William Vock was born in 1884[1] in Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia as the fourth child of Peter Vock and Mary Borchardt. He had eight siblings, namely: Mary, Louisa, John Peter, Ernest, Charles Henry, Johanna Mary Ann, Peter Marten (Martin), and August Julius.

When he was 29, William married Martha (Wilhelmina) Auguste Ehlert, daughter of Herman Ehlert and Augusta Frederica Nachki, on 24 March 1913[2] in Queensland.

William Vock and Martha (Wilhelmina) Auguste Ehlert had the following children:

1. Ernest (Ernie) William Vock was born in 1914 in Mt Morgan, Queensland. He died in 1985 in Bundaberg, Queensland.

2. Ellen Augusta Vock was born on 26 November 1917 in Queensland. She died on 21 April 1981 in Brisbane, Queensland. She married Horace Allan Fielder on 10 August 1940.

3. John Frederick Vock was born on 27 September 1919 in Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia. He married Dorothy Florence Jones on 16 May 1958 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. He died in 2000.

4. Beryl May Vock was born in 1922 in Queensland. She died in 1976 in Bundaberg, Queensland.

William Vock and Martha (Wilhelmina) Auguste Ehlert were divorced in 1950.

William died in 1972[3] in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, age 88.

Citations:

1. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C724

2. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C300

3. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C3721

External Links:

Undefended Divorce Actions - Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Saturday 1 July 1950 p 7 Article

William Vock, retired farmer, of Bundaberg, petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage with Martha Wilhelmina Augusta Vock, of Bundaberg, contracted 37 years ago. Evidence was given by the plaintiff that the marriage took place at Mt. Perry on March 24, 1913, according to the rites of the Methodist Church. They lived at Mt Morgan, Mackay and Mt. Perry. His wife left him in June, 1939, to work a dairy farm at Yandaran on shares, and rejoined him in August 1940, when he moved on to a dairy farm at Cooroy. She left again in January. 1941, against his wish to work the farm at Yandaran. There was no need for her to work. He also went to work at Yandaran, but his wife was not pleased to see him. However, she rejoined him at Rosedale in September, 1942, but left again in March, 1945. to live with her eldest daughter in Bundaberg. Later he went to Bundaberg to live, but his wife would not live with him. He had not given ber any reason to leave. The plaintiff was granted an order nisi returnable after three months. (Mr. P. Connolly (instructed by the firm of  D. P. Carey, town agents for Mr. G. Finemore, Bundaberg) appeared for the plaintiff.

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