My goodness, I learned more from your e-mail than I've ever known about my father's background. Thank you so much. My dad (Stanley Merrill Shockey) was born in Quincy, Washington. Not sure how he came to be listed as being born in Oregon. The Henry Christopher name for his dad is probably correct. He was a wheat farmer (among many other things) when my dad was born, but they lost the farm and (as I understand) moved to Bellingham, Washington to manage a hotel. It would not surprise me if my grandfather was listed as "pipefitter" in Arizona. May have been one of the odd jobs he picked up while providing for his family. In fact, my mother tells me that there was some story about my dad and one of his brothers being "police officers" in Phoenix in the late 20's/ early 30's. (police officer in quotes because it was when Phoenix was a small, somewhat wild western town.) The information about my father and his brother Raymond ("Blackie") would be correct. I did not know they roomed in Denver, but they were, in fact "boomer linemen" moving from town to town constructing power lines. Both eventually ended up in Portland where my dad met my mom (Janet Reid). My brother (Raymond Reid Shockey) was born in Portland in 1940. The family moved to Seattle that same year when my dad became Superintendent of the Overhead (power line) division of Seattle Transit where he worked until retirement in 1969. Curious about the age data: If the family was in Arizona in 1920, my dad would have been the 14-year old, but your e-mail says Raymond was listed as two years older than Stanley. I would very much like to have the census information. My address is: Reid Shockey 4006 Nassau Place Everett, WA 98201. Some questions: When you addressed your e-mail to "Robert", did you mean Reid, or is someone else researching this line of our family? Based on the Michigan information (which I did not know about until now), what does this say about the branch of the Johann Christoffel tree I'm on? Thank you again for this fascinating information. I will try to add what I can to the information as anyone might wish. Best regards,

I was just cleaning up my e-mail when I came across your note. It is interesting! Our family moved to Oregon in 1945. Later my mother and father divorced and my dad moved to Portland where he was the only Shockey listed in the Portland phone book. My mother was the only Shockey listed in the Sandy Phone book. I never knew of any other Shockey's outside of my immediate family until my dad gave me the two volumes of the Shockey geneology by Marie and her husband. It seems we are spread all across the nation! ----- Original Message ----- From: <RSho061865@aol.com> To: <SHOCKEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [Shockey] ATTENTION: Descendants of Johann Christoffel Schacke!! > My goodness, I learned more from your e-mail than I've ever known about my > father's background. Thank you so much. > > My dad (Stanley Merrill Shockey) was born in Quincy, Washington. Not sure > how he came to be listed as being born in Oregon. The Henry Christopher name > for his dad is probably correct. He was a wheat farmer (among many other > things) when my dad was born, but they lost the farm and (as I understand) > moved to Bellingham, Washington to manage a hotel. It would not surprise me > if my grandfather was listed as "pipefitter" in Arizona. May have been one > of the odd jobs he picked up while providing for his family. In fact, my > mother tells me that there was some story about my dad and one of his > brothers being "police officers" in Phoenix in the late 20's/ early 30's. > (police officer in quotes because it was when Phoenix was a small, somewhat > wild western town.) > > The information about my father and his brother Raymond ("Blackie") would be > correct. I did not know they roomed in Denver, but they were, in fact > "boomer linemen" moving from town to town constructing power lines. Both > eventually ended up in Portland where my dad met my mom (Janet Reid). My > brother (Raymond Reid Shockey) was born in Portland in 1940. The family > moved to Seattle that same year when my dad became Superintendent of the > Overhead (power line) division of Seattle Transit where he worked until > retirement in 1969. > > Curious about the age data: If the family was in Arizona in 1920, my dad > would have been the 14-year old, but your e-mail says Raymond was listed as > two years older than Stanley. > > I would very much like to have the census information. My address is: > > Reid Shockey > 4006 Nassau Place > Everett, WA 98201. > > Some questions: > When you addressed your e-mail to "Robert", did you mean Reid, or is someone > else researching this line of our family? > > Based on the Michigan information (which I did not know about until now), > what does this say about the branch of the Johann Christoffel tree I'm on? > > > Thank you again for this fascinating information. I will try to add what I > can to the information as anyone might wish. > > Best regards, > > > ==== SHOCKEY Mailing List ==== > If you have problems with items dealing with this list, please contact Lesley Shockey, listowner. > Email address is Lshockey@citynet.net > >