Newsletter Sep 1998

The discovery of a baptismal record of Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet’s son Jose Stockman in the summer of 1993 was the break through that lead to the discovery of our German ancestors. This allowed us to tie together many of the diverse branches of the family including those who began spelling the name Stuckman and Steckman.

Another baptismal record for another two of the sons of Frederick and Katherine has been found and it confirms the information found in the first record. This, second record, was found following a search in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) at the Family History Center in Silver City. The IGI which was recently updated to include large quantities of information not in the previous edition provided the location of the record. The microfilm of the baptismal records was ordered and copies made and translated.

The record is not easily read due to bleed through from the back side of the page, however the essential information has been deciphered. The information contained in it is as follows: On 26 April 1801, Juan Francisco Vargeos baptized Santiago and Pedro Stockman, residents of the coast of Biloxi. Santiago was born 7 Sep 1796 and Pedro was born 8 Nov 1799. Both the legitimate children of Frederick Stockman, a native of Siegerland in Germany and Catarina Thisbonet native of Winchester in Virginia. The paternal Grandparents are Yngle Stockman and Maria Smitz and the maternal grandparents are Cristoval Thisbonet and Maria Honney. The God Parents are Santiago Lanex and Maria Juana ???

The son, Santiago or James Stockman was born 7 Sep 1796. In census and other records of Frederick’s family, known to us previously, a son, John Stockman is the right age to be this child. In the census records of Villa Trinidad de Salcedo son John is recorded as being 11 yrs old while Peter is recorded as age 8 yrs. This baptismal records tells us that there was almost exactly a 3 year age difference between the two sons Peter and James. Therefore it seems probable that Santiago - James - and John are the same son. It is quite possible that the German practice of naming all the sons with the first name of Johann was still being practiced.

We now know the date of birth of Peter Stockman from whom so many members of the family are descended - 8 Nov 1799. The 200^th anniversary of his birth is approaching this year.

At the time of the baptism the family was living on the gulf coast at Biloxi. This area, while now across the state line in Mississippi today, was at that time, a part of the Spanish and French possessions. Mobile and the Gulf Coast Region did not fall into United States Hands until the War of 1812 when it was captured from the Spanish. It is interesting to note that in 1830, after his adventures in Texas, being expelled from Texas, and having lived for some time in Natchitoches, Louisiana, Frederick returned to the Gulf Coast and was enumerated there in the 1830 census.

The names of the grandparents known previously from the New Orleans baptismal record, are confirmed. Katherine’s mother was reported in the New Orleans record as “Maria Jonet”. The new record helps us understand her true maiden name. The Jonet spelling is a good Spanish rendering for the Honney surname in English. There are several Honey and Honney families in the Shenandoah Valley of

Gala and Ronnie Nettles did a great job of making a large crowd of relatives Welcome in Madisonville. They enjoyed a great deal of help from Ronnie’s favorite mother-in-law, Mondell Helms, and from their children, Kelle Duce, Kim Nettles, and Robby Richardson. The weather was beautiful, the flowers blooming, with everything green and fresh.

Jeffie Butler, her daughter, Cynthia McCullen, and grandson, Brandon Gaunce attended, being the first of the descendants of Henrietta Stockman, dau of Henry Stockman and Dorcas Trebite to attend a Stockman Family Reunion.

A great time was had by all renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. But alass, too soon it became time for the reunion to be over.

          Stanley S Stockman was born 13 Jan 1926 in Drumright, Oklahoma, the son of Daniel Woodrow
        Stockman (Perry Francis Stockman, Hardy Francis Stockman, Henry Stockman, Frederick Stockman
        and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family) and Donna Lowery.

Stanley, known as “Cotton”, grew up in Drumright and graduated from Drumright High School in
1944. He joined the US Navy and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and the Liberation of the Philippines.

After being honorably discharged from the Navy, Stanley worked in the oil fields and his work took
him to Nebraska where he met and married Belva O Langley 10 Aug 1954. They moved to Chickasha, OK in 1958. He continued to be employed in the oil business working for Parker Drilling, Core Drilling and several independent drilling companies. He retired as a tool pusher in 1988.

Stanley was a member of the Baptist faith and attended the Baptist Church.

          He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, one sister, a nephew and one
            granddaughter. Survivors include his wife, Belva, of the home; four daughters and sons-in-law,
        Penny and Jerry Lomenic, of Bristow, Patricia J and Dwight Branigan of Euless, TX; Nelda Gay
        Meeks and Linda Carol and Richard Hill, all of Mustang; nine grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren;
        one half sister, Dr Gail Stockman of Hallsville, TX and one niece.

