The Hales Newsletter

Motto: United Force is Stronger

NEW SERIES Winter 2000 Vol. 5. No. 4.

Membership

The Hales Chronicles – Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction to the Second Edition

News and Views

Work in progress

The George Elon Hales Family

Bernice Eulalia Juanita Hales

Neva Winifred Rosa Hales

Thomas Hales of Stockbury

The Will of William Hales

This is on-line version of The HALES Newsletter. The HALES Newsletter is the Journal of the HALES Family. It is a quarterly publication of the HALES Family History Society and variant spellings, including HALES, HAILS, HAILES, HAYLS, and HAYLES. The information includes current events, historical sketches and genealogical information pertaining to the Hales family. The pictures can be viewed by clicking on words that are highlighted. It is published by Kenneth Glyn Hales, secretary of The Hales Genealogical Society from 1970 through 1981 and The Hales Family History Society since 1995.

The intent of the HALES Family History Society is to document all HALES, HAILS, HAILES, HAYLS, and HAYLES families wherever they are found in all parts of the world. This documentation is found in the multi-volume The Hales Chronicles. This information is provided as a service to the Hales Family.

The Hales Chronicles contains the genealogical information published by the Hales Family History Society. This database can be found on the Hales web-page at www.hales.org and can be found in book form at The Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah; The Library of Congress at Washington, D.C.; The Library of The Society of Genealogists at London, England; and the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone, Kent, England. The Hales Chronicles is also found on-line. Look here to verify your family information and to search for your ancestors.

The Hales Newsletter is provided to the above cited repositories and the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Allen County Public Library indexes our publication and provides articles through their Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

Printed copies of The Hales Newsletter are provided to members of The Hales Family History Society. If you desire to be come a member, refer to the membership section on our home-page. If you would like a printed copy of individual Hales Newsletters, reprints are available at a cost of $3.75 each.

This Hales Newsletter is the fourth issue of volume 5. Please make sure that you check your mailing label. It indicates when your subscription will expire. If it indicates anything earlier than volume 6 number 1, this will be the last issue that you get unless you renew your subscription. If you see that I have circled the date on your mailing label, it is time to renew your subscription. I do not send notices of past due subscriptions.

It has been five years since I published the First Edition of The Hales Chronicles. Since that time I have made this work available on the internet. Many additions and corrections have been made thanks to all of the many contributions I have received.

On December 31, 2000 I plan to take a snapshot of what I have put in this internet version. I plan to format and print it on standard 8 ½ by 11 inch sheets in two columns of 8 point type. This will be called the Second Edition. I plan to place copies in the libraries of The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the Society of Genealogists in London, England.

There are still additions and corrections to be made. I will still use the internet and make these changes and corrections. This is my service project for the Hales Family. In another five years, at the end of the year 2005, if I am still able to continue this work, I plan to publish the Third Edition of the Hales Chronicles.

On the next few pages are the Preface and Introduction to the Second Edition of the Hales Chronicles. They include the assumptions I have used in this work. As many have not seen the Preface and Introduction you might find it interesting to see some of the considerations that are made when putting together this type of work.

The "HALES" family contains people from all walks of life. There are noble and great ones; those with unquestioned integrity and ethics; those that are giving; those that are taking; those that are humble; those that are haughty; and those that seem to simply muddle through. But, even though some did not realize all of their individual potential, some of their descendants did. The Hales Chronicles is an attempt to show the linkage for all of them.

In 1970 the author founded "The HALES Genealogical Society." The Hales Newsletter became the basis for information exchange for those that were involved with this society. Through this media information was collected and published from many people throughout the United States and Canada. Through this society, and the efforts of the research agent retained by it, many records were examined in England. Other records from the census and other sources were also collected. This collected information is the basis for this work. Some of the information is sketchy and some is comprehensive.

In 1995 the First Edition of The Hales Chronicles was published. Since that time it has been placed on the internet for all interested people to view. This is a service by the author to the Hales Family. Many have used this on-line database to further their genealogy. Many have made corrections and contributions. Also, many additions have been made as new information has been discovered.

If I am able, a Third Edition will be published in another five years. These changes and additions can be seen as the Third Edition is developed in the Internet files.

The Hales Chronicles contains certain conventions to form reference points.

