Hi, you stated that she died on a Burlington train. Burlington where? Thanks, Paula Hancock Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 9:56 PM Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Obit. of Eleanor Hancock May 26, 1905 > I am trying to find out where and when my great grandmother Francis/Frances > Hickerson Hancock died. I have her on the Seward County, NE. 1910 census age 75 > living by herself in Milford, NE. Some of her children and siblings and there > families are living near by. I don't see her on the 1920 census. Anyways The > Seward County Genealogical Society sent me a copy of a obit. from May 26, 1905 > of a Eleanor Hancock. I do not know if she is connected to my family or not > yet. > Thought I would share this just incase she belongs to your family line. > > > Mrs Eleanor Hancock, mother of Mrs. W. D. Badgley, died on board a Burlington > train, last Saturday, while en route from Milford to California. Mrs. Hancock > and her daughter, Mrs. George O. Ranson, of Fortuna, California, had been > here visiting with Mrs. Badgley, and as Mrs. Hancock was in poor health she > thought to go to California, where it was believed she would be more comfortable in > a change of climate. On nearing Denver the higher altitude brought on a > hemorrhage which ended in her sudden death. The remains were shipped back to > Milford, arriving Tuesday at noon, and immediately taken to the cemetery, where > short funeral services were held. > Eleanor Rider was born in New York in 1832 and was married at the age of 17, > to Luther J. Hancock, who died in 1892. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. W. D. > Badgley of Milford, with whom she made her home the past winter, and Mrs. Geo. > O. Ranson of Fortuna, California. > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Where to send messages to the list..... > [email protected] >