Descendants of Henry Alfred and Frances Martin Pickering

Click here for the SIBLINGS of Henry Alfred

Note: Three brothers: Charles William Tozier, George Golden Tozier, and David W. Tozier
married three Pickering sisters!

Alfred B. Pickering
b: 9 Feb 1868
d: 5 Dec 1868 St. Hillary Churchyard, Wallasey (died infant)

Henry Victor Buckingham Pickering [PHOTO ALBUM link]
b: 25 Apr 1869 East Orange, (Orange Junction) Essex, NJ
m: 1893
lived: 1 Apr 1940, Junction City, Geary, KS
occupation: Tent and Awning maker in Junction City, KS
religion: Presbyterian Church, Junction City KS
d: 1961 KS [OBITUARY link]
b: Highland Cemetery, Junction City KS
      + Maude E. Kennedy b: Jan 1869 d: 20 Feb 1946 (age 77 yrs)
            • Henry Walter Pickering b: 1894
            • Isola Rosemond Pickering b: Jun 1896 d: 30 Jan 1898 (1.7 yrs)
            • Hugh Sherlock Pickering b: 1902 d: 1954 + Lucile Chase
                       Hugh Sherlock Pickering, Jr. [1930]
            • Maude A Pickering b: 1904 (adopted)
            • Genevieve K Pickering b: 1908 + William Holman / Son Holman
            • Rosamund Pickering

Frances Elizabeth Maude Pickering [PHOTO ALBUM link]
b: 29 Jan 1872 Orange Junction, NJ
m: 16 Mar 1911 Salina KS
d: 20 Nov 1951 St. John Hosp, Salina KS
b: Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, KS (Episcopal)
+ David W. Tozier b: 5 Mar 1874 Junction City KS d:16 Aug 1932
                        Death Place: "4 miles this side of Beloit KS"
                        Military Service: Spanish American War Veteran
      • David James Tozier b: 1874 d: 1932 (adopted)
      • Bessie Frances Tozier b: 07 Jul 1913 Salina, KS d: 1954 (adopted)
      • Frances Jessie Tozier b: 16 Jun 1917 Kansas City, MO (adopted) + Harold Dale Porter
                        Harold Dale Porter [1939]
                        2 Daughters Porter
                        1 Son Greiner

Note: Compiled by Frances J. Tozier, Porter Greiner Dec 19 1977

Edgar Dawson Pickering
b: 19 Oct 1873 Birkenhead, Cheshire, Magazines, New Brighton, Eng
lived: Oxton, England and Junction City KS
occupation: Tinsmith
d: 2 June 1959 Junction City, KS
notes: He was a naturalized citizen as of 1900, Second Street, Geary Co, Junction City KS
+ Josephine R. b; 15 Dec 1878 KS
      • Paul Pickering (adopted)
      • Myrtle Eva Pickering b: 06 Jun 1897 Kansas

Florence Pickering
b: 26 Jul 1875 Eccles, Manchester, Eng
lived: According to the 1881 Census of Oxton, Eng at the age of 5 Florence was living with her father
+ George Golden Tozier
      • Clifford Tozier [1906]

Eleanor Vera Pickering [PHOTO ALBUM link]
b: Sept 27 1877 Lancashire, Eng [TWIN to Rosamund]
emigrated: 1884
d: 1927
b: Highland Cemetery, Junction City, KS in Pickering plot
lived: 1900 Junction City, Geary, KS
      + Lucien Arnold CHASE b:1878 d:1953
           • Vera Chase + Ernest K. Morgan / Daughter MORGAN
           • Lucille Chase + Dr. Hugh D. Palmer / Daughter Palmer
           • Ronald Chase b: 29 Jan 1906 d: 1977 + Ruth Deborah Reinhardt

Rosamund Pickering [PHOTO ALBUM link]
b: 27 Dec 1877 Eccles, Lancashire, Eng [TWIN to Eleanor]
m: 1 Jan 1903
d: 29 Sept 1966 San Francisco, CA
      + Charles William Tozier b: 27 May 1878 d: 30 Apr 1940 San Francisco, CA
            (Veteran: Sgt Col 20 Regt, Kan Inf)
           • Rosamund Wilma Tozier b: 27 Apr 1903 (Never Married)
           • Ronald Tozier b: 29 Jul 1906 d: 1977 + Ruth Deborah Reinhardt m: 28 Jun 1935 CA
                       3 Sons and 1 Daughter Tozier

Francis Jennor Pickering
b: 19 Nov 1879 Blissorts, Oxton, Cheshire, Eng
d: 7 Dec 1967
lived: Oxton, England and Junction City KA
+ Mable Clara Young [Junction City, KA]
      • Rolland Marrion Pickering [1905] + Clair Lantz
                       1 Son and 1 Daughter Pickering
      • Mabel Frances Pickering [1907] + John Reynolds
                       1 Son Reynolds

Eva (Kitty) Dorthea Pickering [PHOTO ALBUM link]
b: 24 Dec 1881 The Willows, Oxton, Eng
lived: Junction City KS
+ Oscar E. Schlatter
      • Dale Schlatter
      • Earl Godfrey Schlatter + Gladys ?
      • Eva Kay Schlatter [1913]
      • Lavern Ann Schlatter [1915] + Captain Nicholi (NICK)

NameRelAgeBirth YearStatusOccupationBorn
Charles W H Pickering Head 35 1815 Mar General Merchant Liverpool
Elizabeth Pickering Wife 31 1819 Mar   Chester
Henry Alfred Son 4 1847 Un Scholar Liscard

1861 Census: St Georges Mount [Partial List]

Henry Alfred Son 14 1847 Un Scholar Liscard


1881 Census: Oxton, Cheshire

NameRelAgeBirth YearStatusOccupationBorn
Henry A Pickering Head 35 1847 Mar Cotton Broker Liscard
Frances Wife 31   Mar   Haresfield, GLS
Edgar D. Pickering Son 7   Un Scholar New Brighton
Florence Pickering Dau 5       Eccles, Lanc.
Rosamund Pickering Dau 3 Twin     Eccles, Lanc.
Vera Pickering Dau 3 Twin     Eccles, Lanc.
Frances Jennor Pickering Son 1       Oxton, Chesh.


I would like to thank the descendants of Henry Alfred for sharing their invaluable stories and providing much of the personal history and family information you see below. Most especially, I would like to thank Frances Tozier Greiner of Salina, KS for her lovingly recorded memories of her Grandfather.

Photos courtesy of Jeff Tozier of Pleasanton, CA.

Photos of Henry Alfred in later years were provided by Cathy Clarke, N.Z. and David Eckersley-Maslin, U.K.