Harry H.or William Henry Herbert Mollon
BIRTH: The birth certificate of William Henry Herbert Mollon states that William was born October 3, 1855 in Devonport, Plymouth, Ward Tamar, England. At that time they were living at 7 Milne Place, Plymouth,England.
OCCUPATION: Harry was a printer and editor in Oshkosh and Menasha, WI. He worked for the Oshkosh Daily Times and the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. His grandchildren have said that he also was an artist, but none of his work is available. His grandchildren also noted that he did some Shakespearean acting in local theatres.
NAME: William Henry Herbert Mollon is shown as the father's name on the birth record of sons William C. Mollon and John R. Mollon. The name Henry H. Mollon is shown on the marriage certificate to Mary E. Lockery. He went by Harry H. Mollon on other documents & articles in the paper.
BIOGRAPHY: Harry came to America in 1881 thru the port of Detroit per the immigration papers found at Oshkosh Polk library. He came to Oshkosh in 1886 and was employed for a number of years by the Oshkosh papers. He also opened a job printing office in Oshkosh. He published a newspaper in Dale WI for a time and then moved to Neenah, in 1917, where he worked for Menasha Printing and Carton Company.
Harry is remembered by grandchildren as a gentle, nice, and friendly person. Granddaughter, "Jackie" [71] remembers Harry visiting her family when she was smal. Harry would ask her to get him an apple from the cellar. She would go outside to the cellar, open the doors and there was a candy bar for her that he'd hidden for her to find.
Granddaughter, Mary Marten [6] stayed with grandparents, Harry H. and Mary Mollon in their Dale home for two summers. At that time the house stood between two churches but one church has since been moved. She noted that the house was small but it had a large, impressionable staircase in it. The house still remains in Dale, on Dale Ave. to the south of the church on the hill.
CHILDREN: On the birth certificate for William C. Mollon the name of another living child born in 1887 to Harry and Mary Mollon named John H.H. Mollon was found. He does not appear as a living child on the birth certificate of John R. Mollon in 1892. Mary Marten [6] remembers that there was a child that died but she thought it to be a girl.
Background: The 1861 census of Devoport,England showed William H. as one of 5 children living at 7 Milne Place,Devonport,Ward Tamar,England. He had an older brother John M., two sisters Margaret M. & Mary E. and as stated in the 1861 census a step-sister, Elizabeth Facey. I speculate that Mary Marshall was married before & had Elizabeth before she married William Sr. It states that Elizabeth is unmarried on the census record so she could not have been married.
BURIAL: Harry and his wife Mary were buried at Oakhill Cemetery in Neenah, WI. Harry's death was caused by a malignant growth for which he underwent an operaton that gave him no more than temporary relief.
OCCUPATION: In the 1880 Oshkosh City Directory, Mary's occupation was listed as "stitcher", MC Mfg. Co. and in 1884 listed as "seamstress". In the 1891 City Directory, Mrs. H. Mollon's [1] (Mary's) occupation is listed as "pianos & organs". It is known that she played the church organ in two churches in Dale, WI during her life there. Granddaughter, Mary Marten [6], remembers that Mary Lockery Mollon held student piano recitals in Fremont, taking the bus there, to teach as well as conduct recitals. She also taught students in Dale and the students gave recitals at the town hall there.
PLACE: The Oshkosh City directory listed Mary's address as Waugoo along with her sister Sarah and later her sister Celia.
PLACES,BURIAL: See Harry H. Mollon's notes also.
BIRTH: In searching for birth records of Mary Elizabeth Lockery, no documentation could be found either vital records or church records. Possibly because she was born at a time when records were not kept.
Additional photo of Mary attached to Harry H. Mollon file.
Birth record found at the Winnebago County Court House by Mary Wegner [8] showing that John H. H. was born in September 1887 and this was verified on the birth certificate of William C. Mollon [2] in 1888 but this child was not shown on the birth certificate of John R. Mollon [3] in 1892. William C.[2] was shown on that certificate though.
*Mary Marten [6] confirmed that she knew of a child being born that did not live more than 5 years but thought it was a girl.
