Newsletter Sep 1998

Gala Nettles has issued the following invitation to all Stockmans and related families and friends.

Mark your calendar right now for April 24 & 25, and come on down to the Nettles Cutting Horse Ranch in Madisonville, Texas for the annual Stockman Reunion. It will probably be a little different from any other reunion you’ve attended, so get here early and bring your camera!

First, we’ll gather Saturday afternoon, April 24 for some serious visiting and playing. Make a mental note of how you connect to the Stockman Lineage, because we’re going to build our own “family tree” that weekend.

But that is just the beginning. Bring your dominoes or cards if you’d like, plop down at one of the tables on the back deck and challenge one of your kinfolks to a game or two. You can also bring your bathing suit for a swim. Now it may be a little chilly at first, but the Texas sun will warm you and a good afternoon swim should be refreshing.

Don’t want to swim or play cards? You can practice your tossing skills with a game of horseshoes, play a little pool on the pool table, even take turns riding ol’ Granny in the horse arena, or just sit in the swing and talk. And, if you’d like, before the afternoon is over, Ronnie will treat you to a first-hand demonstration of one of these awesome cutting horses in action! By the way, watching the dogs gather the cattle can be just as much fun as watching the horses work. We’ve even got a pond in which you can toss your fishing pole, but be forewarned, if you catch the “big one” we’re cooking him for supper.

Speaking of supper, for you brave souls, we’ll grill emu burgers for you to try. You Traditional folks can munch down on good ol’ fashion hamburgers.

Then Sunday morning we’ll gather at the Lake Madison Recreational House for a Texas Bar-b-Que lunch. If you think about it, bring your favorite 6-pack of sodas to toss in the ice chest or maybe your favorite dessert. Mother (that’s Mondell Helms to those of you who do not have the family tree down really well - but you will after this reunion) is making a double decker of her famous banana pudding for dessert, but if you’ve got a specialty, bring it along!

So mark you calendar right now for April 24 & 25; we’re looking forward to seeing you!

(Daughter of Mondell Jutson Helms, daughter of Mamie Stockman Jutson, Daughter of grandma Polly!!)

Nettles Cutting Horse Ranch is just off Highway 21 about 3 miles West of the town square in Madisonville. Look for the sign on Highway 21. The Madisonville Inn has accommodations available. Tell them you’re with the Stockman Reunion. Rates are $50 to $55.

You can park your RV at the Ranch. Gala says, “Of course the horses may keep you awake!”

The Sunday Bar-b-que will be held at Madison Lake which is a short street off of Collard Street which runs between Main Street (Hw 21) and Hw 75.

This is an historical area for a Stockman gathering for in the year 1806 when Frederick Stockman and his family arrived in Texas they landed at the mouth of the Trinity River and then made their way up river to the village of Trinidad de Salcedo. This village was located where the Old San Antonio Road crossed the Trinity River. Highway 21 follows the route of the Old San Antonio Road and one of the most probably locations for the village of Trinidad was where highway 21 crosses the Trinity River about 20 miles east of Madisonville.-//-

Kathy Sherbourne has volunteered to put together a reunion on the West Coast this year and has selected Brownsville, Oregon as the site.

The weekend of June 25 26 and 27 family members will be gathering in the park in Brownsville, bring your motor home, camp trailer or tent and join the family there. So set these dates aside for a reunion in the most pleasant of surroundings.

The German immigrant Stockmans who left the vicinity of Burbach in the duchy of Nassau-Siegen

most likely traveled by boat down the Rhine River and through the canal system of the low countries to Rotterdam there they paid for passage on the ship Fane for their voyage to the New World.

Between 1745 and 1749 an average of 8 ships per year left Holland to sail to Philadelphia. The average number of immigrants per ship was 180. Many of these German immigrants agreed to work for various periods of time after their arrival in the New World to pay for their passage. Our Stockman immigrants do not seem to have been in this category, instead paying their way to the New World prior to boarding the ship.

The cost of passage varied depending upon the conditions of the ship, economic conditions in Europe and wars that were in progress. In 1750 the passage fare was 10 £ sterling for what might be called first class, while the servant rate was 5.9 £ sterling.