The practice in Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches was to use Latin when christening children. In this book the Latin names have been changed to their English equivalent and a representative list is:

Latin = English

Anthonius = Anthony

Brigittae = Bridget

Carolus = Charles

Galfridius = Geoffrey

Gawtherus= Walter

Guilielmus = William

Henricus = Henry

Humfredus= Humphrey

Jacobus = Jacob, James

Johanna = Joan, Jane

Johannes = John

Lodovicus = Lewis

Mariae = Mary

Mariam = Mary

Martini = Martin

Matheus = Matthew

Petrus = Peter

Prudentia = Prudence

Roberti = Robert

Stephanus = Stephen

(Note: for a more complete list refer to the book Genealogical Research in England and Wales, Volume III by David E. Gardner and Frank Smith).

This book is as accurate as possible, however, it is certain that it contains errors. Some errors are inadvertently introduced by the extractor of the information from the original documents and some are simply typographical. The author has tried to use as many sources as possible to resolve problems and verify entries. Nothing in this book has been invented, it is as factual as possible with the information collected. The author has tried very hard not to make invalid or unreasonable assumptions based on this information.

Future editions and expansions of this book are planned at five-year intervals. If your family, or those families named HALES who preceded you, are not in this book I would appreciate a copy of your records. If your family information has changed since these records were collected, please update them. Send all correspondence to the author.

The Saxon race gave birth to many English surnames -- one of these was Hales, and variant spellings of this name such as Hails, Hailes, Hayls and Hayles. Some claim that the first record of the name Hales was in Cheshire, where they were established in very ancient times, well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

The Saxons were invited into England by the ancient Britons of the 4th century. A fair-skinned people, they came from the Rhine valley, some as far northeast as Denmark. They settled in Kent, on the southeast coast of England. Gradually, they spread north and west, and during the next four hundred years forced the Ancient Britons back into Wales and Cornwall in the west, and Cumberland to the north.

Duke William invaded from France in 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Hastings. Four years later in 1070, he took an army of 40,000 and wasted the northern countries. Many rebellious Norman nobles and Saxons fled over the border into Scotland. To the Anglo-Saxons this was judgement day. William caused a census or inventory to be taken in 1086 and documented it into what was called the Domesday Book.

The Domesday Book, along with other ancient texts such as the Ragman Rolls (1291-1296), the Curia Regis Rolls, The Pipe Rolls, The Hearth Rolls, as well as parish registers and tax records, contain traces of the Hales Family.

William de Hales appears in the Pipe Rolls of Shropshire in 1180, Clearly from the township of Hales.

Adam de Hales appears in the Pipe Rolls with his brothers. His father in exile in France with Thomas Becket. Becket was in exile from 1164 and was martyred in Kent, England in 1170. Perhaps this association of the Hales family with Thomas Becket is the reason for the introduction of the Hales family from Norfolk, to Kent, England prior to 1172.

Alexander de Hales, the distinguished theologian and philosopher, was born in Gloucestershire between 1170 and 1180.

Robert de Hales is recorded in the Wiltshire Hundred Rolls of 1273.

In 1375 the "de" prefix was dropped on English Place names. Since then, people using this name are known simply as Hales.

The Old English "Halh," meaning a nook, recess or remote valley, hence one who came from such a place, gives rise to the surname Hales. Places named Hales appear in the Domesday Book in Norfolk, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.

It is not clear that the Hales family that we know today originated from a single person or place in England. More likely a progenitor can be found in each of the places known as Hales.

It would appear that many named Hale are also of this family. Particularly those who emigrated early to the Colonies. One of these, Ensign Robert Hales, from Kent, England, reached Massachusetts in 1632 and was the first Deacon of the First Church in Charlestown. He was the ancestor of Nathan Hale the American Patriot. This Robert Hales was inconsistent in the use of the final "s" on his name and his descendants are known as Hale. In the United States, those whose roots were here early are more often than not known as Hale. Those arriving more recently still retain the final "s" on their names. In England there are more named Hales than Hale while in the United States it is the other way around.

Also, there are changes over time. For example in Kentucky before 1850 people of this name were known as Hales, but after 1850 they were known as Hale.

Not all people named Hale are of the same genotype as those named Hales. In the English maps of 1875 the name Hale appears 26 times, Hales appears 3 times, and compounds of these names appear 3 times.

The Hales Chronicles concentrates on those that are still named Hales. However, if it can be proven that people named Hale are of this family they are included as HALE(S).

This Hales Chronicles is an attempt to document all Hales families and variant spellings of this name that have lived. It will continue to grow in future editions as new information is discovered. It provides the basis for those having connections to the Hales family to discover their progenitors and document their efforts. Please share your discoveries with the author.