Census: The 1861 Census of Stoke Damerel,Ward Tamar,Devonport,England states that the occupation of William Mollon was "joiner in Her Majesties Dockyard. He was 46 yrs. of age when my great-grandfather, William Henry Herbert was born.
Their home address was 7 Milne Place,Stoke Damerel,Plymouth,England.According to internet contacts in England,I am told that a joiner is a skilled carpenter. In recent years those dockyards were sold off to a private enterprise & the Plymouth Dockyard Museum now is in it's place. Her Majesties Dockyard is now part of the major naval base in Plymouth.
BIRTHPLACE: According to the census records William was born in Treskinnick Cross, Poundstock Cornwall. Many Mollon's were found (3 families) in the parish register of Poundstock Cornwall with there being two William's born within two years of each other.
In looking at the birth records for Cornwall, Poundstock, I found two (2) William Mollon's, one born 1810 and one born 1812. These Williams had different parents. The question was: Which William is my William?In writing to Her Majesty's Royal Navy in Plymouth, they looked up & provided me with the employment record of William Mollon and verified that my William was born in 1810, thus answering this question.
The birth/baptism document of William, born in 1810, showed his parents to be Hugh Mollon and Elizabeth Jeffery.
The only Mollon tombstone we found in our 2000 visit to the UK was in a little village called Pipers Pool in a Methodist church cemetery. It was the tombstone of my g-g-grandpa William Mollon, born 1810 & died 1882 at Tregeare Egloskerry. We found no other Mollon tombstones. I believe that William got from Plymouth, where he lived to PipersPool because one of his children or his extended family lived there.
According to the 1861 Census of Stoke Damerel,Ward Tamar,Devonport,England the household of William & Mary Mollon at 7 Milne Place must have been quite large. The census showed that they had a house servant girl named, Jane Oleer(?) age 16 born in Cornwall;a lodger named Herbert Williams(?),who was a clerk in Her Majesties Dockyard;another lodger & his wife, Franklyn & Emma Balloway(?),he being the curate of St. Paul's Parish.
In the 1851 Census the family is shown to live at 6 Pym St. Morice Town, Stoke Damerel,Devonshire. At that time they also had a live in servant, Mary Pethick, age 19.
The birth document for John Marshall states he was born on 11 of September 1839 at Grattons in the parish of Laneast. His father was William Mollon, carpenter who lived at the time at Moon St. #30, Morrice Town Devonport, Devon. His mother was Mary Mollon formerly Marshall. The registration district was Launceston and sub-district of Altarnon.
According to the 1861 Census of Devonport,Ward Tamar,Stoke Damerel, England, Elizabeth was the step-daughter to the head of household which was William Mollon. Their home address at that time was 7 Milne Place,Tamar,Stoke Damerel, England.
CorneliusorConners LockeryorLoughery
PLACE: Cornelius Lockery came to Oshkosh WI in about 1866 with wife Jane Gardner Lockery. His occupation is listed as "teamster" (driving teams of horses for the lumber company) in the 1868 Oshkosh City Directory. He and his family moved to Shiocton WI in about 1886 where they were involved in the lumber business and farming.
BURIAL: Cornelius Lockery, buried in Shiocton, was the first person to be buried in the new Catholic, St. Denis, cemetery per his obituary. The cemetery is on Rexford Rd. outside of Shiocton. The grave stone is a tree stump with leaves inscribed with his name and his wife Jane's and their birth and death dates.
BIO: Both Cornelius and Jane were Irish Catholic's.
NAME: According to Mr. Jeff Johnson the name Lockery is one of many variations on Lochery (others include Loughery, Laughery also Lochary, Lockary). He states that the Lockery family appears to have originated in the Lanarkshire region of Scotland, and were associated with the Douglases. The Clan Douglas Association of North America lists Lockery as one of the Douglas septs. Many,if not most, of the Lockery's (etc) in North America appear to be descended from a Jeremiah Lockery (Loughry) who immigrated sometime in the mid-1700s and settled in the Cumberland County region of Pennsylvania. A descendant of that family, Julia Ann Jewett, publised a genealogy of this family in 1923 entitled "A Brief Genealogy of the Loughry Family of Pennsylvania". According to Jewett, the Lockerys left Scotland in the time of James I and VI to settle on one of the plantations (colonies) in northern Ireland. Most of the North American Lockery families are traceable to northern Ireland for that reason. In the mid-1800's, however, there were
still a large number of Lockerys living in Lanarkshire,Scotland.NAME: The book "Irish Surnames by Edward MacLysaght stated (O) Loughrey - (O Lautheirghigh) mainly found in Ulster.
