Eneas Hockey was born on 17 February 1849[1] in Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia as the first child of Samuel Hockey and Mary Ann Ryan. He had thirteen siblings, namely: Charles, Samuel, John, Mary, George Daniel, Henry Perceval, Eliza Jane, Lewis Walter Luke, David, Margaret Ellen, Alfred Enos, Albert James, and Sarah Anne.

Eneas was endeavoring to lead a restless horse up a hill and had the halter round his hand, and a loop of the halter hung from his hand. It caught on a stump, and his right hand fingers were literally cut off, remaining just hanging by the skin. He suffered from lock-jaw as a result, and died after two or three days great suffering.

Eneas died in December 1861[2] in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, age 11.

Citations:

1. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1281/1849 V18491281 34A

2. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 3138/1861 (Enos)

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District News. SHELLHARBOR. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL - Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950) Tuesday 24 December 1861 p 2 Article

An accident of a singular nature occured to a lad named Hockey last week, son of Samuel Hockey, a resident upon the Yellow Rock Creek. The lad was endeavoring to lead a restive horse up a hill near Councillor Mc Gill's residene. Young Hockey had the halter round his hand, and a loop of the halter hung from his hand ; by some means this loop caught in a stump, the result was that the lad's right hand fingers were literally cut off, remaining just hanging by the skin. Lock-jaw ensued, and the poor lad died after two or three days great suffering.

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