Shauna is the daughter of Kenneth Gregory and Vicky Lynn Kehler Hales of Chandler. Levi is the son of Jimmy Lee and Toni Lisa Upchurch James, also of Chandler, Arizona. That evening following the wedding ceremony, a reception was held at the "Cowboy Campfires." Then next morning the bride and groom left for a honeymoon at picturesque Prescott, Arizona.

Following their stay at Prescott, Shauna and Levi will make their home in Higley, Arizona.

Born: April 1, 1996

Wuhan, Hebei Province

People’s Republic of China

United with his forever family: October 9, 2000

Proud Parents:

Jeffery Que and Heidi Hales

Welcoming Committee:

Sara, Rebecca, Christopher and Shannon

I continue to receive information across the internet and in the mail. A privately published sketch, The Descendants of the Reverend William Hailes, M.A., R.N., and genealogy was received from England and will be included in the next issue of the Hales Newsletter. The genealogy part of these sketches are extracted and included in the Hales Chronicles.

I have started adding Hales families to the internet Hales Chronicles that are found in the World Family Tree compact disks produced by Family Tree Maker. In some cases the information we already have in our Hales Chronicles supplements this information and in some cases it is the other way around. Also, we are still receiving information over the internet to add to our internet Hales Chronicles.

I am also adding information from the United States Census records. On the next page is my control sheet for this census extraction process. Note that it lists each census available and whether it is currently in the Hales Chronicles. From this point onward it will show what is in the Third Edition of the Hales Chronicles. If anyone has extracted Hales information from these census states, please send me a copy of your work so that it will save us time.

After high school graduation in 1912, Bernice attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she majored in voice, harmony and piano, but because of throat trouble she changed her major. She played the wedding march on the piano for her sister Mae’s wedding. She graduated from the Michigan State Agricultural College (as Michigan State University was called then) in Lansing, Michigan in the class of 1917 with a major in home economics. She taught school in Plymouth, Michigan the next year, but resigned from further teaching because her mother died in May, 1918.

While at college, Bernice met Henry Alexander Jessop. She was engaged to him when she accompanied her father to California in September of 1918 while he was in France at the time during World War I. She remained in California two years until she married Henry in Detroit in 1920.

Henry Alexander Jessop was born April 28, 1889 in Detroit, Michigan to Ann Murray and Henry Wilkins Jessop. His mother was born February 6, 1856 in Edinburgh, Scotland and taught piano before she was married. She had a wonderful high soprano voice and one of her brothers was a fine baritone. Ann was the middle of seven daughters of thirteen children. Three of the children died in infancy. Ann came to America with her parents and several of her younger siblings were born here. She married at age 32 Henry Wilkins Jessop who had two daughters from a prior marriage. There were two children born to Henry Wilkins and Ann Murray Jessop: Henry Alexander Jessop and Claire Jessop.

Henry Wilkins Jessop was born August 12, 1850 in Detroit of "some English and Irish" roots. He and his first wife never got along. He told his son that "he was fooled by his first wife but not by his second" who was a "home-lover." The family lived in Detroit, and had a summer house on Hickory Island.

Henry Alexander Jessop graduated from Detroit’s Central High School in 1908. He developed an early love of music – taking violin lessons from the concert master of the Detroit Symphony. After he graduated from Michigan State Agricultural College with a major in horticulture in 1916, he attended the Y.M.C.A. Western Associations Training College in Springfield, Illinois, which offered courses affiliated with the University of Chicago. He worked in Sanilac County, Y.M.C.A. from June 1917 until March 1918, when he left for the army. He served with Company N, 21^st Engineers in Abainville, France, a small village three miles from Gondrecourt – east of Verdun.

Bernice and Henry were commissioned to be missionaries by the American Board of Foreign Missions, through the Congregational Church, and were sent to South Africa where they remailed seven years. Their two sons were born there. On their return they visited Italy, Switzerland, France and England. They always had a picture in their home of the Castle of Chalon, located in Switzerland.

After their years in South Africa where they were, as Henry said, in the "country with great distances apart and where they wouldn’t see another Caucasian," they returned to stay several months in Detroit and Oberlin. Bernice and Henry then went to Texas, to rent land in the Rio Grande Valley area, where they grew carrots, beets and cabbages. It turned out that there was no market for their crops, and the fields were plowed under. Then in January of 1933 they moved to an orange and poultry ranch which they purchased in Redlands, California.

Henry played the violin, was an avid Dodger baseball fan, collected stamps, was a gardener and a great and humorous story teller. Raymond described him as an "omnivorous reader and a keen student of history, especially the early American and Civil War eras." Both Bernice and Henry were active in the Congregational church.