Andrew Lockery of Winnepeg Canada notes that the grave markers in several communities between Belfast up the coast to Londonderry were all "Lockery " . I was very young when I was shown them and sadly would have to revisit Ireland to find them again.
The only other thing that came to mind is that when the British Govt required the Scots to have family names Lockery was ,as it suggests, the name of the business where locks were made and repaired .I remember my granfather telling me that it was south of Edinburgh that the family had its origins but I suspect that urban expansion probably means that the village is now within greater Edinburgh. I also remember being told that the land enclosures that threw most of the tenant farmers off the land in favour of sheep led to the demise of the Scottish lockerys and that only my great grandfather did not emigrate. I am fairly certain that there are only three Lockerys still in Britain and they are all very close relatives.
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Jane Hellery or Hillery Gardner
PLACE: Jane Hellery Gardner married Cornelius Lockery in about 1856 in Cherryfield Maine. Jane Gardner was living there after coming to America in 1850. Jane and Cornelius moved to Oshkosh in about 1866 and raised their family there. The Lockery family then moved to Shiocton in 1880 working in the lumber business and farming.
BIOGRAPHY: See Cornelius Lockery's notes
NAME: The book "Irish Surnames" by Edward Mac Lysaght states that HILLARY is derived from Latin -hilarius-cheerful. Is English name well known in County Clare. Hillery is a very rare name.
MARRIAGE: According to the banns of marriage from Cherryfield Maine, Jane & Cornelius were married about July 14, 1856. This information was received from Margery Brown,Cherryfield/Narragasus Historical Society, from her records of village minutes of 1856. Records were not kept on a regular basis in that time as there were so many Irish in the area & their affairs were not considered important enough to be recorded.
BIOGRAPHY: John H. Roe Mollon worked for the railroad as a ticket agent. He and wife, Dorothy owned and operated Mollon Travel Agency in Neenah from 1957 until his death in 1965. The agency was continued by his wife and then his daughter Linda [76] and her husband. His daughter Jackie [71] told of his love for dancing and that he taught her how to dance. She said he was a really nice man.
The Appleton Post Crescent dated August 8, 1957 published an article regarding John R. Mollon ending a 50 year railroad career. The article notes that John was a veteran railroader beginning his career by working for the North Western in 1907 as a baggageman in Appleton. He later served 10 years for three other railroads. He also worked as an assistant cashier for the Chicago,Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad and as a car accountant for the Soo line at Kolzie IL. John worked as an abstract clerk for the Illinois Central and subsequently went to Antigo as a commodity clerk in the superintendent's office. He also served as a tour conductor on tours to Havana,Cuba; California; New York and the Black Hills.
BIOGRAPHY: Jackie Schmidt, daughter of Edna Ender & John Mollon, stated that her step father, Leo was a chauffer in Neenah. He would dress in full uniform and worked for two single ladies in town. Jackie noted that Edna and Leo retired to St. Petersburg Florida and died there.
BIOGRAPHY: John H. Roe Mollon worked for the railroad as a ticket agent. He and wife, Dorothy owned and operated Mollon Travel Agency in Neenah from 1957 until his death in 1965. The agency was continued by his wife and then his daughter Linda [76] and her husband. His daughter Jackie [71] told of his love for dancing and that he taught her how to dance. She said he was a really nice man.
The Appleton Post Crescent dated August 8, 1957 published an article regarding John R. Mollon ending a 50 year railroad career. The article notes that John was a veteran railroader beginning his career by working for the North Western in 1907 as a baggageman in Appleton. He later served 10 years for three other railroads. He also worked as an assistant cashier for the Chicago,Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad and as a car accountant for the Soo line at Kolzie IL. John worked as an abstract clerk for the Illinois Central and subsequently went to Antigo as a commodity clerk in the superintendent's office. He also served as a tour conductor on tours to Havana,Cuba; California; New York and the Black Hills.
