Charles William Pickering of Liverpool and Kansas

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1841 - Liverpool, Eng (born)
1861 - Sailed from Liverpool on the Denbigh
1866 - married Clara Isabella White (age 25)
1868 - birth of son Charles Eugene, Marshal Co., Iowa (age 27) - heir
1870 - birth of son William James
1872 - birth of son Harold, IL - heir
1873 - birth of daughter Isabella Maude, CA - heir
1880 - Census: Geneva, Allen, KS - Occupation: Farmer (Neosho Farm?)
1880 - Emigrated to America (naturalized citizen)
1881 - return to England for Father's funeral (age 40)
1884 - moved to Geary Co., Kansas (re: obit) (age 43)
1885 - lived Davis Co., Kansas - Occupation: Teamster
1985 - birth of Edward, Junction City, KS (died age 11 yrs)
1886 - birth of Martha Ethel, Junction City, KS - heir
1888 - birth of Alfred Aljorel, Junction City, KS - heir
1891 - birth of Ralph, Junction City, KS (died baby)
1891 - birth of Paulina, Junction City, KS (died baby)
1893 - birth of Herbert, Junction City KS (died baby)
1893 - Age 52 at birth of last child
1895 - lived Junction City, KS (age 53)
1898 - Wife, Clara Isabella White Pickering died
1900 - Census: Junction City, Geary Co., KS, Occupation: Teamster (age 58)
1906 - Sailed: 30 Aug 1906 (age 64 and 10 mos) Arrived in New York aboard the Majestic
1908 - Sailed: 16 Feb 1908 (age 66) Arrived in New York aboard the Baltic
1910 - Census: Junction City, Geary Co., KS, Occupation: Contractor / Sand (age 68)
1920 - Census: Sheridan, Gordon, KS, widow (age 80) living with daughter Martha Ethel
1920 - Census: Daughter Martha E. Dowe, widow. Occupation: Proprietor / Picture Show
1911 - Sailed: 25 Feb 1911 (age 70) Arrived in New York aboard the Lusitania
                with his younger brother Alexander John
1928 - died Junction City, KS (age 87)

Contributed by Jim Wilson, Athens, GA: By 1885 Davis County was named for Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy. The boundaries of the county shifted quite a bit but eventually, the main part of the county was rename Geary County. Note that Allen County from the 1880 census was a free-state settlement named for the governor of Ohio. In the 1850s, Kansas was a scene of bloody conflict between free-state and slave-state interests. It was known as "Bleeding Kansas" and it took decades for some of the latent hostility to go away.

1911 - Passengers aboard the Lusitania

The family of Charles William has graciously provided by descendants: Skip Pickering of Manhattan, KS and Corene and Jim Wilson of Athens, GA.