Claude Hitchcock

Brief Life History of Claude

When Claude Hitchcock was born on 28 September 1882, in Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Alexander Hitchcock, was 34 and his mother, Frances Emeline Mead, was 38. He married Genoa Dove Pennington on 30 October 1904, in Kaymoor, Fayette, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Grant District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Valley District, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 31 May 1960, in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Tunnelton, Preston, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude Hitchcock
1882–1960
Elizabeth Howell
1896–1964
Marriage: 1921
Dorothy Lee Hitchcock
1923–2000
Burl Hamelton Hitchcock
1924–2006
Fred Hitchcock
1925–1925
Garnet Jean Hitchcock
1926–2013
Martin Hitchcock
1928–1929
Noal Hitchcock
1929–1997
Arbutus Ann Hitchcock
1931–1999
Ida Jewell Hitchcock
1933–2024

Sources (33)

  • Clyde Kritchcoau, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Claude Hitchcock, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Claude Hitchcock, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English: from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Hitch , a pet form of Richard , with the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare Heacock .

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

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