The ship Fane carried a larger number of passengers than any other ship that sailed in 1749. Upon arrival at Philadelphia 596 passengers were on board While the average load for a vessel sailing to Philadelphia from Holland was 180 passengers. The size and vessel type for the Fane has not been determined.

When the Ship Fane left Rotterdam in 1749 headed for the New World, Captain William Hyndman sailed to Cowes England. The date of

departure from Rotterdam has not been found. But the ship arrived at Cowes, a required stop for European vessels going to British North America on Tuesday, 22 August 1749. Lloyds began publishing a list of British Ship arrivals in 1734 and these have been preserved. The Lloyds lists for the ship Fane have been found and are reproduced here.

Each Lloyds listing is in two parts. The first part providing much information about bond rates and other information on business activities and life in eighteenth century England.

The second, called “The Marine List” is the part we are interested in. On it is shown ship arrivals for the various ports.

The last listing for the Port of Cowes is the ship Fane. The captain is reported as “Hindman”. In the records of the ship’s arrival in Philadelphia his name is spelled “Hyndman”

Cowes is a port on the Isle of Wight. It is located on the northern side of the Isle across the Solent Strait from Southampton.

On Friday, 25 August 1749 the Fane set sail for Philadelphia. It traveled along the southern coast of England and into the Irish Sea. Then across the north Atlantic up the Delaware River and docked at Philadelphia 54 days later.

What conditions were like on board the Fane is open to conjecture but a description of the foods provided for passengers has been preserved by numerous sources.

Weekly rations for an adult passenger consisted of two pounds of oatmeal, four pounds of bread or biscuits a pound of molasses, a pound of dried peas, and somewhat less than

a pound of meat or cheese. A daily ration of water was also available. Many passengers brought additional food in their baggage to supplement the fare provided by the ship’s company.

Quality of the food was another matter. Often provisions became wet and spoiled. The water was often brackish, the bread moldy and the meat rancid. The only vegetables to be had were dried peas and occasionally potatoes .

The vessels pitched and rolled in the Atlantic Swells and for the first week of the voyage almost everyone was sea sick. Passengers were generally confined below decks and during storms the holds were locked to prevent water from entering. Humane efforts by some to improve conditions on the vessels seem trivial by modern standards. One effort to improve conditions below decks called for washing the walls of the areas periodically with vinegar!

The conditions just described were found on British ships, but there is little reason to believe that they were significantly different on vessels from other countries.

information on Lloyds, the source of the information on the arrival and departure of the Ship Fane at Cowes England is taken from their web page)

Lloyd's List is an international daily business newspaper operating on a global scale through a network of specialist correspondents and journalists, supported by the exclusive Lloyd's Agency system. Established in 1734, Lloyd's List has enjoyed more than 260 years as the leading maritime paper and journal of record. At the age of 263 years, and as one of two or three of the oldest daily newspapers in the world, Lloyd's List has charted the rise and fall of economies and trade around the world. Lloyd's List has its roots in the long era when maritime signaling was limited to flags and reporting of ships was an established custom of the sea. Its pages, then as now, are unique in bringing that intelligence - reports of casualties and movements as well as a huge amount of other related news and comment to a largely unchanged audience. Underwriters, shipowners, ports, marine insurance mutuals, shipbuilders, agents and brokers all have a keen interest in the reports Lloyd's List carries.

It is not difficult to imagine the joy that the passengers felt upon their arrival in Philadelphia after 54 days at sea.

years or greater were required to sign an oath of allegiance to George II of England.

Johann Phillips Stockmann signed his name and Johann Engel Stockmann signed with his mark, a clerk writing in his name. Other members of the family were among the other passengers, including Anna Maria, wife of Johann Engel and probably their younger brother, Johann George Stockman.-//-

Hannah Celeste arrived December 19, 1998. The daughter of Thomas Phillips Worsham and Andrea Gilbert Worsham, Hannah Celeste was born in Orlando, Orange Co. FL.

