Hugh Pollock

Brief Life History of Hugh

When Hugh Pollock was born on 10 December 1868, in Tippah, Benton, Mississippi, United States, his father, Robert Cates Pollock, was 40 and his mother, Mary Maria Pollock, was 34. He married Ann Gorst in 1889, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ardwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1939.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Pollock
1868–
Ann Gorst
1869–
Marriage: 1889
May Pollock
1889–
Hugh Pollock
1892–1897
Margaret Ellen Pollock
1895–1956
Albert Edwin Pollock
1900–1967
Doris Pollock
1908–

Sources (10)

  • Hugh Pollock, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hugh Pollock - Published information: birth-name: Hugh Pollock
  • Hugh Pollock, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1954"

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1876 · The Manchester Man is Published

The Manchester Man was written by British author Isabella Banks. When it was first published in 1876, it came out in three volumes. It follows the life of Jabez Clegg who was left orphaned by a severe storm that caused flooding. He made his way up the social ladder and changed his life.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Glasgow, probably a British Celtic name derived from pull-, poll- ‘pool’ + a diminutive suffix. The surname has been established in northeast Ulster since the 17th century.

German: ethnic name for someone from Poland.

Americanized form of Jewish Polak .

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

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