Bernice was very fond of playing the piano (she and Henry were both instrumental in monitoring Raymond through many years on the piano). She would often accompany Henry’s violin playing, the two of them making music together after their sons were tucked away in bed for the night. Whenever she and her sister Neva could get together (which was not very frequent), they would often sing duets together. (Neva, the soprano, and Bernice, the alto and pianist). One of their favorites was "Whispering Hope," which they could render together beautifully. Bernice was a kind, sweet, patient person. She only looked for and saw the good in everyone, and always encouraged everyone.

Bernice was afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease and died at the age of 87 on November 10, 1980 in Encinitas. Henry Jessop died at the age of 94 on November 13, 1983 in Encinitas of aging and congestive heart failure. Their ashes were interred in urns at Oceanside Hillside Cemetery as they wished.

In November, 1985, their son Raymond wrote this sketch.

Born into the Hales farm family in Ohio, Bernice and her brothers and sisters, when in company of each other, were often overheard to recount their chores on the farm. While the brothers labored in the fields, the girls busied themselves in other chores, including the feeding of chickens, berry and nut picking and domestic chores.

Awakened at dawn by their father calling through the "inter-com" speaking tube, the Hales brothers and sisters all turned to the running of the farm. Traits developed in coping with the rigors and demands of a farm life during the horse and buggy era included a deep respect for the work ethic where all contribute to the commonweal, plus a penchant for eating robust meals three times a day, including a goodly amount of baked goodies and a love of the land and its bounty.

Not necessarily derived from the farm life, but nonetheless a part of her upbringing were traits relating to deep seated religious convictions on living a "good Christian life" and partaking of the life of the church. Love, honesty, unselfishness, and one certainly never, never indulges in profanity!

Following their marriage on September 4, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, the two of them were sent to South Africa as missionaries by the American Board [of Foreign Missions for the Congregational Church]. While there, their two sons were born in Durban.

An unfortunate incident occurred when Raymond, then about two years, was playing underneath a horse utilized by Henry for transportation to native villages. Bernice, upon seeing him there, rushed out to "save" him from possibly being trampled. The horse panicked and proceeded to administer a severe kick to Bernice’s right knee, a blow from which the knee never fully recovered. This injury coupled with a congenital hip deformity were sites of crippling arthritis in later years and sources of great aggravation.

Their first seven year period of work with the Zulu tribes of Durban and Johannesburg area completed, the Jessop family returned to the United States on a one-year furlough, ostensibly to rest up and get recharged for a second seven-year stint. However, this was not to be. Henry found the learning of the Zulu language to be very difficult and the demands of the missionary way of life to be very stressful and decided against returning. After a short stay in Michigan, the family moved to Edinburg, Texas, for a two year try at truck cropping for Henry and the teaching in a private preschool nursery for Bernice.

Then came the move to Redlands, California, for a ranch life of orange growing and poultry raising. Also a daughter, Winifred, was born and died as an infant. Bernice found herself in the combined role of homemaker (she was a cook supreme), part time poultry caretaker, egg cleaner and packer, and Sunday School Superintendent.

In 1960 the children having left the nest for some time, Bernice and Henry retired, sold the ranch in Redlands, and moved to Encinitas, and spent the rest of their lives in the north coastal area of San Diego County which included about seven or eight years in a trailer park in South Carlsbad. Bernice spoke fondly of this time having been some of the best in her life – a truly nice tribute to retirement.

During this period both Henry and Bernice were active in the Pilgrim Congregational Church of Carlsbad, Henry being a deacon of the church for several years.

Henry and Bernice spent their declining years (seven for Bernice and ten for Henry) in a convalescent home in Encinitas near the home of son Raymond and his family. For Raymond, this was a time of amazing discovery of the really rare sense of humor possessed by Bernice.

Raymond added to this sketch in November of 1985:

Sister and brother ties were strong in the Hales family, and resulted in many clan get-together such as those in summertime at Pinetum in Sylvan Park at Redlands and at a park in Pomona, chosen to split the difference in distance traveled by those in the Los Angeles area and those in the Redlands area. [Redlands being about sixty miles east of Los Angeles]. Great times were enjoyed by the parents and offspring at these outings, eating great food, playing ball and discussing politics. Not to be forgotten, the group arrest of the cousins when they were apprehended by the sheriff after they had scaled the fence in the outdoor theater in Pomona Park (much to their chagrin and that of their families). Thanksgivings were also times of multi-family ties and sharings, including desert outings.