Grandmother, Barbara Naab Gilbert (Helen Stockman Naab, John Rufus Stockman, Daniel Stockman, Jacob Stockman, Peter Stockman, Johann Peter Stockmann the immigrant) says, “Having two new babies that close together really kept me busy!” (See last Newsletter for announcement of another of Barbara’s granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn Gilbert born on 9 Nov 1998.

Danial S. Rowan has a new address. Mail him at 630 Chalynn Cir., Orange CA. 92866-2728. His phone number is (714) 639-7365.

James W. Stockman has a new address. Mail him at 206 Deublu Ct., Sun City Hilton Head, Bluffton, SC 29910

W. D. Granger was born 11 Dec 1906 near Malone, TX, the son of Oscar Benjamin Granger and Mary Lee Stockman (William H Stockman, Peter Stockman, Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family).

W. D. Granger when he was a baby

W. D married Veneta Brazil on 5 Nov 1932 at Frederick, OK. They lived in the Mt Calm, TX area until 1944 when they moved to the Slide Community. They moved to Littlefield, TX in 1976.

W. D. was a charter member of the Slide Co-op Gin and served on its board of directors. He was a farmer. At age 90 yrs he was still riding and breaking horses. He was a member and a deacon of the First Baptist Church in Littlefield.

W. D. is survived by his wife, Veneta Granger of Littlefield; five sons, W. D. Granger Jr of Bay Cliff, TX; Darrell Granger of Panama City, FL; Kenneth Granger of Rockport, TX; Steve Granger of Lubbock, TX; and Gerald Granger of Pahoa, Hawaii; a daughter, JoAnn Scitern of Alpena, AR; three brothers, A.D. Granger and Kermit Granger, both of Hubbard, TX and Jesse Granger of Mt. Calm; three sisters, Eula Strange of Hubbard, Tx; Rosa Lee Osborn of Mt Calm, TX and Eradell Matthews of Amarillo, TX; 18 grandchildren, and 18 great grand children.

He died at 2:30 a.m. 30 Jun. 1998 at his home in Littlefield, Texas. Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, 3 Jul. at the First Baptist church in Littlefield. Interment was at the Rest haven Memorial Park, Lubbock, TX, Hammons Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Althea Speelman Kaplan, daughter of Alice Stuckman Speelman (Samuel Ervin Stuckman descendant of Johann Peter Stockmann the immigrant) passed away, Friday 30 May 1997 after a long struggle with cancer in Dade Co. FL.

During her early years teaching music at Miami-Dade Community College, Althea formed a musical group named the Pipers. Since 1971, the flute ensemble has played at several South Florida events, including holiday festivals, weddings and the Florida Renaissance Festival in Both Dade and Broward Counties.

A native of Ohio, Althea began playing piano during junior high school. She took up the flute while marching for her local high school band. She graduated as valedictorian at Crestline High in Ohio in 1953. She earned her masters and doctorate degrees from Eastman School of Music in New York and did two graduate assistant ships there. She worked as a vocal music teacher in Illinois and New York. Althea worked as a writer and editor in New York and moved to Miami in 1966.

She was editor for the University of Miami and taught woodwind. She also taught flute and music theory as an adjunct at Barry College. In 1968 She joined Miami-Dade’s North Campus faculty and eventually became chairwoman of the drama/music department.

Ann Roemer, now an assistant professor at the college remembers Althea, “She took in stray dogs, stray students and flutists under her wing like me. She took four students into her home.”

In 1994 Althea retired and changed the name of the flute ensemble to The Kaplan Pipers, which she continued to direct. The Pipers have represented the United States at music festivals in Germany and the Czech Republic. They also played at the White House during the Bush Administration.

Althea is survived by her husband Sheldon, step daughter, Elizabeth Alvarez and one grand daughter, Alexandra.

Althea Kaplan passed away 30 May 1997 and Chapel services were held on June 2 at the Hope Lutheran church in South Miami. Interment followed.

On Friday, April 2nd, Mrs. Elizabeth Rude will celebrate her ninety-eighth birthday. Mrs. Rude was born in Pike Co, PA April 2nd, 1839. She was the daughter of Frank Stockman and Jane Stackhouse. When very young, her parents moved to Sussex County.

