WORTHWINE & LILIGER FAMILIES
Written by Marjorie ‏(Hockaday)‏ Kinnaman
19 Oct 2006
‏(Names typed in red are of my direct family line.)‏

Philip Worthwine, born 1815, Baden, Germany; died 15 Aug 1860, St Joseph, MO;
buried Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery, St Joseph, Buchanan, MO;
married Elizabeth Stumpff about 1852; Elizabeth born abt 1827, Washington
County, KY; died 10 Sep 1869, St. Joseph, MO; buried Worthwine/Liliger
Cemetery, St Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.
Philip Worthwine & Elizabeth ‏(Stumpff)‏ Worthwine's Children:
‏(1)‏ Louisa Elizabeth Worthwine, born 1853 , St Joseph, MO; died abt 1881,
Sabetha, Nemaha, KS; buried Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery; married
John Lynch abt 1871, St Joseph, Buchanan, MO; John born 1852, Andrew
County, MO; children: ‏(1)‏ Mary I. Lynch ‏(2)‏ infant son ‏(died at birth)‏; buried
with mother Louisa ‏(Worthwine)‏ Lynch at Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery.
-Mary Isabelle Lynch, born 3 Jun 1872, St Joseph, MO; died 27 Jul 1945
St Joseph, MO; buried Memorial Park Cemetery, St Joseph, MO; married
Alexander Hockaday 24 Feb 1891, St Joseph, MO; Alexander born 2 Mar
1862, MO/KS; died 22 Sep 1942, Guthrie, Logan, OK; buried Summit
Cemetery, Guthrie, OK. Children: Walter John Hockaday, Lillie Mae, Edah
Louise, Ruth Evalyn, Helen Rachel & Mary Josephine. ‏(all deceased)‏
‏(2)‏ William "Bill" Henry Worthwine, born 1855, St Joseph, MO; died abt 1943; married Melissa J. Hockaday abt 1878; Melissa born 18 Mar 1863, KS; children: Charles E., Electa, Oscar W. & Lena Worthwine.
‏(3)‏ Amelia F. Worthwine, born 1858, St Joseph, MO; died Nov 1885, Lincoln Twp,
Andrew, MO; married Flemon Moore 1878; children: Fred & Harry; Flemon m ‏(2)‏ Dorathy Lambert, abt 1888; children: Roy & Blanche Moore.
‏(4)‏ Mary Catherine Worthwine, born 8 Oct 1860, St Joseph, MO; died 4 Oct 1931,
Guthrie, OK; married "Bud" Hiram Taylor 7 Nov 1875, Savannah, Andrew, MO; Hiram was born 15 Apr 1851, Amazonia, Andrew, MO; died Dec 1939, Guthrie, Logan, OK; both buried Taylor Family Cemetery, Guthrie, Logan, OK; children: Wm., Frank, Thomas, Ona, Mamie, Arthur, Isabel, Mattie, Grace, Lizzie, Walter "Jack", Fred, Samuel & Mina Taylor. ‏(all deceased)‏

-Philip Worthwine died, Elizabeth ‏(Stumpff)‏ Worthwine marr. Joseph Liliger Sr-
Joseph Liliger, born 10 Oct 1832, Opperdorf, OberSchlagen, Germany; died 31 Jan 1910; buried Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery, St Joseph, Buchanan, MO; they married about 1871.
Joseph Liliger Sr & Elizabeth ‏(Stumpff)‏ ‏(Worthwine)‏ Liliger's Children:
‏(1)‏ Frank Liliger, born Feb 1862, St Joseph, MO; died 28 Dec 1917; married
Kathryne Keifer abt 1887; no children that I'm aware of. MHK
‏(2)‏ Joseph Liliger Jr, born 1864, St. Joseph, MO; died 1944, St Joseph, MO; he
never married.
‏(3)‏ Rachel Liliger, born Aug 1867, St. Joseph, MO; died abt 1960, St Joseph, MO; married Charles L. Ringer abt 1890-91; they had 2 sons; Rachel outlived her husband and 2 sons. Children: Ralph Wm. Ringer born 9 Jul 1892, Lyons, Burt, NE; died aft 1921 & bef 9 Apr1930; married Blanche Rose abt 1919, NV; children: Francis Ringer born abt 1921, MO. James "Frank" Ringer born 20 Jan 1895, Lester, IA; died Jun 1956, L.A., L.A., CA; married Ruth E. Lefebvre in 1919, CA; children: Marion L. Ringer; born 21 Sep 1920, Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
‏(4)‏ John Liliger, born 10 Sep 1869, St. Joseph, MO; died same day; his mother, Elizabeth ‏(Stumpff)‏ Worthwine Liliger, died giving birth to him. ‏(Some relatives
say that she died giving birth to triplets; however, I have no proof of it. Infant John is the only one with a legible gravestone at the old Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery.)‏ MHK

-Elizabeth ‏(Stumpff)‏ Worthwine Liliger died, Joseph Liliger Sr marr. Mary Thomas-
Married Mary L. Thomas Mar 1870, St Joseph, MO; she was born 1 Feb 1845, Hardin County, KY; died 7 Jan 1929, St Joseph, Buchanan, MO; buried Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery, St Joseph, MO; they had 5 children according to the 1900 & 1910
censuses, only 1 living in 1900, and none living in 1910, most died young or in infancy. I only have info on 2 of their sons.
Joseph Liliger Sr & Mary L. ‏(Thomas)‏ Liliger's Children:
‏(1)‏ James E. Liliger, born 31 Aug 1875, St Joseph, MO; died 21 Jun 1909, St Joseph,
MO; married May "Ollie" Smith abt 1899, St. Joseph, MO; she was born May 1884, IA; died aft 1910; they had 4 children:
-Joseph E. Liliger, born 4 Feb 1901, St Joseph, MO; died 21 Jun 1909, St
Joseph, MO; buried Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery, St Joseph, MO.
-Dollie Cecil Liliger, born about 1904, St Joseph, MO; died abt 1964; married
Frank "Frankie" August Bertagnolli about 1922; Frank, born 19 Jan 1887,
Austria; died Feb 1965, St. Joseph, MO; they had 1 daughter that I know of; her name is Tressa ‏(Bertagnolli)‏ Smith; Born after 1930, St Joseph, MO; she married Brent Smith.
-Ethel I. Liliger, born 6 Sep 1906, St Joseph, MO; died 12 Dec 1918, St Joseph,
MO; buried Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery, St Joseph, MO.
-Rachel P. Liliger, born 1909, St Joseph, MO; died 6 Dec 2004, St Joseph, MO;
married Charles B. Davenport born 1 Dec 1906, AR; died Mar 1975, St Joseph, MO; children: possibly 4 children.
‏(2)‏ William "Billy" McKinley Liliger, born 1878, St. Joseph, MO; died bef
6 Jun 1900, St Joseph, MO; no info as to whether or not he ever married.
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Some of my sources of information:
-My father, Walter J. Hockaday's information from memory in the early 1970's
-U.S. Censuses
-Social Security Death Index
-CA Birth and Death Records
-Information from gravestones at old Worthwine/Liliger Family Cemetery,
St Joseph, Buchanan, MO, Sunbridge Conservation Area
-Death Certificates
-Military Records
-Personal letters