One of the delights of growing up in an African missionary family was the opportunity to hear the native language spoken – a favorite of Raymond’s was the Lord’s Prayer in Zulu, replete with a wild assortment of clicks impossible to mimic. We would beg for its rendition.

My earliest memories in Africa include: mother, whilst riding in the sidecar of the motorcycle on a back road, being tossed from same (up onto the back seat of the motorcycle fortunately); feeding bananas to the monkeys; and deadly poisonous mamba snakes.

My mother was a very special person to me – a very thoughtful and caring, loving, family-oriented lady. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her.

Bernice died at the age of 87 and Henry at the age of 93.

Bernice and Henry Jessop had three children: Raymond Eugene Jessop, Stanley Hales Jessop, and Winifred Maybelle Jessop.

1. Raymond Eugene Jessop was born September 25, 1924 near Durban, in Netal, South Africa, and went through his schooling in Redlands, California. He interrupted University of Redlands schooling to serve as a pharmacist mate 2/c in the navy during World War II. After the war he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a major in zoology. He also received teacher training at San Diego State University as well as a masters from Cal Western University in 1965. He has also studied at Long Beach State, Oregon, State, Montana State and Pomona College. He taught chemistry in San Dieguito High School in Encinitas for three years until Palomar Community College needed a science teacher in 1960. He was chosen to be on the faculty because his high school science students had the best science background and training. He continued to teach physics and chemistry at Palomar Community College for about 33 years until he retired in 1993.

Raymond married first Nancy Jane Meyer, a zoology teacher with a Ph.D. on August 30, 1947. She was born December 24,1926 to Juanita and William Meyer. Two daughters were born to Ray and Nancy: Christina Rae Jessop, born July 25, 1955 in Escondido and Laurel Eileen Jessop, born December 19, 1958, also in Escondido.

Raymond married second Roberta Paula Poses (nee Frankel) on August 22, 1981 in Rancho Santa Fee.

2. Stanley Hales Jessop, was born August 6, 1926 in Netal, South Africa. He served two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and graduated from the University of Redlands in 1952 with a major in business administration. He earned his teachers credential from Long Beach State College in 1955 and began teaching industrial arts in the Long Beach secondary schools.

He married Carolyn Ann Jury in the Redlands Congregational Church August 22, 1953. Carolyn, born May 25, 1929 in Redlands to Edward and Gail Jury, also graduated from the University of Redlands with a major in sociology. She worked at the Y.W.C.A. before her marriage, and at the University of California at Riverside after her marriage. Stanley and Carolyn had three daughters: Susan Gail Jessop, born December 9, 1958 in Long Beach, California; Linda Diane Jessop, born January 17, 1961 in Long Beach, California; and Karen Lee Jessop, born April 13, 1963 in Long Beach, California..

For some time Stan and Carolyn Jessop and daughters lived in Winona, Minnesota, when he taught industrial arts at Winona State College and where they enjoyed boating on the many lakes. Stan decided to work on his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. In the autumn of 1971 he left school, family and the area to march to the beat of a different drummer, and unhappily has been a lost soul since that date. It is believed that he lives, alone and unhappy, in the San Diego area. He has not contact with any of his family.

3. Winifred Maybelle Jessop, was born November 7, 1932 in Huntington Park, California, and died December 3, 1933 in Redlands, California. Her sudden death came without warning or cause, which perplexed the doctors and saddened the family. She is buried in Hillside Park Cemetery.

Neva was born in the sewing room of a large fruit and berry farm near Birmingham, Ohio on January 6, 1897. She was the youngest of ten children, 6 boys and 4 girls, who were born to Lina and George Elon Hales.

Neva spent her early years growing up with her three older sisters as her closest companions. Her earliest recollections of life on the farm included carrying meals to the farm-hands who were tending the maple sugar vats, and one of her jobs was to paste the labels on the cans of maple syrup. She also remembers collecting eggs from the hen house, bringing the cows into the barn in the evening for milking, and riding into town in a horse-drawn buggy through a covered bridge.

Her toys included rag dolls and live kittens that she dressed up in doll clothes. She had a little doll buggy that was hitched up to a pet lamb. Life on the farm began every day when her father conducted family worship by reading the Bible at the breakfast table to his assembled children, and church became a very important part of her youth. Sunday School picnics were fondly remembered.

