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Royal or LeRoy Cockerill

Male 1888 - 1958  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Royal or LeRoy Cockerill 
    Birth Dec 1888  NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jan 1958  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4649  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father James C. Cockerill,   b. 17 Oct 1846, Collingtree, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1921, Omaha, Douglas, NE; Springfield Cem., Springfield, Sarpy Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Eliza Ann Warren,   b. 19 Jul 1846, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1923, Burial: Springfield Cem., Springfield, Sarpy Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1870  Deptford, Saint Nicholas Parish, Kent Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Dick Cockerill:
      First name (Royal) & date

      Source:
      Mary Catherine "Casey" Schram Cockerill via Clifton "Gayle" Cockerill (from notes accompanying the marriage certificate of James Cockerill and Eliza Ann Warren):
      Name of LeRoy & place of residence as an adult & the following information:
      James Cockerill was born in Collington [sic] Tree, North Hampton, England, October 17, 1846, and died January 31, 1921. He married Eliza Warren on February 28, 1870. They came to America and located near La Platte, Nebraska, in 1882. He purchased a farm west of Springfield and lived there until 1906. His ten children at that time [were] all living but Albert E. who died March 10, 1914.
      Children:
      George W., Franklin R., Emma Louise of Springfield; James E. of Johnson City, Kansas; Frederick W. of Meriam, Nebraska; Edgar E. of Wyoming; Sidney W., of Emerson, Nebraska; LeRoy of Los Angeles, California; Archie B., of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Albert E.
      [James Cockerill] had 21 grandchildren, six sisters, two brothers in England and one brother in Valley, Nebraska. He is buried in Springfield Cemetery, [Nebraska].

      Source:
      Donna Forney Clark:
      1900 US Census lists Royal Cockerill, b.1888
      California Death Index 1940-1997 lists birth in NE on Dec. 28, 1889, & death on January 20, 1958, & mother's maiden name as Warren.

      Source:
      Charlene Reinhart:
      In the 1900 U.S. Census, Platford Precinct, Sarpy County, NE, Page 314, I found:
      Cockerill, James, Head, 8/1847, 52, Married 30 years, ENG, Immigrated in 1870, 30 years in US, Farmer
      Cockerill, Eliza, Wife, 7/1846, 53, Married 30 years, 10 children/10 alive, ENG, Immigrated in 1870, 30 years in US
      Cockerill, Luiza, Daughter, 3/1875, 25, Single, NE, Servant
      Cockerill, Edgar, Son, 3/1882, 18, Single, NE, Farm Laborer
      Cockerill, Sidney, Son, 5/1884, 16, Single, NE, Farm Laborer
      Cockerill, Frank, Son, 4/1886, 14, Single, NE, At School
      Cockerill, Royal, Son, 12/1888, 11, Single, NE, At School
      Cockerill, Archie, Son, 4/1892, 8, Single NE, At School



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