S tanley died 24 April 1999 in Chickasha. Interment was at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, in the
Fairmont Cemetery, in Hollis, OK. Services were under the direction of the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel.

Carol Moore Davis, New Subscriber, 14246 CR 108, Lampasas, TX 76550. ( Holly Katherine Stockman, Durward Jeptha Stockman, Garrison Greenwood Stockman, Henry Joseph Stockman, Henry Stockman, Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family) This is a gift subscription from Joy Stockman Bixler.

June Moore Davis, New Subscriber, 701 S Willis, Lampasas, TX 76550. ( Holly Katherine Stockman, Durward Jeptha Stockman, Garrison Greenwood Stockman, Henry Joseph Stockman, Henry Stockman, Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family) This is a gift subscription from Joy Stockman Bixler.

Beverly Joy Bixler has a new address: 9130 Autumn Storm, San Antonio, TX 78250-1759.

Mary Stockman Goetes has a new address: 627 H St. Ste A #221, Chula Vista, CA 91910

Evalyn Watson has a new address. 526 2^nd Street West, Claremont, MN 55942. Phone (507) 528-2836. She and John have moved to be closer to their family.

Hazel Clare Stockman 1920-1998
      Hazel Clare Cocking was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 13 Jul 1920. She died Tuesday, 8 Dec 1998 after a long illness at the Base Hospital in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
Hazel met Theodore Woodrow Stockman, (William Bonapart Stockman, Young Hardy Stockman, Hardy Francis Stockman, Henry Stockman, Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family) a US Soldier, who was stationed in Australia during the second World War. They were married 23 Feb 1946. Their first son, Dennis William Stockman was born in Australia. In 1949 they moved to Waterford, Stanislaus Co., CA, USA where two more children were born, Gary Arthur Stockman and Kimberly Gail Stockman. Hazel and Ted had been married almost 34 years when he passed away 31 Oct 1980. After Ted died Hazel moved back to Australia in 1985.
      Hazel is survived by her children, Dennis William Stockman of Booneville, AR, Gary Arthur Stockman of Modesto, CA, and Kimberly Crawford of Empire, CA; sister Marvis Magee of Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia; three grand children; and five great grandchildren.
      Services and cremation were held in Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

Makenzie Nichole Cramer, arrived on 5 Nov 1998, weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz. She was 19 1/4 inches tall, the daughter of J D and Kim Cramer of Midland, TX.

Great grandma Modell Stockman Hunnicutt of Denver City, TX who supplied this information says, "This is our first great grandchild, but I'm really not that Old!"

John Franklin Childs
John Franklin Childs was born 24 May 1917 in Timpson, TX, the eldest child of Benjamin Terrell Childs and Ada Oxsheer (Thomas Norris Oxsheer, Mary Jane Norris, Mary Sarah Stockman, Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family). John attended Timpson High School and after graduation earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from Sam Houston University. He taught school and was a farmer and rancher. After retirement, John operated a saw mill doing custom cutting of hardwood lumber.
      John married Rebecca Story 5 Sep. 1940 in Houston, TX. They had three children. John was a member of the Mt Olive Baptist Church where he served as deacon. He was a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas and served as a director of the Shelby County Soil and Water Conservation District for 40 years.
      John passed away 24 May 1999 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Reba Childs of Timpson, Sons and daughters-in-law, John and Gay Childs of Timpson and Sam and Martha Childs of Stoney Point, daughter and son-in-law Rebecca and Edward Williams of Joaquin; sister, Sophia Kelley of Houston; grand children, Melanie Sanford, Gina Duke, Jason Williams, Jonathan Williams, Susan Williams, Micah Childs, Matthew Childs, and Mary Elizabeth Childs and great grand children, Madilyn Sanford and Molly Sanford.
      Pallbearers were Jason Williams, Jonathan Williams, Micah Childs, Matthew Childs, Rusty Sanford and Jacob Duke.
      Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, 1999 at Mt Olive Baptist Church in Timpson. Reverends Cliff Hughes and Edward Williams officiated and burial was in Mt Olive Cemetery. Taylor Funeral Home was in charge of Arrangements.

