Brief Life History of Margaret Elizabeth
When Margaret Elizabeth Hancock was born on 25 December 1852, in Meriwether, Georgia, United States, her father, Joseph John Hancock, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Amanda Chappell, was 31. She married Thomas F Addy on 2 January 1916, in Coweta, Georgia, United States. She lived in District 691, Coweta, Georgia, United States for about 30 years and Senoia, Coweta, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 January 1942, in Coweta, Georgia, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Margaret Hancock in household of John J Hancock, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Elizabeth Hancock, „Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950“
- Margaret E Hancock, „United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969“
Spouse and Children
1851–1936 Male
1852–1942 Female
Parents and Siblings
1816–1898 Male
1821–1904 Female
Siblings (1)
1852–1942 Female
World Events (8)
1860
Age 8
1863
Age 11
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 24
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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