Family:John Yockey and Emily Riley (1)

Family narrative

In the 1850 census, John and Emily lived with their toddler son, Charles, and their infant daughter, Caroline and John was engaged in farming in Boone County, Kentucky. Aug 1850 would have been 3 years and a couple of months after John and Emily's marriage in Jun 1847.

The 1850 census, collected in Boone County, Kentucky in August 1850, is not as clear cut associated with this family as later ones, but I believe it is associated. The ages of husband and wife as 27 and 21 are consistent in that a) John's birthday was still a month away, meaning he would have been 27, turning 28 in September and b) Emily's birthday was in only a couple of days, meaning she would be turning 21 within the month and would likely have been recorded as being 21. The birthplaces of husband and wife are consistent with other info. "E F" is consistent with "Emily Francis". As for the children, listed as "C H" and "E C", if initials had been requested by the interviewer, "C A" could have been misinterpreted as "C H"; "Caroline" is more problematic, but it might be that she has an additional name not yet identified. The ages of the children were listed as 2 and 7/12, respectively; Charles was born in March 1848, meaning he would have turned 2 before the survey, while Caroline - we don't yet have an exact date of birth, but it is considered to be 1849, so 7/12 is consistent.

One hypothesis that would resolve the "E C" issue would be that "Esther" and "Caroline" are the same people. This would be consistent with "E C" in 1850, "Caroline" in 1860 and "Esther C" in 1870. If this were true, Esther's birth in 24 Dec 1849 would be consistent with an age of 7/12 in 6 Aug 1850 - the difference between birth and survey is 7 months and 13 days.

In the 1860 census, John and Emily lived with two sons (Charles and Valentine) and three daughters (Caroline, Mary C and Laney), all 12 years old or younger. Yockey's household was visited right after a visit to Isham Riley's household, and right before a visit to William Riley's household. John was noted to be a farmer with real estate amounting to $1,000 and personal wealth of $300.

In the 1870 census, the family had not moved and had grown to two parents and eight children. Children born in the past ten years were George, Alice, Margaret and Lorenzo aka Jasper. Three of the kids, Laney, Valentine and George, were in school. John was still farming, and the 50 year old father and 41 year old mother had four children in the house less then 10 years old, one of them an infant. One of the children, the eldest Charles, had moved out of the house, married and had an infant son --- and was the next enumerated family after John and Emily in the census.

Reviewing the entire image set for Center Township in the 1870 census, John was one of only six men and one women who were foreign born in the area. There were three other Germanic people, a couple (Mood) from Prussia and a Nellinger from Germany; there was also a Calland from Scotland, and a Ray and Crawford from Ireland.

In the 1880 census, all but the youngest three children had left the home, the family farm - Alice, Margaret and Lorenzo (Jasper). All of them were in school, and Jasper was, presumably, helping on the family farm. Alice was 17, and in about two years she would be wed.

By the time of the 1880 census, Center Township had been split into two Enumeration Districts, suggesting substantial population growth. John and Emily lived in Enumeration District 304. Looking again at foreign born people in the area, the Ray from Ireland remained, of course John from Bavaria, and a woman from Ireland had married into a Ricketts family. Looking at Enumeration District 305, Nellinger and the Mood couple from Germany remained, and a German woman had married into a Tilley family. This summarizes as seven foreign born people, four men and three women.

In the 1900 census, John and Emily lived alone, next door to their youngest child, Jasper, and his family. The record shows their surname misspelled as "Yocky" and "Jno M" as John's name, and "Emily F" as Emily's name. Their birth month and year are consistent with other records, showing them as 77 and 70 years old, respectively, having been married for 53 years. The record indicates that Emily had had 9 children, 8 of whom were still living, which is not consistent with info in this record - which would show as 13 children; as death dates haven't been found for all, one is known to have died before 1900. Birth places of John and Emily are consistent; both of John's parents are noted as having been born in Germany, and both of Emily's in Kentucky. The record shows John as having immigrated to the US in 1840, having been in the country for 60 years, and the naturalization field shows "na" - with no indicator of the meaning of the code. The record shows John's occupation as 'Farmer'. Though it shows that John can read, write and speak English, it shows that Emily apparent could neither read nor write. Finally, it shows that John owned the home, free and clear, and that it was on a farm.