BIOGRAPHY: John H. Roe Mollon worked for the railroad as a ticket agent. He and wife, Dorothy owned and operated Mollon Travel Agency in Neenah from 1957 until his death in 1965. The agency was continued by his wife and then his daughter Linda [76] and her husband. His daughter Jackie [71] told of his love for dancing and that he taught her how to dance. She said he was a really nice man.
The Appleton Post Crescent dated August 8, 1957 published an article regarding John R. Mollon ending a 50 year railroad career. The article notes that John was a veteran railroader beginning his career by working for the North Western in 1907 as a baggageman in Appleton. He later served 10 years for three other railroads. He also worked as an assistant cashier for the Chicago,Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad and as a car accountant for the Soo line at Kolzie IL. John worked as an abstract clerk for the Illinois Central and subsequently went to Antigo as a commodity clerk in the superintendent's office. He also served as a tour conductor on tours to Havana,Cuba; California; New York and the Black Hills.
BIOGRAPHY: Dorothy Ann and her first husband, John Mollon started Mollon Travel agencies in the Fox Valley.
Dorothy was Past Noble Grand of Betty Rebekah Lodge of Neenah. She was a Sunday school teacher, Brownie and Girl Scout leader, loved animals, gardening, reading and travel. In the early years of her life she had been a telephone operator.
!In December of 1997, Dorothy died and was survived by her second husband, Arthur Papp of Sherhaven, Oshkosh.
OCCUPATION: William (Bill) was a delivery/baggage agent for the CNW railroad for 40 years, retiring in 1955. He and wife Kate lived and worked in Appleton WI. all their lives.
The house on Mason St., in which they lived & raised their children, was a house previously owned by the railroad. When it needed to be moved for new tracks, Grandpa bought it & had it moved to its present location on Mason St. in Appleton.
Grandpa was a cigar smoker. There was seldom a time when he didn't have one in his hands.
BIO: William and "Kate" Catherine were both practicing Catholic's.
After his wife Kate died, Grandpa traveled with his brother John. They went to places like Cuba, Trinidad & other islands.
Catherine Elizabeth Rose"Kate" Gehrmann
BIOGRAPHY: Kate was a homemaker and full time mother. She and husband William (Bill) lived in Dale WI until they moved to Mason St. in Appleton WI. Daughter Mary Marten [6] remembers being quite ill and confined to the house while a child. She recalled staying at home with her mother who entertained her for about one month while other family members had to stay elsewhere and would come to the house and wave to her from the window.
Daughter Dorothy [5] noted that her mother had made her first communion dress (seen in photos of Dorothy and Bill's first communion as children) for her.
Employment: The 1910 Appleton City Directory lists Catherine as working at Saxony Knitting and residing with her parents at 554 Outagamie St., Appleton.
The obituary for Kate said that she died Sunday morning at her home at 129 Mason St. after a 2 month illness.
!BURIAL: See notes for William C. Mollon
BIOGRAPHY: Ferdinand came to the USA in spring of 1882 with three children, Martha, 6 years old, Antonie, 4 years old and Bruno Ferdinand, 2 years old. Harry Mollon recollects that Ferdinand's first wife died. He also remembered hearing that one of the sons died after coming to the USA. Mary Marten [6] remembers Martha visiting in Appleton. Martha and two sons lived in Milwaukee. Mary remembers when Martha would visit she would always take her teeth out and when asked by the children why, she replied that her teeth were "so tired".
PLACE: Ferdinand from Kunerutzwalde, West Prussia and his wife Marian from Posen, Germany were married in La Crosse in fall of 1882 and came to Appleton in 1888. Ferdinand worked for the Chicago & NorthWestern railroad for 45 years retiring in 1922. Marian "Mary" raised their nine children. Ferdinand lost his left arm while working as an oilman for the railroad. Ferdinand was oiling under the train and the engineer moved the train with Ferdinand's arm still under the train.
MEMORIES: Mary Marten [6] remembered that at age 90, Ferdinand broke his hip and at that time people were put in a body cast. She remembers she and her mother living with Grandpa Gehrmann while he was laid up and that twice daily Ferdinand's son's would come over to bathe him and turn him in bed.