In the early 1800's the United States Congress enacted legislation providing for the sale of Federal lands in the, then western states of Alabama, Ohio and Indiana. Records of the sale of land are a good indication of when migration to the west brought individuals into the Ohio area. Several of these records deal with the Stockman and Stuckman descendants of the early immigrants. Lands were distributed under the act of 24 April 1820, from several land offices.

Certificate Number 6730. Christina Stockman of Crawford County, Ohio purchased the south west quarter of the south west quarter of section six, township one, south range 17 in the district of lands subject to sale at Bucyrus, Ohio obtaining forty acres. Dated 13 Sep 1834.

Certificate Number 8015. Martin Stuckman of Crawford County, Ohio, purchased the south east quarter of the south east quarter of section one, Township one south, Range sixteen in the district of lands subject to sale at Bucyrus, Ohio containing Forty Acres. Certificate granted on 7 Dec. 1835.

Martin Stuckman is possibly the son of George Stockman. If so he had moved on to Indiana before the 1850 census and was enumerated there. See the land records of Indiana in this issue for records of Martin Stuckman in Indiana.

Certificate Number 351. George Stockman of Crawford County, Ohio purchased the west half of the south west quarter of section seventeen in township two south range sixteen east in the district of lands subject to sale at Marion, Ohio, containing eighty acres. Certificate granted 5 Sep 1842.

George Stockman has not been identified, but is possibly George Stuckman who moved on to Indiana and was there in 1850.

Certificate Number 477. Peter Stockman of Crawford County, Ohio, the south west part of the north west quarter of section sixteen in township three south, range sixteen east, in the district of lands subject to sale at Marion Ohio, containing fifty four acres and two hundredths of an acre. Certificate granted 5 Sep. 1842.

This is Old Peter Stockman of Ohio, son of Johannes Peter Stockmann the immigrant.

Certificate Number 19385. Peter Stockman of Crawford County, Ohio, the south east quarter of the south west quarter of section ten in township four north, range three east in the District of lands subject to sale at Defiance, Ohio, containing forty acres. Certificate granted 15 Dec. 1854.

This is the son of Old Peter Stockman of Ohio, son of Johannes Peter Stockmann the immigrant.

The same Federal regulations that were in effect in Ohio also applied to Indiana.

Certificate Number 9014. Martin Stuckman of Elkhart County, Indiana, the east half of the north west quarter of section twenty six, township thirty five north, range five east, in the district of land subject to sale at La Porte, Indiana, containing eighty acres. Certificate granted 5 Jul 1837.

Martin Stuckman is the son of Old George Stuckman of Indiana(who was 80 in the 1850 census and probably a son of Johannes Peter Stockmann the immigrant), enumerated in 1850 in Elkhart Co, Indiana.

Certificate Number 9520. Martin Stuckman of Elkhart County, Indiana, the north east quarter of the south east quarter of section twenty six, in township thirty five north, range five east, in the district of lands subject to sale at La Porte, Indiana, containing forty acres. Certificate granted 10 Aug 1837.

Certificate Number 19203. George Stockman of De Kalb County, Indiana, the north east quarter of the south west quarter of section twenty four, township thirty five north, range thirteen east in the district of lands subject to sale at Fort Wayne, Indiana, containing forty acres. Certificate granted 20 Aug 1838.

George Stockman is probably the brother of Martin Stuckman and the son of Old George Stuckman of Indiana.

The Congressional act of 24 April 1820 applied to Federal lands in the State of Alabama where the following Stockman purchases were recorded.

Certificate Number 36168. Jacob E Stockman of Butler County, Alabama, the south east quarter of the south west quarter of section five, township eleven, range sixteen, in the district of lands subject to sale at Cahaba, Alabama, containing forty one acres and nine and a half hundredths of an acre. Certificate granted 1 Jul 1845.

This is Jacob E Stockman, son of John George Stockman and Rebecca Hair. He was living in Lowndes Co, Alabama in 1850.

Certificate Number 36140. George Stockman of Butler County, Alabama, the north west quarter of the south east quarter of section one, township eleven, range fifteen, in the district of lands subject to sale at Cahaba, Alabama, containing forty two acres and thirty four hundredths of an acre. Certificate granted 1 Jul 1845.

This is either John George Stockman born 1787, who was living in Perry County, Alabama in 1850 or John George Stockman born 1783, who was living in Perry County, Alabama in 1850. (Yes! They were both there, both named John George Stockman, the former went by the name of George and the latter by John G. Take your pick!)

