When Mary Elizabeth Hancock was born on 31 August 1842, in Indiana, United States, her father, Ephraim Millman Hancock, was 32 and her mother, Mary Ann Burget, was 25. She married Daniel G West on 14 September 1868, in Clayton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Eden Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 11 January 1883, in Fayette, Iowa, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Eden Cemetery, Eden Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Allamakee, Iowa, United States
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
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.
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