Emma HOCKING [14763]

  General Notes:

I have found no SA registration for Emma Hocking but have included her as she is part of the Hocking Family Tree on Ancestry - author Robert Hocking

HOCKING.-The Funeral of the late EMMA HOOKING will leave Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, THIS DAY, at 1 o'clock, for Presbyterian Cemetery, Rookwood. T. DIXON, Undertaker, corner Orford and Crown streets, city. Phone, FÎ413.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Fri 1 Oct 1926
LATE MISS EMMA HOCKING.
Miss Emma Hocking, one of the proprietors of the "Kalgoorlie Miner" and "Western Argus," died at Bellevue Lodge, Victoria street, Darlinghurst, on Tuesday. She had attained an old age, but her death was unexpected by the members of her family, who reside In Victoria. South Australia, and West ern Australia. Miss Hocking, in the early days of the Western Australian goldfields, resided In Kalgoorlie, and was well known to all pioneers of the Golden Mile.

Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938) Tue 5 Oct 1926
DEATH OF MISS EMMA HOCKING
The death is reported from Sydney this week of Miss Emma Hocking, one of the proprietors of the "Kalgoorlie Miner." The deceased lady was a member of a well known South Australian family that was founded in 1846 by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Hocking, who arrived at Adelaide from Cornwall. Mr. Nicholas Hocking lost a considerable sum of money that he brought with him from the Old Country and the family passed through the vicissitudes of pioneering. Their son, Mr. Nicholas Hocking, married Miss Sarah Shore, and they had six sons and two daughters. Of the six sons there are four alive, namely, Mr. S.E. Hocking, chief proprietor of the "Kalgoorlie Miner," Messrs. Ernest Hocking and Herbert Hocking, both of Perth, and Mr. Mart Hocking, who is sporting editor of the "Adlaide Advertiser."The late Miss Emma Hocking was the only surviving daughter. She was 70 years of age, and was well and favourably known to many goldfields residents. In the early days she lived at Kalgoorlie with her brothers, Mr. S.E Hocking and the late Mr. Percy Hocking, who purchased "The Western Argus" from the original owners, and in 1895 started "The Kalgoorlie Miner". Those who knew the deceased recognised that she had many estimable qualities and did many kindly and charitable acts in her own quiet unostentatious way. She was fond of travelling, and during the last twenty years lived in many parts of the world, occasionally visiting her relatives in West Australia. Yesterdav Mr. S. E. Hocking received telegrams of sympathy from old Kalgoorlie residents now living in Sydney, including Mr. C.W. Cropper, secretary of the A.J.C. and Mr. Osborne Norris, the well known lawyer. The funeral took place yesterday.