Brief Life History of Esther Anna "Essie"
When Esther Anna "Essie" Cockhill was born on 11 January 1843, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Cockill, was 26 and her mother, Anna B. Beatty, was 24. She married Jon Greene Shastid on 2 June 1861, in Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Branch Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1911, in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pittsfield Township, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Essie Shastid in household of Anna B Cockill, "United States Census, 1880"
- Esther A. Cockill, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Esther C Shastid, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1827–1909 Male
1843–1911 Female
Children (2)
1850– Male
1866– Male
Parents and Siblings
1817–1873 Male
1818– Female
Siblings (2)
1843–1911 Female
1858–1892 Male
World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 5
1863
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: locative name from one or other of the eight minor places called Cockhill in WR Yorks, or more rarely possibly from Cockhill in Berrynarbor (Devon).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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