Certificate Number 27205. Henry C Stockman of Wilcox County, Alabama, the north west quarter of the north west quarter of section seventeen in township eleven, range ten in the district of lands subject to sale at Cahaba, Alabama, containing forty acres and eighty four and a half hundredths of an acre. Certificate granted 2 Aug 1837.

This is Henry Cooper Stockman who lived in Wilcox County where he married 1 Sep 1831 to Emeline Armstrong. He moved to Ouachita County, Arkansas and was living there in 1850.

The Frank Lloyd Wright house near Mason City has been moved and made into a museum honoring Prairie School architecture in the Midwest. The Stockman Home is the only Prairie School-style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for an average family in the United States that is open to the public. It was almost torn down to make way for a parking lot several years ago, but instead it was moved and turned into a museum.

The Stockman House is named after George Stockman, who commissioned Wright in 1908 to design his family home. It is an example of Prairie School architecture. It features a low, massive exterior firmly planted in the soil, true to Wright’s lifelong determination to blend his buildings into the land. As is typical of Wright’s work, there is a symmetry and balance throughout the house. The rooms are open, and rows of windows offer broad views of the outdoors. The clean roof line has broad overhanging eaves, and a cantilevered portico Lends dramatically over the main entrance. Critics of what at the time was a new American style nicknamed it "Boondocks Architecture" because it originated in the Midwest. It was a radical departure from the more formal Victorian style that featured rounded surfaces and ornate curlicues. The Prairie School style features squared-off lines and strong horizontal planes. it s easy to recognize the Stockman House as being designed or strongly influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the most famous architects of all time.

Mason City, a town of about 30,000 people, is a treasure trove of Prairie School architecture. Ten homes of this style are clustered in an area called Glen Rock Crest, just east of the central business district. It has been designated a national historical district for its architectural significance. Wright also designed a bank and a hotel in the downtown area. One building now houses a clothing store, the other the offices of the chamber of Commerce. People come from all over the world to see these structures. The Stockman House is truly a wonderful example of Wright’s work of the Prairie School period," said Bob McCoy, 68, a retired orthopedic surgeon and avid amateur Frank Lloyd Wright student.

His interest in this form of architecture was spawned when he purchased a home 34 years ago that was designed by Wright contemporary Walter Griffin. The home was built in 1913 and features many of the same Prairie School qualities found in the Stockman House. "Wright’s lifetime goal was to destroy the box, and the Stockman House does that," McCoy said. "It has cameo elements of every architectural style technique he employed visual balance, the hearth as the center of the home, deep protective eaves, ribbons of windows to bring the outdoors inside, square angular lines throughout and strong horizontal lines.

“Many people think Wright mostly designed grandiose mansions and large commercial buildings,” McCoy said. “But Wright had a firm commitment to designing middle-class homes. There are actually more drawings of plans for family homes remaining than all the drawings left behind of the three hotels he designed."

In addition to the hotel in Mason City, Wright also designed a hotel in Tokyo and another on Lake Geneva, Wis. Both have been torn down.

A full-page article about it appeared the April 1907 issue of The Ladies Home Journal His father was a preacher, and I guess you could say Wright was a preacher of sorts about architecture for middle-class housing. It was a strongly felt, sensitive mission for him." Wright’s article says, "The $3,500 wooden house of six years ago would cost nearly $5,000 now." He went onto write that his middle-class house would be about the same price; yet it would be stronger, Iast longer and be warmer in winter and cooler in summer. It would be of steel-reinforced poured concrete, and of course, be of a superior design.The Stockman House was in complete shambles, but fundamentally solid, when it faced the threat of being torn down for a parking lot in 1988. It was going downhill fast. The roof had six layers of shingles weighing 14 tons that caused the deep overhanging eaves to droop so drastically that the second-floor windows could not be opened. The hardwood oak floors on the ground floor were covered with glued-down, chartreuse shag carpeting. The single upstairs bathroom had several layers of plastic tile on the walls, and the ceiling in the living room had been covered with white acoustic squares an attempt to make the house more modern.

The rescuing and restoration of the Stockman House is a success story of individual volunteers, private and corporate donations and city government involvement. McCoy estimates that between $135,000 and $150,000 has been donated to acquire, move and restore the home. A similar amount has been received in donations of equipment, materials and workmanship. About 100 volunteers give tours, staff the gift shop, trim the grass and tend the flower beds.

