When Milo Louis Stocking was born on 1 May 1833, in Bath, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, George Washington Stocking, was 23 and his mother, Eunice Chase, was 21. He married Elizabeth Middleton on 30 April 1867, in Kings, New York, United States. He lived in Kings, New York, United States in 1870. He died on 10 October 1883, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.
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An act of incorporation in 1834 turned the village and town of Brooklyn to the city of Brooklyn. The city was divided into nine wards.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
"""A fire in September of 1848 caused an estimated $1.5 million in damages to the city of Brooklyn. The fire consumed """"three churches, the post office, two newspaper offices, and other property."""""""
English: from Middle English stocking ‘ground cleared of stumps’ (Old English stoccing). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near ground cleared of stumps, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Stocking Gate in South Kirkby (Yorkshire).
South German: habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria and Styria named Stocking.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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