Robert Harlow Dockeray

Biography: R. Harlow Dockeray, of the firm of Dockeray Brpthers, was born in 1854, also in Orleans county, N.Y. and was reared and educated in Kent, county, Mich. In 1880 he began life as a sawyer, remained at the business three years, and then worked for Allen & Rykert, proprietors of a planing mill in Rockford until 1887, where he took a position with Watkins & House, proprietors of the Rockford Flouring Mills, with whom he remained until 1898, when he became a partner with his brother, George A., bringing to the concern considerable technical experience. In October, 1880, Mr. Dockeray was joined in matrimony with Miss Ida Norton, a native of Ithaca, N.Y., and to this union has been born one daughter, Ethel, who is a student in the school of Rockford and has also received instruction in instrumental music. In politics, R. Harlow Dockeray is a stanch republican, casting his first ballot for Rutherford B. Hayes. For two years he was a member of the village council.

Resource: Roostweb, Marilyn, Dated: 14 Oct. 2011.

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Parents:

 Robert Dockeray (1829 - 1897)

 Lucy Ann White Dockeray (1829 - 1923)

Spouse:

 Ida N. Norton Dockeray (1856 - 1931)*

Sibling:

 Robert Harlow Dockeray (1856 - 1935)

 Willis A. Dockeray (1858 - 1861)*