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Hockin Family fonds
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2.42 m of textual records
5 photographs
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The Hockin Family included Arthur Hockin, his son Arthur, Jr., his daughter-in-law Lily Hockin [nee Howie], and their daughter, Katharine. The three eldest served the Methodist Church of Canada, Arthur as a minister in Nova Scotia, his son and son's wife as missionaries in China (Arthur, 1910-1912, and Lily, 1910-1946). Katharine Hockin served as a missionary in China, and as an educator in Canada. Lily [Howie] Hockin was a daughter of the manse, her father Isaac was a Methodist minister in New Brunswick, and her sister, Jessie Howie, was a missionary in Japan with that church.
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This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
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Fonds consists of four series; 1) Hockin-Howie Families’ Records, 1899-1958; 2) Lily Hockin-Katharine Hockin Correspondence, 1918-1982; 3) Katharine Hockin Records, 1924-1990, and 4) Photographs, [194-?]-[197-?].
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