!Resource #107, La Crosse County Marriage Registration of Ferdinand Gehrmann & Marianna Krechovek shows date of marriage, parents names & birthplaces.Early German Immigrants in WI by Kate Levi & Albert Faust state that between 1881 & 1887 an agent from the Wisconsin Central Railroad was sent to Germany to secure immigrants to work for the railroad in Wisconsin. The inducement was good wages where in a short time they might earn enough to buy land & build homes.
A copy of the passport belonging to Ferdinand Gehrmann states his hair & eye color, his stature, and age. It also has handwritten notes showing the children that accompanied him, plus his children he had with wife Marian.
Marian"Mary" Grehowiak or Krechovek
Biography: Mary Marten [6] remembers that Grandma Marian would talk to her cat in German. The cat followed grandma around all over the house and she would talk to it most of the time.
William J. Mollon was baptized on the 26th day of April 1913. The certificate states that William was born in Dale WI on April 23, 1913. Sponsors at the baptizm were: Anthony Fritsch and Maria Gehrman.
BIOGRAPHY: In his younger days, Bill was known as Junior as his dad's name was also William. Bill met Bea while working in New Holstein at Leverenz Shoe Factory.
Bill served in the Army Air Corp, WWII for 4 years. He was stationed in various places and also served in the CBI theatre (China/Burma/India) during his tour of duty. When returning to Chilton WI in 1946, he and partner/wife Bea bought a restaurant THE UPTOWN CAFE and served the public until 1971. His specialty was "beef roast". After selling the restaurant to Ralph Hertel, he engaged in various jobs to fill his time until he acquired the Sears Roebuck franchise in about 1971. Bill and Bea jointly ran the store until their retirement in 1977. They bought a trailer home in El Rancho Village, Bradenton Florida and after several years, sold their home in Chilton WI and became residents of Florida permanently. They returned to Chilton WI in 1988, renting various apartments when in WI. They returned mainly to visit their children and grandchildren during the summers and from time to time, during the holidays.Bill was active in the Chilton community. He belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, the Resque Squad,Fire Department,and auxiliary police. He also was instrumental in starting the first Chilton Youth Center. Besides his work, Bill was an avid bowler all his life. He sponsored teams as well as bowling in them. He enjoyed golfing too.
Bill and Bea were both practicing Catholic's.
History: The Mollon family had a cottage on Wilke Lake near St. Nazianz, WI. in the 1950's. They would go for weekends and swim and fish. Verna Starks remembered when Bill worked for "Speck" Leon at the bowling alley, dining hall in New Holstein. This triggered the same memory for the writer, as she remembers in younger years going to the establishment in New Holstein to dine and visit Mr. Leon.
DEATH & BURIAL: Bill had a mild stroke in 1970 and went to Madison Hospital for treatment. In 1985 Bill had problems with blood clots in his legs and this caused great concern. He was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1987, thinking the pains he had were sore muscles. The cancer spread quickly, he did not take treatment for it, other than for pain. He died on Father's Day in Chilton at a home he and Bea rented for the summer of 1988. He was cremeated and his ashes are buried at Chilton cemetery.
Beatrice Frances "Bea" Zarnoth
BIOGRAPHY: Beatrice (Bea) was born and raised in the area of WI known as the "Lime Kilns" between New Holstein and Chilton. She had an older sister that died at a young age, leaving Bea the only child. Bea worked in New Holstein in the Leverenz Shoe Factory during her teen years. During the war the factory made bullets for the war effort which enabled Bea and fellow workers to help in the making of the bullets at that time. In her younger day, Bea was an avid bowler and belonged to many teams in the Chilton area. In her later years, Bea loved to golf.
ILLNESS: Bea was diagnosed with cancer of the colon in 1966. She had surgery at Calumet Memorial Hospital and lived for 23 years with a colostomy that she had to irrigate daily. This malady seldom changed Bea's outlook on life, she was glad to be alive. Her motto was "Don't worry, be happy".
DEATH & BURIAL: Bea died alone at her home in Florida of congenital heart failure. Her cancer was not a factor in her death. Her body was flown back to Chilton were she was cremeated and buried in Chilton cemetery.
Also see notes attached to her spouse, Bill J. Mollon