Brief Life History of Bertha A J
When Bertha A J Heacock was born on 24 June 1870, in Spiceland, Spiceland Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, her father, Alfred Weeks Heacock, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth DeBord, was 18. She married Robert Edgar Williams on 6 September 1893. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Richland Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 December 1911, in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Bertha Heacock in entry for Hazel M Williams, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Bertha A J Hacock in household of Alfred W Hacock, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Bertha Williams, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1871–1934 Male
1870–1911 Female
Children (3)
1895–1971 Male
1897–1986 Female
1904– Female
Parents and Siblings
1844–1911 Male
1852–1925 Female
Siblings (11)
1870–1911 Female
1870–1876 Female
1871–1912 Female
1873–1956 Male
1878–1943 Female
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1872 · The First National Park
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hicock, Hecock, a pet form of Hick (itself a rhyming pet form of Rickard ‘Richard’), and equivalent to Hitchcock . In Hecok the vowel has been lowered and lengthened in the open syllable (a typical development in northern England and the North Midlands), hence the later spelling Heacock. Hicock has generally survived in the variant Hickox .
post-medieval variant of Haycock .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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