Dallas Adelbert Stocking (1866 - 1950)

Born 26 May 1866 in Sharon, Wisconsin, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1950 at age 84 in Kalispell Flathead County Montana, USA

Biography

Dallas A Stocking was born in Sharon, Wisconsin, USA 26 May 1866, the son of Edgar Henry Stocking and Flora Sutherland.^[1][2]

The family was living in Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States at the time of the 1880 census:

• Edgar Stocking Self M 38 New York, United States
• Emily Stocking Wife F 33 New York, United States
• Dallas Stocking Son M 13 Wisconsin, United States
• George Stocking Son M 8 Kansas, United States
• Burton Stocking Son M 4 Wisconsin, United States^[3]

Dallas married Minnie Mae Horton 3 Feb 1891.^[4]

The 1900 census showed the family living in Kalispell Township, Kalispell city, Flathead, Montana, USA:

• Dallas A Stocking Head M 34 Wisconsin, a jeweller (born May 1866)
• Minnie Stocking Wife F 31 Michigan (born June 1869)
• Lucille Stocking Daughter F 7 N Dakota (born Oct 1893)
• Beth Stocking Daughter F 3 Wisconsin ^[5]

By 1910, the family (still in Kalispell), had grown considerably:

• Dallas A Stocking Head M 45 Wisconsin, retail merchant jewellery trade
• Minnie Stocking Wife F 40 Michigan
• Lucille Stocking Daughter F 16 North Dakota
• Beth Stocking Daughter F 12 Wisconsin
• Alice Stocking Daughter F 9 Montana
• Dallas Stocking Jr. Son M 7 Montana
• Louise Stocking Daughter F 5 Montana
• Minor Stocking Son M 3 Montana
• Robert Stocking Son M 2 Montana ^[6]

And by 1920, (still in Kalispell), a couple more children had been born:

• Dallas Stocking Head M 53 Kansas, optician
• Minnie Stocking Wife F 50 Michigan
• Lucille Stocking Daughter F 26 North Dakota, stenographer
• Beth Stocking Daughter F 22 Wisconsin, bookkeeper for a garage
• Alice Stocking Daughter F 17 Montana
• Dallas Stocking Son M 16 Montana
• Louise Stocking Daughter F 15 Montana
• Minor Stocking Son M 13 Montana
• Robert Stocking Son M 11 Montana
• Gale Stocking Son M 9 Montana
• Herbert Stocking Son M 7 Montana^[7]

Dallas and his wife Minnie (nee Horton) were named as parents of Miner G Stocking when he married Barbara Ehry in Whitefish, Flathead, Montana on 16 October 1943. Barbara's parents were Charles Ehry and Madeline Frank, and she was 23 years old. ^[8]

Dallas died in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA on 24 July 1950, and was buried there in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery. His date of birth was shown as 24 May 1866 ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. Charles Henry Wright Stocking, DD, ed. The Stocking Ancestry, Comprising the Descendants of George Stocking Founder of the American Family. The Lakeside Press, 1903, p137 Edgar is present in that source, p85. Dallas appears in the loose-leaf Interim Edition, Edited by Hobart E Stocking, 1981 and Gregory Paul Stocking, July 1991, p228.
2. ↑ Stocking: Page 85
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHL-685 : 14 July 2016), Dallas Stocking in household of Edgar Stocking, Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 233, sheet 196B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1449; FHL microfilm 1,255,449.
4. ↑ Stocking Ancestry, Loose-leaf Interim Edition, Edited by Hobart E Stocking, 1981 and Gregory Paul Stocking, July 1991, p228.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM54-HSG : 20 January 2015), Lucille Stocking in household of Dallas A Stocking, Kalispell Township (incl. County Jail) Kalispell city, Flathead, Montana, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,911.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLCW-9TR : 29 October 2015), Lucille Stocking in household of Dallas A Stocking, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 19A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,845.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83P-QF5 : 14 December 2015), Lucille Stocking in household of Dallas Stocking, Kalispell Ward 2, Flathead, Montana, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,971.
8. ↑ "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3W6-T42 : 7 December 2014), D. A. Stocking in entry for Miner G. Stocking and Barbara G. Ehry, 16 Oct 1943; citing Marriage, Whitefish, Flathead, Montana, county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,902,481.
9. ↑ Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17139784)

See also:

• Stocking, Charles Henry Wright., The Stocking Ancestry (Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1903)