Isaac
Lane
"Gray"
Hockenhull
Born in Como, Panola, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Hockenhull
and Martha Ella (Danner) Hockenhull
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Marian E (Smith) Hockenhull
— married
18 Mar 1931 in Cook County, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Mahalia Jackson
— married
8 Dec 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 71
in Harvey, Cook, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2019
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Biography
Isaac Hockenhull is a part of US Black heritage.
Isaac Lane Gray Hockenhull was born on November 15, 1901, in Como, Mississippi.[1] His father, John Hockenhull, was 33 and his mother, Mattie Danner, was 28.
In the 1910 census Isaac (age 9) was the stepson (step son) of Robert Hockenhull in Pine Bluff Ward 1, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States.[2]
He married Marion E. Smith on March 18, 1931 in Cook County, Illinois, USA.[3]
He married gospel singer Mahalia Jackson on December 8, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.[4]
He died in July 1973 in Harvey, Illinois, at the age of 71.[5]
Research Notes
In 1936, Mahalia Jackson married Isaac Lanes Grey Hockenhull, a graduate of Fisk University and Tuskegee Institute who was 10 years her senior. She refused to sing secular music, a pledge she would keep throughout her professional life. She was frequently offered money to do so and she divorced Isaac in 1941 because of his unrelenting pressure on her to sing secular music and his addiction to gambling on racehorses.[6]
In the 1910 census Isaac is listed as the stepson of Robert Hockenhull.
Sources
- ↑ "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 776
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #39663785 (accessed 9 January 2022)
Name: Isaac Lane Gray Hockenhull; Race: Negro (Black); Age: 40; Birth Date: 15 Nov 1901; Birth Place: Como, Mississippi, USA; Residence Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Registration Date: 15 Feb 1942; Registration Place: Illinois, USA; Employer: American Car & Foundry Company; Height: 5 7; Weight: 190; Complexion: Light Brown; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Mahalia Jackson Hockenhull - ↑
1910 Census:
"1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Pine Bluff Ward 1, Jefferson, Arkansas; Roll: T624_54; Page: 22b; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 1374067
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #585442 (accessed 30 August 2023)
Isaac Gray (9), single stepson (step son), in household of Robert Hockenhull (40) in Pine Bluff Ward 1, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA. Born in Mississippi. - ↑
Marriage:
"Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960"
Cook County Clerk; Chicago, Il; Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages)
Ancestry Record 1500 #6106489 (accessed 30 August 2023)
Isaac L Hockenhull marriage to Marion E Smith on 18 Mar 1931. - ↑ * Marriage: "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513792
FamilySearch Record: 6DQQ-D6G1 (accessed 30 August 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L98Q-YNRR Image number 00166
Isaac Lane Gray Hockenhull marriage to Mahalia Jackson on 8 Dec 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. - ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MN-3N6Q : 18 March 2018), Isaac Lane Hackenhull, 15 Jul 1973; citing Harvey, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalia_Jackson
- 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Pine Bluff Ward 1, Jefferson, Arkansas; Roll: T624_54; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 1374067
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #585442
Isaac Gray (9), single stepson, in household of Robert Hockenhull (40) in Pine Bluff Ward 1, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA. Born in Mississippi. - 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 6, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_310; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 369
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #96003867
Isaac Gray (19), single son, Laborer, in household of Isaac Gray (49) in Chicago Ward 6, Cook (Chicago), Illinois. Born in Mississippi.
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