Brief Life History of Jim Garland
When Jim Garland Hancock was born on 15 August 1929, in Upton, Bastrop, Texas, United States, his father, Walker Allen Hancock, was 36 and his mother, Grace Lou Barr, was 28. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Bastrop, Texas, United States in 1940 and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 18 February 1999, in Bastrop, Texas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Jim G Hancock, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jim Hancock, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Jim G Hancock, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1929–1999 Male
– Female
Parents and Siblings
1892–1965 Male
1900–1983 Female
Siblings (6)
1919–1986 Male
1920–2006 Male
1922–1974 Female
1924–1990 Male
1926–1984 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1931
Age 2
1932
Age 3
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 19
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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