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Clinton William Hocking 1888 - 1959

Clinton William Hocking was born in 1888 at Buncombe in Wisconsin United States to William Alfred Hocking and Rebecca (Bennett) Hocking, and died at age 71 years old in 1959 in Rockford, IL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Clinton William Hocking.
Clinton William Hocking
1888
Buncombe in Wisconsin, United States
1959
Rockford, Illinois, United States
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  • 1888

    Birthday

    1888
    Birthdate
    Buncombe in Wisconsin United States
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  • 1959

    Death

    1959
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Rockford, Illinois United States
    Death location
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    Clinton William Hocking lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1888, in the year that Clinton William Hocking was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1895, Clinton was only 7 years old when on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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