Individual Record 26

Name}   Hancock, Myrtle Mary		Family History} Hancock
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam   4 Feb 1901	Place} Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario
Marr.: Date} Exa    3 Aug 1918	Place} Napa, Napa, California     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa    2 Feb 1993	Place} Napa, Napa, California
Burial: Date} Cir     3 Feb 1993	Place} Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa, California
Adopted: Dt} Cir      1902/1903	Grave Marker} Yes	Source 1} 832 = 1901 CAN cen Source 2} 928 = 1910 USA cen Source 3} 281 = Marriage rec Source 4} 305 = 1920 USA cen Source 5} 733 = Photograph Source 6} 866 = 1930 USA cen Source 7} 735 = Photographs Source 8} 756 = Obituary Source 9} 761 = Obituary Source 10} 736 = Photographs Source 11} 237 = Obituary Source 12} 126 = Interview Source 13} 269 = Obituary Source 14}   30 = Cemetery rec Source 15}   33 = Family history Source 16}   85 = Family history Source 17} 139 = Family history
Parents: } Frank Thomas Hancock & Mary Ellen Fisher    Relationship No.}     6
1st Household No.}   97 = Wallaceburg, Ontario
Occupation 1} Housewife        Occupation 2}
Religion/Church}
Spouses:    First} Glos, Edward Jacob (Ed)  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  The photo below shows Myrtle (front left), circa September 1901 when she was less than one year old, with her three sisters and older brother.  The photo was taken in Point Edward, Lambton County, Ontario.
In September 1902, Myrtle's mother Ella died of typhoid fever in Wallaceburg, Ontario.  Myrtle's father Frank this brought his children to California in late 1902.  Myrtle was carried in a basket. During her childhood years, Myrtle was adopted and raised by the Cope family of Red Bluff, California.  She lived in Red Bluff and Berkeley before moving to Napa to live with her older brother Wilfred in about 1915. The photo at the right shows Myrtle with her two daughters in 1922. The photo at the left shows Myrtle (at the left) in El Granada in 1947. Myrtle was a member of the Napa County Historical Society and the American Legion Auxiliary.  She was a former member of the Daughters of Pocahontas and a former member and president of the Eagles Auxiliary. Myrtle enjoyed her family and baking cookies. She died two days before her 92nd birthday at a Napa convalescent hospital after a brief illness.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social} See Notes above
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photo} Myrtle circa 1918
Immigr'n Date} 1902	Port} Detroit
Education: Grade}                  or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                        for the State of}
Health Condition}    Cause of Death}	Last Updated by} Dan Hancock Date Updated} 15 Mar 2007 Date Created}  21 Jun  1994
Copyright © 2006 - 2007 by Daniel W. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

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