Mich Ny Pa At School

1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
13 April 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 5B
133 133
Lenzner, Christian O Hd M W 55 m1 31 NY Germany Germany Cabinent Maker
Lenzer, Sopha Wf F W 53 M1 31 2/2 Pennsylvania Germany Germany
Ahr, Gotley R Father-in-law M W 85 Wd Germany Germany Germany 1847

Christian married Sophia Ahr on 1 Mar 1879 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Sophia (daughter of Gottlieb Ahr and Johanna Friedericke Stoll) was born on 12 Apr 1857 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; died on 15 May 1942 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Cass City Chronicle
Friday, May 22, 1942
Page one and four

Mrs. C.O. Lenzner, Pioneer Resident, Died Here May 15

Mrs. C.O. Lenzner, a resident of Cass City for over 70 years, passed away Friday morning, May 15, at the home of her son, H.F. Lenzner, here after a two weeks' illness. Funeral services were conducted at the McPhail and Keehn Funeral home on Sunday afternoon by Rev. Stanley P. Kirn, pastor of Salem Evangelical Church. Burial was made in Elkland Cemetery.

Sophia Ahr was born in Philadelphia, Pa.,on April 12, 1857, and came to Michigan in the early sixties. Her parents, the late Gottlieb and Fredericka Ahr, were members of a cooperative colony by the name of Ora Labora, near Bay Port, where Mr. Ahr was the colony's shoemaker. Following six years residence at Ora Labora the family left there in 1868 to become residents of the pioneer settlement with later developed into the village of Cass City. Sophia Ahr attended school here with other children of the early settlers of this community.

On March 1, 1879, she was united in marriage with Christian Oscar Lenzner, Jr, and she has resided here continuously with the exception of two winters spent with her sister, Mrs. George MAST, in Sebewaing, and the past 17 months when she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. H. Lee POCKLINGTON, of Algonac.

On April 26, Mrs. Lenzner came to Cass City to spend several weeks at her son's home. After a delightful week spent visiting old friends here, she became suddenly ill and passed away Friday, Mar 15, after two weeks's sickness. Her husband died on June 2, 1927.

Mrs. Lenzner was a member of the Evangelical Church in Cass City for more than 60 years.

Besides her two children, she leaves seven grandchildren and seven great granchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. George MAST of Sebewaing and Mrs. Lydia ROYER of Waynesville, Missouri.

Relatives and friends who came from a distance to attend the funeral include Mrs. Wesley Moody and Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Pocklington, Algonac; Miss Shirley Anne Lenzner, Wayne; Mrs. William Moreton, Mrs. Tyler Wood and Mrs. George Bortz, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. A. Muellerweiss, Sebewaing; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Striffler, Mr. and Mrs. Burnell Holden and Mr. and Mrs. O.K. Janes, Caro; Dr. and Mrs. G.F. Lenzner, Bad Axe; Mrs. F. Klump, Mrs. K.M. Morris, Mrs. Clyde Fox and Mrs. A.B. Haist, Saginaw.

Because she was ill, Mr. H. Lee Pocklington was unable to attend the funeral of her mother.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)