1850 census

• "Do" in the name column refers to "ditto", equivalent to quotation mark or an underline

  Likewise for birthplace

1860 census

• For "Color", all blank; presumed white
• For "Value" of "Real Estate" and "Personal Estate", only listed for John M., as $1000 and $300, respectively
• "Married within the year" was blank
• Blank for the "deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict" field

1870 census

• Age - this is age at last birthday
• Content fields excluded: Value of Real Estate "1500" (John) ; Value of personal estate "285" (John)
• Blank fields excluded: Born this year; Married this year; Cannot read; Disabled

  Disabled refers to deaf and dub, blind, insane or idiotic

• Content field excluded: Male citizen 21 years and older (John)
• Blank field excludedd: Male citizen< with abridged right to vote

1880 census

• Blank fields excluded: Name of Street; House Number
• Content field excluded: Color "W" (for all)
• Blank field excluded: Month born, if born within the census year.
• Blank field excluded: Widowed; Married during census year
• Blank fields not appearing: Months Unemployed; Sick; Blind; Deaf/Dumb; Idiot; Insane; Maimed; Can't read; Can't write

1900 census

• Content fields excluded from table

  Color "W" (both)

  Marital status "M" (both)

  Number of years married "53" (both)

  Children born / living "9 born, 8 living" (Emily)

  Year came to US "1840" (John)

  Number of years in US "60" (John)

  Occupation "Farmer" (John)

1.   Edith. Letter Edith to B.DeBow (1971). (photocopy provided by B. DeBow to T. J. Yockey 21 March 2001).
2. ↑ Obituary of Emily Frances (RILEY) YOCKEY, in INGREENE-L Archives
   14 Aug 2002.

   original source of obituary, noted in source: THE BLOOMFIELD DEMOCRAT, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, March 20, 1902, Volume XXXIV, Number 3, Page 2, Columns 2 & 3, “OBITUARY—Yockey.”

3. ↑ Schedule 1. - Free Inhabitants in Center Township, in Greene, Indiana, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
   Page 115, family 814, 9 Jul 1860.

   Source Citation: "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBY-9PJF?cc=1473181&wc=7QK5-RM8%3A1589426070%2C1589422366%2C1589422820 : 24 March 2017), Indiana > Greene > Center Township > image 43 of 45; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Neither Esther nor Yanil were listed among family members in the 1860 census.

4.   Family record for Maler Yockey and Sarah Ellen Ashcraft, in Hewett, Sarah Jane O'Rourk. Descendants of Ichabod Ashcraft (1737-1804), colonist and Revolutionary War patriot. (Rapid City, South Dakota: S.J.O. Hewitt, Jul 1985)
   Page 53.

   Support for relationship with child Maler Yockey.
   
   This page is a structured genealogical record where the sources are indicated as "Family Bible", "Newspaper Obituaries" and "personal knowledge of Naomi Yockey and Sarah Jane Hewett".

5. ↑ ED 106, Willow Hill Township (East part excluding Liberty Village), Jasper County, Illinois, in Jasper County, Illinois. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Sheet 8B, dwelling 159, family 134, rows 89 and 90, 18 Jun 1900.

   The couple were living alone at this time and had been married for 53 years.
   
   Census indicated that Emily had 9 children, 8 of whom remained living at this time; however, aggregate of info has led to 12 children in this record, at least 3 of whom had died by Jun 1900. Two children (note) were not included in the 1860 census, which would bring total to 10.
   
   Source Citation: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67V9-WQT?cc=1325221&wc=9B77-NQS%3A1030552601%2C1032323901%2C1035678401 : 5 August 2014), Illinois > Jasper > ED 106 Willow Hill Township (east part excl. Liberty vill.) > image 16 of 23; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

6. ↑ Centre Township, Greene, Indiana, in Greene, Indiana, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
   Page 43, home 310, family 310, 5 Sep 1870.

   "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QBW-H4X?cc=1438024&wc=KPNN-4WL%3A518664801%2C519069501%2C518742001 : 8 June 2019), Indiana > Greene > Centre > image 43 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

7. ↑ Centre Township, Greene, Indiana, in Greene, Indiana, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
   Pg. 8, dwelling 71, family 71, rows 10 to 14, 13 Jun 1880.

   "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBH-PWT?cc=1417683&wc=XCLR-PTL%3A1589401272%2C1589396348%2C1589395528%2C1589394745 : 24 December 2015), Indiana > Greene > Center > ED 304 > image 8 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

8.   District 2, Boone County, in Boone, Kentucky, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   pg. between numbered 148 and 149, dwelling 94, family 94, rows 24 to 27, 6 Aug 1850.

   "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-64KQ-C6K?cc=1401638&wc=95R4-YWT%3A1031325101%2C1031419701%2C1032850301 : 9 April 2016), Kentucky > Boone > Boone county, part of > image 67 of 221; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

9. ↑ Place of marriage not included in Source 2