Brief Life History of Helen Emily
When Helen Emily Bancroft was born on 16 July 1897, in Nelson Township, Portage, Ohio, United States, her father, Oris Leon Bancroft, was 38 and her mother, Flora Clark, was 33. She married Grant Henry Hodgskiss on 12 June 1924, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Maywood, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1988. She died on 23 December 1988, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Helen Hodgskiss, "United States Census, 1950"
- Helen E. Bancroft, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003" b 16 Jul 1897
- Helen E. Bancroft, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950" m 12 Jun 1924
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. It is one of two canals that helps navigation to ships traveling between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various minor places called Bancroft, from Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular) + croft ‘paddock, smallholding’.
History: John Bancroft came to MA on board the ‘James’ in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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