Individual 654: George Joseph Hancock

Individual Record 654

Name} Hancock, George Joseph

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Fam 17 Oct 1867^*

Place} Poole, Dorset, England

Marr.: Date} Exa 29 May 1889

Place} Forest, Lambton, Ontario (Link)

Death: Date} Cir 16 Oct 1940

Place} , , Ontario

Burial: Date} Exa 18 Oct 1940

Place} Municipal Cemetery, Strathroy, Middlesex, Ontario

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	709 = 1871 GBR cen
Source 2}	937 = Passenger list
Source 3}	987 = Marriage rec
Source 4}	100 = 1891 CAN cen
Source 5}	988 = Birth record
Source 6}	114 = Newspapers
Source 7}	127 = Interview
Source 8}	170 = Invitation
Source 9}	832 = 1901 CAN cen
Source 10}	178 = Cemetery rec
Source 11}	1617 = Cemetery rec
Source 12}	837 = Photographs

Parents: } Thomas Hancock & Mary Anne Howells
Relationship No.} 20

1st Household No.} 131 = Alcester, England

Occupation 1} Farmer
Occupation 2} Teamster

Religion/Church} Methodist in England, Salvation Army in Ontario

Spouses: Prime} Whitlock, Mary Catherine
Total Number of} 1

Notes: ^*George's birth year is not certain because of the following:

His age in the 1871 English census indicates a calculated birth year of 1867 or 1868.
His age in the 1873 passenger list indicates a calculated birth year of 1867 or 1868.
His age in the 1891 Canadian census indicates a calculated birth year of 1869; however, this is unlikely since his younger brother Frank was born in December 1869.
The 1901 Canadian census gives his birth year as 1866; however, the year 1866 is essentially impossible since (1) his parents married in 1866, and (2) his older brother Henry was most probably born in 1867.
Cemetery records give his birth year as 1867.

Conclusion: 1867 is the most likely year of George's birth.

At the age of 5, George left England with his parents and siblings on the S.S. Arragon and arrived in New York on 9 May 1873.

George married in May 1889 and remained married to Mary for the rest of his life. He was living in Bosanquet Township, Ontario, in 1891.

George and his family had moved to Strathroy, Ontario, by 1902.

George did not come to California for his parents' 50th wedding anniversary party in March 1916, but later did come to California to visit — according to Leola Hancock.

George is buried in Section F, Row 8, Stn. 1 at the Strathroy Municipal cemetery with his wife and four children.

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Immigr'n Date} Exa 9 May 1873

Port} New York

Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} for the State of}

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