Relationship Record 16

Male/Husband}   Lacaze, Henry Julien (Hank)     Family History} Hancock
  Female/Wife}    Hancock, Bee Ella Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa 30 Sep  1934 Place} Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada
Ended: On Date} Exa 31 Mar 1972
                     By} Death of husband
Source 1}   85 = Family hstry
Source 2} 522 = Family hstry
Source 3} 1724=Newspaper
Source 4} 908 = Marriage rec
Source 5} 1587=1940 USA cen
Source 6} 1586=1950 USA cen
Source 7} 1725=Newspaper
Source 8} 1600=City directy
Source 9} 1594=Public recd
Source 10} 861 = Death record
Source 11} 1599=S.S.record
Source 12} 236 = Obituary
Source 13} 838 = Obituary
Source 14}   30 = Cemetery rec
Source 15} 1588=Cemetery rec
Source 16} 737 = Photograph
Source 17} 735 = Photograph
Source 18} 915 = Photograph
Source 19} 600 = Interview
1st Household No.} 73 = 519 Madison Street, Napa, Calif.
Photos} Hank & Bee   in 1931   &   in 1940
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Last Updated
        by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated} 23 Nov 2023
Date Created}  17 Jun  1994
Notes:  Henry Julien Lacaze and Bee Ella Hancock were married on 30 Sep 1934 in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada.  They immediately drove north as far as Canada on their honeymoon, returning to what was to be their lifelong home at 519 Madison Street, Napa.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Henry, 31, and Bee, 26, were living in their Madison Street home.  Henry was a truck driver for the Napa Special Delivery office, and they owned their home, valued at $3,000.  Their children were Jeanette, 4, and Andrea, 1.
In the 1950 U.S. census, Henry J., 42, and Bee E., 36, were still in their Madison Street home.  Henry was now the proprietor of the trucking company.  He reported $8,800. of income.  Their children were Jeanette M., 14, Andrea G., 11, and Ralph J., 5.

Henry and Bee also had the Lacaze Trucking Company, which hauled hides and tanning supplies for local tanneries.  Bee was the bookkeeper and secretary for their Napa Special Delivery and the Lacaze Trucking businesses until they sold them and retired in 1962.

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The photo at the right shows Bee and Hank at their 25th wedding anniversary in Sep 1959.

Henry and Bee were very active in the Napa Buzzsteppers Square Dance Club.  They danced all over Northern California and were invited to Canada to dance at the Calgary Stampede.  After their retirement, they purchased a travel trailer and traveled throughout the United States.  They were members of the Silverado Trailer Club and loved to travel, fish, and dance.

Henry died 31 Mar 1972 at the age of 63.  Bee died 25 Sep 2005 at age 92 years, 4 months.  They are buried in the Tulocay Mausoleum, Napa. 
Children: Total # of Children} 3 Seq. # of Primary}  
  1st Child} Lacaze, Jeanette Marie
  2nd Child} Lacaze, Andrea Gay
  3rd Child} Lacaze, Ralph Julien
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