Herbert L Hancock (1909–1979) • FamilySearch

Herbert L Hancock

28 January 1909–2 May 1979 (Age 70)
Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Herbert L

When Herbert L Hancock was born on 28 January 1909, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Horace Worley Hancock, was 44 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Kubli, was 28. He lived in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. He died on 2 May 1979, in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 70.

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Parents and Siblings

Horace Worley Hancock

1864–1934

Mary Elizabeth Kubli

1881–1946

Hancock

1907–1907

Herbert L Hancock

1909–1979

Blanche Winifred Hancock

1913–1972

Parents and Siblings

Horace Worley Hancock

Male1864–1934Male

Mary Elizabeth Kubli

Female1881–1946Female

Siblings

(3)

Hancock

Male1907–1907Male

Herbert L Hancock

Male1909–1979Male

Blanche Winifred Hancock

Female1913–1972Female

World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 1

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act
Age 1

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

1929
Age 20

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Hancock

Herbert

1 English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names ( see Cocke ).2 Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.

Possible Related Names

Hann

Cocke

Hancox

Sources (5)

Herbert Hancock in household of Horace Hancock, "United States Census, 1910"
Herbert L Hancock in household of Horace Hancock, "United States Census, 1920"
Herbert L Hancock, "United States Census, 1940"

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