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Hendrick

He mar in Ireland, 24 Aug 1876, to Gertrude Kickham [bapt 28 Mar 1838].
She returned with him to America.
They settled at Stockdale, in Wilson County, Texas.
[White, 1955] said he was "Military Governor of Texas after the Civil War", but this is not true.
He was just a Captain.
Obituary says he planned to bring wife and children back to Ireland but was unable to.
Obituary says he helped fund the building of "the church of St.Patrick", Stockdale. This must be an error for St.Mary's RC church, Stockdale, which was built in 1877. See history.
His will dated 9 Nov 1883.
He appointed his wife as executor and also asked her to accept as co-executor Fr. John Henry Daine, an Englishman who was priest of St.Mary's Catholic church around 1882-1885.

John dies, 1883:
He died in Stockdale, 9 Nov 1883, age 47 yrs, on the same day as his will.
A witness at his probate confirms he died 9 Nov 1883, on the same day as his will. Obituary and grave also say he died 9 Nov 1883.
He was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas. See findagrave. His will asked for him to be buried in Ireland but it seems that did not happen.
See obituary in The Pilot (Catholic newspaper), 8 December 1883.
See probate. Notice of probate issued 17 Dec 1883. Probate heard 4 Feb 1884. His will asked that his will not be recorded or probated in the American courts but that did not happen.
He was wealthy. Estate of value $10,000.

Gertrude returned to Ireland with her children in around 1888.
She apparently lived in Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
She returned to America in around 1901.
She lived Sutherland Springs, Wilson County, Texas.

Gertrude dies, 1904:
She died Sutherland Springs, 17 June 1904, age 66 yrs.
She was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas.
See obituary in The Pilot (Catholic newspaper), 6 August 1904.
John and Gertrude had issue:

1. Mary Hendrick,
   Mary Elizabeth, May, born Wilson County, Texas, 2 July 1877.
   She mar Jessie Gordon Hodges.
   She died 28 Feb 1944, age 66 yrs.
   She was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas.
   They had issue:
   1. John Hodges,
      John Hendrick Hodges.
      He mar Edoleen Riddle [or Edolene], no issue.

   2. Gertrude Theresa Hodges,
      born 25 May 1908.
      She died 14 Aug 1909, age 1 yr.
      She was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas.

   3. Joseph Gordon Hodges,
      born 24 June 1910.
      He died 7 Sept 1927, age 17 yrs.
      He was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas.

   
   

2. Angela Hendrick,
   Angela D. Hendrick, born Wilson County, Texas, 29 Sept 1878 [Jeanoyce Wilson] or 2 Oct 1878 [grave].
   She did not marry.
   She died 8 Jan 1951, age 72 yrs.
   She was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas.

3. Veronica Hendrick,
   Veronica U. Hendrick, born Wilson County, Texas, 21 Apr 1881 (mother age 43).
   She did not marry.
   She died 4 Jan 1967, age 85 yrs.
   She was bur Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas.

Hendrick and Hodges graves, Palm Cemetery, Stockdale, Texas

Grave of Mary Hendrick.

Grave of Gertrude Theresa Hodges.

Grave of Joseph Gordon Hodges.

Grave of Angela Hendrick.

Grave of Veronica Hendrick.

References

• Will of John Hendrick, dated 9 Nov 1883. Plus codicil on same day.
  • See pp.106-110 of Wilson County Probate Minutes, 1883-1884. Copy of will, plus proceedings of probate.

• Unpublished research on John Kane Hendrick, by Jeanoyce Wilson (died 2019).

• Grave inscriptions and photos, Palm Catholic Cemetery, SW of St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Stockdale, Wilson County, Texas.

Sources yet to be consulted

• Gertrude Kickham's diaries. (Gertrude died 1904.) Jeanoyce Wilson had them.

• The Soloman B. Jackson Family in Wilson County, Texas, by Jack Jackson, 1998.
  • This book says: "A number of letters written from Brooklyn and Dublin by John and his wife Gertrude have survived".