She married Caleb J. Rude, who later went to the Civil War and died there, leaving her with three children. Her husband is buried at Arlington Cemetery. She spent most of her life in Sussex County, but lived for a time in Butler and Bloomingdale, then when her daughter got a position in Haledon school, she moved to Haledon and lived there about 30 years or until her daughter passed away in 1929. Since that time she lived with her sons, John W., of Hamburg and Caleb J., at Bloomingdale and her granddaughters Mrs. W. P. Coon at Newark and Neshanic, and Mrs. Marshall Hunt, at Sussex.

She has been in Sussex for two years now. At present, she is fairly active although almost blind. She dresses herself, makes her own bed sometimes, gets some exercise every day, listens to her radio and enjoys the visits of relatives and friends.

Her mind and memory are still very good even for things of the present as well as of the past. She has two sons living, John W. and Caleb J. Rude of Bloomingdale and Belleville. There are eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. The grandchildren are Mrs. Eva Abott, of Belleville; Mrs. Naomi Carruthers, of Bloomingdale; Mrs. Ethel Coon, of Neshanic Station; William Ride of Newark; Mrs. Margaret Hunt, of Sussex; Elizabeth, Mary, Abram H., Horace E., John W. Jr., and C. James Rude of Hardyston. The great-grandchildren are Caleb Rude 2nd and Miss Dena C. Rude, both of Newark; Miss Jeanette Wesley, Walter and C. James Jr., of Hardyston and Margaret Marshall, Jr., John W. and William Hunt, of Sussex.

Cathy DiPietro at <vdpcom@warwick.net> provided the information in this article which originally appeared in the Wantage Recorder newspaper dated April 2, 1937.-//-

We continue the 1850 census of the United States where it left off in the September Newsletter.

Kenton County, Kentucky, Page 147, HH 272, 15 Aug 1850, NTWPL
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
William Stuckman (sic)	34	M	Farmer	Germany
Mary	40	F		Germany
Barney	14	M		Germany
Joseph	12	M		Germany
Mary Ann	10	F		Germany
Caroline	6	F		KY
Eliza	4	F		KY
Annie	2	F		KY

Catahoula Parish, Louisiana Page 54, HH 90, NTWPL
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Peter Y Stockman	32	M	Planter $100	TN
Rebecca	19	F		AL
Alexander W	4	M		LA

This record was indexed under Alexander W and Peter Y Stockman, as it was split between pages 54 and 55.

Peter Y Stockman, son of John Peter Stockman, (see Lewis Stockman, his brother page 80 m Elizabeth Impson in Catahoula Parish 17 Aug 1845.

Alexander W Stockman, m Malinda E Pierce 28 Oct 1870 in Catahoula Parish, d < 1910. Their children were: John Stockman, b ca 1871; Lucy Stockman, b 1875; Duke Stockman, b 1876; Clara Stockman, b 1878; and Carleton Stockman, b 1894.

Other children of this couple were: MM (female), b ca 1851, m Mat Smith 11 Dec 1866 in Catahoula Parish; Prentis Pettway Stockman, b May 1855; and A H (male), b 1856.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Page 130, HH 583, 7 Aug 1850 City of Lafayette 2nd ward
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Mary Slater	25	F	Head store	Germany
Adam	4	M		LA
Iacal	2/12	M		LA
Bernard Stockman	30	M	Carriage maker	Germany
Henry Raleigh	22	M	Laborer	Germany
Madaline Banlint	18	F		Germany

Orleans Parish, Louisiana, page 7, HH 158, 17 Jul 1850, 1st ward, 3rd Municipal
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
M Steckman	35	F		Germany
William	18	M	Laborer	Germany
No name listed	12	M		Germany
No name listed	8	M		Germany

Essex County, Massachusetts, Page 250, HH 68, 1 Oct 1850, Newburyport
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Henry Stockman	47	M	Blockmaker	MA $1500
Harriet	41	F		MA
Joseph H	20	M	Blockmaker	MA
Harriet A	7	F		MA
Ann G	16	F		MA
Mary W	13	F		MA
Edwin	9	M		MA