When she was six years old she began attending a one-room brick schoolhouse with a pot-bellied stove in the center of the room – where all grades through high school were taught by her teacher, Barbara Hilburn. She carried her lunch to school and played tag games like "Run, Sheep Run." When she was eight or nine years old, her father had a telephone installed in the library of their home.

When Neva was thirteen her father retired from farming, sold the farm and moved the family into Oberlin, Ohio, where Neva attended the seventh grade. The house he bought was smaller, located about a mile from town, and they still kept a cow in the back yard. Her mother was not well at this time, so Neva went to live with her sister, Dora, and her husband, Ed, when Neva was in the eighth grade. During her second year in high school, her parents moved to Oak Park, Illinois, so Neva boarded with a relative of her father, Emma Hales, who was widowed and had two daughters, one older and one younger than Neva "in order to finish out that year at Oberlin." She then joined her parents in Oak Park, graduating from Oak Park-River Forest Township High School in 1916.

In Oak Park she joined the Third Congregational Church with her sister, Bernice. They planned their social life around the church young people’s group which met on Sunday evenings. She remembers football games in high school, but no dances because her parents were strict Baptists. She remembers herself as a shy, little country girl trying to keep up with the sophisticated girls in Oak Park when it came to clothes and manners. It was during her two years at Oak Park High School that she met John F. "Jack" Cannicott at the church young people’s service. She considered themselves "just good friends" when she went away in the fall of 1916 to Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) with Bernice. Bernice was in her senior year there and lived in the dorms for upper-class students in East Lansing while Neva boarded with 13 other girls at the Detrick family boarding home. (One bathroom for all 14 freshman college girls!)

Her course of study was home economics, which was one of the two courses available to college women (the other was teaching). She also took English and geometry – and remembers failing the first semester of chemistry. She didn’t care for the food at the cafeteria which consisted mainly of mutton, so she ate the mashed potatoes, drank the milk, and stole out occasionally to the drug store for a "tin roof" – a lovely concoction of ice cream and chocolate syrup with salted peanuts on top! Neva was not able to return to Michigan State after her freshman year, as she was expected to remain at home to care for her mother who had become seriously ill.

On February 19, 1918 Neva and Jack eloped to Crown Point, Indiana to be married in the home of a minister – their only witness was the minister’s wife. To satisfy the custom of the day, Jack then asked Neva’s father for her hand in marriage after the fact. Neva was 21 and Jack 19 and he had only been in this country from England for under four years.

John Franklin Cannicott, called Jack, was born January 25, 1898 in Helford, Cornwall, England, one of twelve children born to Annie Richards and Richard Cannicott. His father was Welsh and his mother Cornish. Jack left home at the age of 14 and at 16 journeyed alone to the United States, sponsored by his oldest brother, Will Cannicott of Chicago, to seek his furtune. Jack and Neva finally made a journey to England to visit his brothers and sisters in 1973.

When they were married Jack had been riding the "El" (Chicago’s Elevated Railway) to an assembly line job at Western Electric Company in Chicago, but was soon offered a position in the family business, Hales & Hunter in Minneapolis. They moved to Minneapolis and 14 months later their first son was stillborn.

Neva and Jack joined the Baptist Church and became active in the Baptist Young People’s Union. One of their church associates recognized Jack’s leadership ability, and through that friendship, Jack soon went to work in the College Annual Division of the Bureau of Engraving, Incorporated, a private company, as a yearbook salesman, a career he continued for the rest of his life. He traveled over five midwest states by train and in a Model "T" Ford.

Their son, Richard Grenville Cannicott, was born July 21, 1921, while they resided in a four-plex in Minneapolis. During the winters Jack traveled to work by train, leaving their early Model "T" Ford housed in a garage near their apartment. A neighbor coaxed Neva into learning to drive since the car "wasn’t being used anyway" and she recalled pouring a tea kettle of boiling water over the engine to warm it enough to start.

In the summer of 1926 Jack and Neva bought a new Chevrolet, had the front seats adapted to fold back for sleeping, and set out to join the rest of the Hales family that had previously moved to California. Her sister, Dora, and family were living in Long Beach; brothers Carl and Bert and their families were in Redlands; and her sister, Mae and her husband, Frank were living in Huntington Park. Neva and Jack, along with five-year-old Richard, moved in with Mae for about six months when they first arrived.

By September of 1926 Jack was working for the Los Angeles Engraving Company, and over the years earned a reputation for creative yearbook design for high schools and universities in the southwest.

