Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Robert HICKLING Family Submitted by: Robert HicklingHUSBAND: Robert HICKLING Birth date: 18 Jul 1831 Birthplace: Louth, Lincolnshire, ENG Death date: 15 Sep 1895 Place of death: Goodland, Sherman Co., KS Burial date: Burial place: Other Spouse: Father: John HICKLING Mother: Mary BROWN Marriage date: 27 Feb 1853 Marriage place: Ottawa, La Salle, IL WIFE: Deborah Sears PIERCE Birth date: 21 Jul 1831 Birthplace: MA Death date: Aft. 1910 Place of death: CO Burial date: Burial place: Other Spouse: Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Edwin Eugene HICKLING Sex: M Birth date: 1858 Birthplace: Owen Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., IA Death date: Place of death: CO Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Katherine P. BIGGERSTAFF Marriage date: Abt. 1882 Marriage place: Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA Child No. 2: Thomas HICKLING Sex: M Birth date: 1860 Birthplace: Owen Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., IA Death date: Bef 1870 Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 3: Walter HICKLING Sex: M Birth date: 1860 Birthplace: Owen Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., IA Death date: Place of death: Red Willow Co., NE Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Sarah J. Wynn Marriage date: Abt. 1896 Marriage place: Red Willow Co., NE Child No. 4: Isabella Edith "Belle" HICKLING Sex: F Birth date: Abt. Mar 1862 Birthplace: Floyd Co., IA Death date: Place of death: CO Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: William Yost Johnson Marriage date: 31 Dec 1885 Marriage place: McCook, Red Willow Co., NE Child No. 5: Delia Etta HICKLING Sex: F Birth date: 8 Jul 1864 Birthplace: Lime Creek Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., IA Death date: 16 Jun 1953 Place of death: Vinta, Craig Co., OK Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Otis Sanford Flower Marriage date: Marriage place: Documentation and Sources: The names of Eugene and Robert are from family oral history. I am the great grand son of Eugene. Birth year for Robert is from a photograph of his gravestone located in Goodland KS. Birth year for Eugene is derived from census records from 1850 (Ottawa, La Salle Co., IL), 1860 (Owen Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., IA), 1870 (Adams, La Salle Co., IL), and 1880 (Lime Creek Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., IA) so they are approximate. 1850 was not long after Robert emigrated from England to the USA. He was in the 1841 census in England. By the way, the indexing for 1880 was bad for this family at Ancestry.com. They appeared as the Hichlings. I looked at the image. It really looks like an 'h' instead of a 'k'. Not sure if the census taker had bad penmanship or bad hearing. I have submitted corrections for the index. Young Thomas was in the 1860 census as a 4 month old baby, so that is why a month is included in his birth date. I have no concrete document of his death, but he did not appear in the 1870 or 1880 census with the rest of the family, so the death date just says Bef. 1870. Could have been at 5 months, or 9 years. From 3 newspaper articles from 1866, Robert had a cheese factory built in Cerro Gordo County which he then rented out to a noted cheese maker. It was heralded as the first cheese factory west of the Mississippi. I do not have in my possession, but we did obtain a marriage certificate for Robert Hickling and Deborah Sears Pierce from the court house in Ottawa IL. ************************************************** Copyright © 2006 by Robert Hickling. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************