Brief Life History of John
John Hancock was born about 1844, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Eliza. He married Kate "Kitty" Jackson on 15 February 1885, in Eltham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in London, England in 1901 and New Eltham, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died in December 1912, in Eltham, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in St John The Baptist Church, East Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Ancock, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- John Hancock, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- John Hancock, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
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1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
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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