John HOCKING of Brea

   Research Notes:

In 1861, John Hocking (30) of Camborne, engine worker, and wife Mary A. (27) of Camborne, were living in Cairn Entral, Camborne. Present were children (born in Camborne): John (8), tin mine boy, Richd. B. (6), Grace (2), boarder Mary A. Plumer (18) of Redruth, tin mine girl

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Presumably this John Hockin of Brea died aged 37 years (burial record)... note wife Mary Ann (Marian) is shown as married in 1871 but John is absent. In the following Census Mary Ann is a widow.

   Marriage Information:

John married Mary Ann BROWN, daughter of Richard BROWN and Elizabeth WHENNAN, on 1 Aug 1852 in Tuckingmill All Saints, Camborne, Cornwall. (Mary Ann BROWN was born about 1834 in Camborne, Cornwall and was christened on 22 Feb 1834 in Camborne, Cornwall.)

   Marriage Notes:

John Hocking, 22, of Brea, bachelor, engine man, son of Nicholas Hocking, engineer, and
Mary Ann Brown, 17, of Carn Entral, spinster, daughter of Richard Brown, farmer

Married by Banns

Witnesses: Richard Brown, Edward Gilbert