By October of 1926 brother-in-law Frank, who was in real estate, found a house for them at 6825 State Street (then known as Boyle Avenue). They moved into their almost-new home just before Christmas of that year.

Neva joined the Huntington Park First Methodist Church and its Women’s Society. With husband, Jack, she joined the Benedicti Class – a married couples Sunday School group and was active in it for 50 years. She taught high school freshmen girls in Sunday School, and was a member of Los Amigos – a church missionary group for 40 years, serving as its presidents on two separate occasions. She became a founding member and first president of the Junior Women’s Club of Huntington Park in 1927. Neva belonged to that group and the Huntington Park Women’s Club until 1980, when she was recognized as the oldest continuously-active club woman in the Los Angeles area.

Neva had a life-long interest in nursing, and during World War II, she joined the Red Cross and served as a Grey Lady at the Los Angeles County Hospital. In 1943 she became a member of P.E.O. – an international women’s fraternal society, which was to be an important influence the rest of her life.

Neva’s philosophy of life was to live by the honest, Christian principles that her parents taught her. She was pragmatic, thrifty, energetic, and appreciative of beautiful clothes and surroundings. She had the patience to work long and hard toward achieving her goals, ever thankful for her many blessings. She had a number of good friends and always felt close to her family, particularly sisters Mae and Bernice. Neva was known as an excellent cook and homemaker.

Neva’s health was always very good, though she had asthma attacks in her early years and always wore glasses. About 1982 she was briefly hospitalized for congestive heart failure. This followed the first signs of Parkinson’s disease which became progressively worse in the next five years.

Jack Cannicott was active in leadership of the First Methodist Church of Huntington Park and was involved in civic affairs. He was a charter member of the 20-30 Club, a Rotarian and on the City Council Planning Commission.

He continued to work until he entered the hospital where he spent his 77^th birthday. He died of heart problems on March 11, 1975.

Soon after Neva applied to enter Quaker Gardens – a life-care retirement home in Stanton, California. Due to a long waiting list she had to wait until 1980 to be admitted to her apartment.

She sold her home in Huntington Park after living there 54 years and moved to Quaker Gardens. She was pleased with her attractive apartment furnished with her own belongings, including a blue service plate which had belonged once to her "rich Aunt Frances" Hales. It "broke her heart" when she fell and was required to move into the Health Center. She remained in a room with three other women until her death on April 21, 1987 at the age of 90.

Both Neva and Jack Cannicott are buried in Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier, California.

Neva and Jack Cannicott had two children: one unnamed stillborn son and Richard Grenville Cannicott.

Richard Grenville Cannicott, usually called Dick, was born July 21, 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Jack and Neva Hales Cannicott. "Grenville" is a very old family name on the Cannicott side.

Richard moved with his parents from Minneapolis to Huntington Park in 1926 where he attended all grades from kindergarten through high school. He was valedictorian at his graduation from high school where he also earned letters in debate and basketball, was elected class president, was a yell leader, and had the lead role in his junior-senior play.

Richard received a scholarship to Occidental College in Los Angeles where he graduated with a B.A. degree after four successful years, including membership in Phi Gamma Delta. He was holder of college offices and membership in the glee club and chorus. Graduation occurred in absentia during World War II, as he was called to active duty in the United States Naval Reserve just prior to graduation in April of 1943, having previously enlisted in the Naval Reserve shortly after Pearl Harbor. Richard was initially given officer training at the United States Naval Midshipman Training Center, downtown campus, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, graduating as an Ensign. Including time for specialization training, he completed 33 months of active duty during the war in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, serving on two destroyer escorts and one mine sweeper as the officer in charge of radar and sonar.

In January of 1946 Richard was discharged from active duty, although he remained actively involved in Naval Reserve training programs. He transferred to retired status about 1976 with the rank of Commander, and started receiving a U.S. Navy lifetime pension at the age of 60 in 1981.

On May 1, 1944 Richard married first Donna Ruth Mitchell a girl he met one summer while working as a cabin boy in Sequoia National Park. Donna was born September 24, 1925 and was of Wellington, Kansas. Four children were born to Richard and Donna Cannicott: Carmen Lee Cannicott, was born July 20, 1948 in Iowa City, married September 9, 1972 Michael Dennis Rias; Steven Dennis Cannicott, born March 13, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, married October 26, 1977 Janell Ann Folks; and Terri Suzanne Cannicott; born December 6, 1956 in Norman, Oklahoma, married May 15, 1982 Peter Shavitz; Jon Mitchell Cannicott, born March 1, 1962 in Pasadena, California.

