Henry Alfred Pickering of Liverpool and Kansas

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Timeline for Henry Alfred Pickering

1847 - Liverpool, England (born)
1858 - School: Distor Brensngh Bosson, GER
1861 - Went to school at King Edwards VI School Birmingham until 1862
1862 - apprentice: Lamport & Holts Steamship Office (5 yrs)
1867 - September - sailed to Rio Janerio, Brazil
1868 - Returned to England, Married Frances Martin, Liverpool, Eng
1868 - Son Alfred B. Pickering born/died - buried St. Hillary Churchyard, Wallasey
1868 - July - Sailed for New Orleans, USA
1869 - March - returned to England; entered brother Eugene's office of Pierce & Pickering,
             Rumford, Liverpool
1869 - June - sailed with wife to New York; entered W.H. Newman's office as corresponding clerk,
                rented house at Orange Junction, NJ (North East Orange)
1870 - Lived: East Orange, Essex NJ, USA (age 23) Commission Merchant
1870 - Son, Henry Victor Buckingham born in East Orange, NJ
1872 - Daughter, Frances Elizabeth Maude born in East Orange, NJ
1872 - Returned to England with family; entered into Chambers Holder Co., Cotton Broker
1873 - Son Edgar Dawson born, Birkenhead
1875 - Joined Eskrigge Pooley's Co., Cotton Broker, Manchester, England
1877 - Dissolved partnership with above and joined Richard Hobson & Co. Cotton Broker in Liverpool. 1877 - Moved family to Oxton Cheshire, Eng
1877 - Twin daughters born: Eleanor and Rosamund
1884 - Family sailed to US - settled in Junction City, Kansas
1884 - Emigrated to US
1888 - Wife died
1914 - Moved to Salina, KS with daughter Frances Maude
1920 - Salina, KS (age 72) living with daughter, Francis Tozier, husband David &
              granddaughter Francis (age 2)
1940 - Died, Salina KS (age 93)

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.