Essex County, Massachusets, Page 158, HH 1766, 12 Sep 1850, Rockport
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
John Stockman	70	M	Farmer $3000	MA
Mary	45	F		MA
James	22	M	Farmer	MA
Lyman B	19	M	Farmer	MA
Simion M	3	M		MA

Essex, County Massachusetts, Page 266, HH 355, 6 Oct 1850Newburyport
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
John T Stockman	22	M	Operative	MA
Hannah	30	F		NH
John C	1	M		NH

Essex County, Massachusets, Page 150, HH 41, 27 Jul 1850,Lawrence TWP
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
John Stockman Jr	45	M	Painter	MA
Lydia Ann	37	F		NH
John William	12	M		MA
Ann A	1	F		MA

Essex County, Massachusetts, Page 313, HH 356, ?? Oc5 1850, Newbury
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Letty Stockman	44	F	$400	MA
Sara L	23	F		MA
William	18	M	Fisherman	MA
Ann M	15	F		MA
John Thurlow, Jr	27	M	Shoemaker	MA
Mary H	19	F		MA
Hannah Tocker	40	F		MA
Joseph Allen	25	M	Mariner	Nova Scotia

Essex County, Massachusetts, Page 258, HH 208, 4 Oct 1850Newburyport
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Moses Stockman	42	M	Blockmaker	MA $2000
Hannah	50	F		MA
Charles	16	M	Blockmaker	MA
Ellen	13	F		MA
Moses	7	M		MA

Essex County, Massachusetts, Page 313, HH 355, ?? Oct 1850, Newburry
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Peter L Stockman	25	M	Fisherman	MA
Jeanna	22	F		MA
Sarah J	2	F		MA
John J	9/12	M		MA

Hampshire County Massachusets Page 031 HH 491 15 Aug 1850 Worthington
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Edward A Stockman	30	M	Clergyman	ME (Methodist)
Elizabeth T	21	F		ME
Lucy A	1	F		MA

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, page 163, HH 2411, 23 Aug 1850, Charlestown
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Clarisa Stockman	58	F		NH
Charles	33	M	Printer	NH
Sarah	17	F		MA
John	26	M	Wood turner	NH

Clarissa Marston, wife of Moody Stockman, son of Jonathan Stockman and Sarah Moody, (see Benjamin Stockman, his brother, for ancestry, Enumerated in Indiana) b 2 Oct 1789.

Other children born to Clarissa and Moody Stockman were: Alfred Stockman, b 1 Jan 1816; Clarissa Ann Stockman, b 6 Oct 1818; Mary Elizabeth Stockman, b 25 Mar 1820 possibly married Timothy J Sawyer, see page 15; Martha Parker Stockman, b 27 Feb 1822; Thomas Stockman, b 6 May 1826; Nancy Stockman, b 17 Jul 1827; and Thomas Moody Stockman, see Thomas M Stockman, page 15

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Page 197, HH 3006, 31 Aug 1850, Charlestown
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
George Stockman	36	M	Iron Dealer	MA
Harret R	35	F		MA
G C W	2	M		MA

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Page 210, HH 197, 1 Aug 185o, Lowell TWP
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
M W Stockman	24	F		ME

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Page 280, HH 811, 11 Sep 1850, Dracket
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Lydia Giles	42	F		NH
William	17	M	Teamster	NH
Mary	20	F		NH
Mary Stockman	23	F		NH

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Page 216, HH 3439 5 Sep 1850, Charles town
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Timothy T Sawyer	33	M	Ice Dealer$20000	MA
Mary	29	F		MA
Maria J	9	F		MA
Mary C	7	F		MA
Timothy J, Jr	2	M		MA
Mary Ivers	22	F		Ireland
Mary Caveny	25	F		Ireland
Thomas M Stockman	20	M	Clerk	MA

Mary Sawyer is probably Mary Elizabeth Stockman, dau of Moody Stockman and Clarissa Marston and sister to Thomas Moody Stockman of this record, b 25 Mar 1820.

Thomas Moody Stockman, son of Moody Stockman and Clarissa Marston, see Clarisa Stockman, page 14, b 6 Apr 1830.