Oct 5 Gary finally "meets" his Great Grandparents

Want to share with you some images of the results of our tombstone searches when we were in Wichita Kansas.

This picture was taken September 13th at the "resting place of the pioneers" Highland Cemetery.

All our research paid off when we found the final resting place of Gary's great grandparents:
Ella C. Stocker 1857 - 1922
Allen F. Stocker 1853 - 1923

Allen Frederick Stocker was son of Solomon Stocker (and Elizabeth Stauffer) son of Solomon, son of Andrew, son of Andreas, son of Michael Stocker the immigrant who came over from Germany on the ship Brittania in 1731.

Ella Cora Stocker Stocker was daughter of Richard Stocker (and Savanna Harris) son of Christian Stocker Sr., son of Andreas, son of Michael Stocker, the immigrant who came over from Germany on the ship Brittania in 1731.

Yes, it was one of many of the Stocker/Stocker marriages, Ella Stocker married her great uncle, Allen Stocker.

Allen Frederick and Ella Cora Stocker had 6 children, one of them was Orin Grant Stocker (1879 - 1952), father of Gary's father, Eldon Alvin Stocker (1919 - 1994)