"What makes the Stockman House important is that it is one of first designs by Frank Lloyd Wright to make his homes affordable and appealing to the middle class," said Randy Cramer Mason City architect. "Instead of a house being just a collection of small rooms, he said, Wright introduced a more open floor plan with greater emphasis on livable spaces and the easy flow of one space into another. Wright also stressed the relationships of the interior of the home to its exterior, Cram said.

This information was provided by Patricia Weston from the AAA Home & Away Magazine and by Jim Stockman from the Des Moines Sunday Register of ( Nov 1997.

Jacob Stockman and Ann LNU resided in Newport, Rhode Island where all of their children were born. This family is probably descended from John Stockman the English immigrant who arrived in MA circa 1660, but this has not been definitely proven,

Their son Jacob married Harriet Starr and they settled in Philadelphia PA. Their children were:

Charles Spooner Stockman married Caroline Risley in Charleston, SC 13 Jul 1864. Their known children were:

Was Charles Spooner Stockman a Union Soldier stationed there during the Civil War or did some other reason take him to South Carolina?

Isaac Stockman, Son of Jacob Stockman and Ann LNU, and his wife Susan B Folger settled in Nantucket County, MA where widow Susan was living in 1850 with her mother, Mary Folger and three of the children born to her and Isaac:

The following is a list of immigrant Stockmans and Stockmanns to the New World. When possible the individual will be identified more fully than the information in the immigrant index from which this information was taken.

Alois Stockman was a passenger on the SS Schiller 7 May 1875, to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Charles Stockman arrived in New York, New York, in 1862 at age 45 yrs. (See Elizabeth Stockman below for a possible connection)

Daniel Stockman, a bonded passenger and possibly an English convict sent to the colonies arrived in Virginia Colony in 1736.

David Stockman, an Irish Immigrant arrived in Boston in 1766. His name was found on a list of arrivals on the Brig William and the Brig Ann and Margaret.

Elizabeth Stockman arrived in New York, New York, in 1862 age 45 years. (See Charles Stockman Above for a possible connection).

George Stockman was naturalized in Frederick County, MD in 1794. This is Johann George Stockmann, the immigrant from Burbach, Nassau- Siegen, brother of Johann Engel, Johann Peter, and Johann Philip Stockmann. Their parents were Johann Peter Stockmann and Anna Catharine Löhr.

Hen(ry) Stockman received a land grant to immigrants in Virginia Colony in 1670.

Hugh Stockman arrived in New Hampshire in 1718, a Scotch Irish Pioneer and signed a petition to Governor Shute in 1718.

Johann Phillip Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 on the Ship Fane. This is one of the immigrant German Stockmanns from Burbach. (See George Stockman above).

John Stockman arrived in New England (Boston) between 1620 and 1650 from England. He was the progenitor of the English Stockman family that spread throughout the New England states.

John Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1856 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

Lorwen Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1840 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

Robert Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1859 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

Samuel Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1859 and declared his intent to become a citizen.’

Thomas Stockman was listed on the record of First settlers in the Colonies and the list of servants sent to plantations, deported for vagrancy, roguery or non conformity. He arrived in Barbados in 1662.

Thomas Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1859 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

William Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1851 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

William Stockman arrived in Philadelphia in 1856 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

William Stockman, Sr. arrived in Philadelphia in 1859 and declared his intent to become a citizen.

August Stockmann arrived in America in 1868 from Detmold Germany age 9 yrs. He was accompanied by two brothers, Casper Heinrich Stockmann and Simon Stockmann.

Gerard Heinrich Joseph Stockmann along with his wife M. A. Eltrup and child Bernhardt Joseph arrived in 1846 from Westphalia. This family settled in New York State.

Gerhard Stockmann arrived in America in 1846 from Westphalia with his wife Theresa Domann, and children, Gerhard Bern Stockmann, Herman Heinrich Stockmann, and M. Emile Stockmann. They were living in Philadelphia, PA in 1850. Gerhard Stockmann declared his intent to become a citizen in Philadelphia Court 29 Jul. 1847.

J Engel Stockmann arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 on the ship Fane. See George Stockman above for info on this family.

Johan Philip or Johann Philipps Stockmann arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 on the ship Fane, see George Stockman above for info on this family.

Joseph Stockmann, passenger on the ship Neckal from Bremen arrived in New York, NY, in 1875.

Marie Elisabeth Stockmann emigrated to America from Steinfurt County, Westphalia in 1836.

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This edition of the Newsletter is several months late in appearing. As was discussed in an editorial several issue ago, Newsletters will appear when there is material adequate for their publication.

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