Individual 2079: James Hancock

Individual Record 2079

Name} Hancock, James

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Fam 25 Nov 1875

Place} Bishops Nympton, Devon, England

Marr1: Date} Exa 20 Apr 1898

Place} Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada (Link)

Marr2: Date} Exa 30 Jun 1904

Place} , Middlesex, Ontario, Canada (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 13 Nov 1916

Place} Sarnia Township, Lambton, Ontario

Burial: Date} Exa 15 Nov 1916

Place} Beechwood Cemetery, Forest, Lambton, Ontario

Grave Markers} First Second

Source 1}	943 = 1881 ENG cen
Source 2}	944 = 1891 ENG cen
Source 3}	832 = 1901 CAN cen
Source 4}	987 = Marriage rec
Source 5}	131 = Index
Source 6}	115 = Newspapers
Source 7}	177 = Death record
Source 8}	989 = Death record
Source 9}	112 = Cemetery rec
Source 10}	130 = Cemetery rec
Source 11}	1381=Cemetery rec
Source 12}	172 = Probate rec
Source 13}	173 = Title abst
Source 14}	174 = Land deed
Source 15}	451 = Letter
Source 16}	1343=Family history

Parents: } William Hancock & Susanna Jane (Susan) Nickels
Relationship No.} 720

1st Household No.} 121 = Lot No. 5, 6th Con., Sarnia, Ontario

Occupation 1} Farmer
Occupation 2} Apprentice miller

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Spouses: First} Hales, Sarah Elizabeth
Second} Berryhill, Mary Edgerton
Total Number of} 2

Notes: James was born in England and was a nephew of Thomas Hancock.

James is often confused with his cousin, James Edward Hancock, who was a son of Thomas, was born in Forest, and who lived in Forest and Sarnia during some of the same years. Our current James had no middle name.

In 1881 James was 5 years old and living on his parents' 100-acre farm at Eastacott Hill, Mariansleigh, Devon, England, with six siblings.

In 1891 James was 15 years old and living with the Frederick Upham family at Bishops Nympton, Devon, England, and working there as a miller's apprentice.

By 1901 James was 25 years old, had immigrated to Canada, had married Sarah, and was working as a farmer in Bosanquet Township, Lambton County, Ontario. Sarah died in 1902.

In 1904 James married Mary — who was later known as Mary Hancock Griffin.

In 1916 James bought Lot 5 in the 6th Concession in the Township of Sarnia, consisting of 76.87 acres, for $3,000. At that time a mortgage of $2,500 was recorded on that Lot with James Hancock and wife as Grantor.

James passed on unexpectedly two weeks short of his 41st birthday. The funeral took place from his late residence, Lot 5 in the 6th Concession, London Road, in the Township of Sarnia on Wednesday, 15 Nov 1916, at 1 o'clock, to Beechwood Cemetery, Forest. James was buried next to his two wives and his son Wilbert.

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Photo} None

Immigr'n Date} Fam 1893

Port} Unknown

Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} for the State of}

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Cause of Death} Typhoid fever