Samuel Hockey was born on 05 February 1852[1] in Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia as the third child of Samuel Hockey and Mary Ann Ryan. He had thirteen siblings, namely: Eneas, Charles, John, Mary, George Daniel, Henry Perceval, Eliza Jane, Lewis Walter Luke, David, Margaret Ellen, Alfred Enos, Albert James, and Sarah Anne.

As a young man, Samuel was a grazier, who dabbled in mining.

When he was 23, Samuel married Sarah Louisa Hockey, daughter of Thomas Hockey and Mary, in 1876[2] in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia.

Samuel became a fisheries inspector.

Samuel Hockey and Sarah Louisa Hockey had the following children:

1. Mabel Louisa Hockey was born on 31 July 1876 in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia. She married Edward Harvey on 15 November 1898 in Windellama, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 05 March 1899 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

2. Albert Uric Hockey was born on 15 January 1878 in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 12 September 1894 in Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia.

3. Addis Bernice Hockey was born on 25 January 1880 in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 25 June 1958 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

4. Isaac Arthur Hockey was born on 20 October 1881 in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 21 May 1902 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

5. Walter Daniel Hockey was born in 1883 in Argyle, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 06 March 1966 in Windellama, New South Wales, Australia.

6. Wilfred Henry Hockey was born in 1885 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 06 March 1944 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

7. Ada M. Hockey was born in 1887 in Argyle, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 25 September 1895 in Windellama, New South Wales, Australia.

8. Horace Thomas Hockey was born in 1889 in Argyle, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1907 in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia.

9. Christina Amelia Hockey was born on 19 June 1892 in Argyle, New South Wales, Australia. She married Edward Temple Doyle in 1914 in Argyle, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 25 March 1943 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

10. Eliza Jane Hockey was born on 23 November 1896 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. She married Stanley Clyde Muffett in 1918 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 24 September 1967 in Young, New South Wales, Australia.

11. Samuel Hockey was born in 1898 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 10 June 1916 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

12. Sarah Mary Hockey was born on 11 October 1900 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. She married Sidney Edwin Todkill in 1927 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. She died in 1968 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

13. Roland Hockey was born in 1902 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 18 April 1986.

Sarah died in 1915[3] in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, age 58.

Samuel died on 10 September 1923[4] in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, age 70.

Citations:

1. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1861/1852 V18521861 38A

2. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 4142/1876

3. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 7784/1915

4. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 13980/1923

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SOCIAL NOTES - Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Saturday 25 February 1911 p 10 Article

A quiet wedding was solemnised by the Rev. A. R. Martin, in theMaclean Anglican Church on Wednesday, when Mr. Samuel Hockey, Fisheries Inspector at Iluka, was married to Miss Alma Anderson of the same place.

OBITUARY - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Saturday 24 April 1915 p 2 Article

OBITUARY - Mrs. Sarah Hockey died in a private hospital in Goulburn on Friday at the age of 58 from heart failure. Mrs. Hockey, who. was the wife of Mr. Samuel Hockey, of Windellama, is survived by four sons and five daughters.

Family Notices - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Tuesday 11 September 1923 p 2 Family Notices

Funeral - The Relatives and Friends of the late Mr. Samuel Hockey and Family, of Windellama, are kindly invited to attend his funeral, to leave Craig's Mortuary Chapel, Goldssmith street , To-morrow (Wednesday)

Afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for Church of England Portion General Cemetery. R. SIDNEY CRAIG, Funeral Director

Obituary MR. SAMUEL HOCKEY - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Thursday 13 September 1923 p 4 Article

Obituary - MR. SAMUEL HOCKEY - Mr. Samuel Hockey, an old and widely respected resident of Windellima, died at the Goulburn District Hospital on September 10, in his 73rd year. He had for the greater part of his life resided at Windellima, where he had followed mining and grazing pursuits. His wife died some time ago. He leaves four sons and four daughters, the sons being Messrs. Walter, William, and Roland, of 'The Spa," Windellima, and Cecil of Goulburn. The daughters are Mesdames Stanley Muffett, Gunning; E. Doyle. Cullerin; J. Phillip, Goulburn, and Miss Sarah Hockey, Gunning. The late Mr Hockey was one of a family of fifteen, seven of whom still survive.. The late Mr. David Hockey, who died last June was a brother.

OBITUARY MR. S. HOCKEY - Southern Morning Herald (Goulburn, NSW : 1920 -1923) Thursday 13 September 1923 p 2 Article

OBITUARY - MR. S. HOCKEY - At the District Hospital on Monday the death occurred of Mr. Samuel Hockey, aged 73 years, an old resident of Windellima. For the major portion of his life Mr,Hockey resided at Windellima, where he was engaged as grazier, doing a little mining as well. Eight children survive, Mrs. Hockey having predceased him some months. The daughters are Mesdames J. Philip (Goulburn), S. Muffett (Gunning), K, Doyle (Cullarln), and Miss Sarah Hockey (Gunning) .The sons are Messrs, Cecil (Goulburn), William, Roland and Walter (Windellima).

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