Richard married second Janet Marie Armentrout on January 1, 1982 in Oceanside, California. Janet, born January 5, 1927 in Glendale, California, had been married previously to Ron Ramsey.

(Note: All of the Hales Families found in this privately published work can be found in our Hales Chronicles.)

One Hales family traces their ancestry to one Thomas Hales, born in Stockbury, Kent, England about 1796 (based on his age in the census records). This Thomas married Ann Bannar or Banner.

They have connected their pedigree through the Thomas Hales that was christened 6 November 1791 at Stockbury the son of William Hales and Mary Wells or Wills. This is an incorrect connection. It is clear from the Parish Registers that this Thomas Hales was buried on 18 November 1791, living only 12 days.

To clarify who this Thomas Hales was that married Ann Bannar or Banner, I have spent many hours looking at the records with the following discoveries.

I looked at Archdeacons Transcripts, Bishop’s Transcripts, and the original parish records of Stockbury, Kent, England. The only thing that is apparent in these three separate sources is that the parish clerk was changed and the handwriting is different in only the original parish records. This different clerk could cause an anomaly in the records. The Archdeacon’s and Bishop’s transcripts are in the same hand and extract the entries from the original parish register as they are shown there.

I attempted to Look at the 1841, 1851, and 1861 census records for Stockbury to clarify what it said about the birth year of this Thomas. In the 1841 film the ink has faded so badly that I could not find the Thomas Hales family. I am sure that it is there, I just could not read the film. In the other two census records the ages of Thomas and Ann Bannar Hales is reported to be the same age. The dates these census records were taken were:

1851 – 31 March 1851.

1861 – 8 April 1861.

In all cases this Thomas is reported as being born in Stockbury.

In the 1851 census Thomas is reported to be aged 55 and Ann aged 56.

In the 1861 census Thomas is now aged 54 (more likely 64), and Ann aged 54 (more likely 64). Since their daughter, Emily, is in this family as well as in the 1851 census I am sure I have the right family. Also when people get old it is easy to miss a decade when reporting to a census taker. This would place Thomas Hales and Ann Bannar as being christened or born in about 1795/1796 and that they were approximately the same age as each other.

I next looked at all people named William and Mary that had children in the Stockbury Registers at this time. They were named:

William and Mary Chambers,

William and Mary Cooper,

William and Mary Hales,

William and Mary Kitney, and

William and Mary Rose

The person making the entries in the register up through 1794 is Thomas Frank, listed as Vicar. The person making the entries after 1794 is Thomas Walker, listed as Curate. This is of significance for spellings of those christened during this period. The handwriting of the post-1794 records is different than that of pre-1794 records.

There is one Thomas christened at Stockbury in the right year with an out-of-context or variant spelling of his surname. He does not seem to match those William and Mary families known to have children in Stockbury at this time. He has parents of William and Mary and a name that does not fit – no other children to this family before this entry or after this entry:

Thomas (Easlls), christened 31 May 1795.

It is not uncommon to not pronounce an "H" at the beginning of a name in England. Often this leading "H" is silent. The name would be listed how the person making the entries in the registers heard it. If an "H" was attached to this name it would read Heaslls.

Variant spellings of Hales that I have seen before include:

I believe that this Thomas, son of William and Mary, christened 31 May 1795, could very well have been Thomas Hales, husband of Ann Bannar or Banner with his surname a variant spelling as shown above – right age and right where I would have expected to find it in the Stockbury parish registers.

I have indicated this in the extracts for this William and Mary Hales family.

of Greate Hallingbury, Essex, England

Proved 1698. (Typescript of copied will. A copied will is one found in the compiled records of the county. These wills are copied from the original by a scribe. These wills are in the same hand as the scribe and the spellings are as he made them.)

Signed, sealed, published and declared to be the last will and testament of the said William Hales and by us subscribed as witnesses in the presence of the said William Hales the said Second day of February 1698 those words following being first informed vis (make) and (except liberty for my said wife as aforesaid) and devise and live in my said house as aforesaid.

Witnesses:

Thomas Rant, Daniel Hadden, the marke of John Meade, Sam Snoden

Probated August 1698.

I have included this family in the Hales Chronicles as follows:

Born about 1627 of North Hallingbury, Essex, England. Married about 1652 Elizabeth ... She was born about 1630 of North Hallingbury, Essex, England. William HALES will proved AUG 1698.

Children:

This concludes Volume 5 of the New Series of the Hales Newsletter. Volume 6 will begin in the 1^st quarter of 2001.