Harold Lee Pocklington, Sr.

1889 - 1965  (75 years)

• Name	Harold Lee Pocklington  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	5 Sep 1889	Ridgeway, Lenawee County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Aug 1965	Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan   [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 d. 3 Jan 1944, Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1908  [2, 5]
  Children	1. Harold Lee Pocklington, Jr.,   b. 11 Jun 1910, Michigan d. 23 Jun 1986, Ira, St. Clair County, Michigan (Age 76 years)   2. Dorothea Mae Pocklington,   b. 6 Dec 1912, Michigan d. May 1986, Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan (Age 73 years)   3. James Richard Pocklington, II,   b. 3 Aug 1915, Michigan d. Jul 1986, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida (Age 70 years)   4. David Herbert Pocklington,   b. Abt 1920, Michigan d. Abt 1922, Michigan (Age ~ 2 years)   5. Robert Ray Pocklington,   b. 3 Mar 1925, Michigan   6. Living
  Family ID	F9563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Sep 1889 - Ridgeway, Lenawee County, Michigan Death - 16 Aug 1965 - Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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