Lilley Melvina Hancock

Brief Life History of Lilley Melvina

When Lilley Melvina Hancock was born in July 1893, in Missouri, United States, her father, Riley Segal Hancock, was 26 and her mother, Manary Emaline Stringer, was 25. She married Cleller Mooney on 11 April 1917. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Current Township, Texas, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Lynch Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 23 May 1925, at the age of 31.

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Family Time Line

Cleller Mooney
1892–1967
Lilley Melvina Hancock
1893–1925
Marriage: 11 April 1917
Esther Irene Mooney
1920–2007
Ethel Jewel Mooney
1921–1992

Sources (8)

  • Lillie Hancock, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lillie Mooney in entry for Manary Emaline Hancock, "Missouri, Phelps, Crawford, Dent, and Washington Counties, Obituaries, 1880-1990"
  • Lilly Hancock in household of Riley S Hancock, "United States Census, 1900"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke ).

Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle, periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.

History: Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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