John Dockery

Brief Life History of John

When John Dockery was born on 23 April 1871, in Missouri, United States, his father, George Washington Dockery, was 29 and his mother, Martha Ellen Harville, was 22. He married Inez Effie Cyphers on 24 January 1891, in Hickory Creek, Grundy, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jefferson Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 26 October 1916, in Grundy, Missouri, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Matt Green Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Dockery
1871–1916
Inez Effie Cyphers
1872–1959
Marriage: 24 January 1891
Ira Washington Dockery
1892–1968
Clyde Dockery
Mack Elbert Dockery
1894–1957
Nettie Elizabeth Dockery
1900–1943
Forrest R Dockery
1904–1969
Orville Francis Dockery
1906–1987

Sources (14)

  • John Dockery, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Dockery - Published information: birth-name: John Dockery
  • John Dockery, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Dockray , a habitational name from any of several places in Cumbria called Dockray, from Middle English dokke (Old English docce) ‘docks or sorrel’ + Middle English wra (Old Norse vrá) ‘nook’, meaning ‘nook where dock grows’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dochraidh ‘descendant of Dochradh’, a personal name that is a variant of Dochartach (see Doherty ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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