Shelly I hope some member of this family does see your letter and contacts you. Evelyn -----Original Message----- >From: Shelley Cardiel <cardiels@comcast.net> >Sent: Mar 27, 2006 1:18 AM >To: KSROOKS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KSROOKS] HANCOCK Family Photograph > >I've "rescued" an old photograph of John & Ella HANCOCK with four of their >children, Ivy, Hackeye, Web, and Claude. The photograph was taken at the J. >Jennings Studio in Scandia, Kansas likely sometime during the 1880's. A >note on the back of the photograph suggests that the photo was taken >sometime around 1884. I would guess that the children range in age from >about 2 - 5 years at the time with Ivy appearing to be the oldest of the >four children. A note also refers to John & Ella as "Ma and Pa". > > > >Based on limited research I was able to find information regarding the >family beginning with the 1900 census records for Rutland, KS. Records >indicate the following: > > > >John I. HANCOCK, age 45, born Dec 1854, married 25 years, born IN, parents >born IN, a Farmer > >Ella A. HANCOCK, wife, age 44, born Sept 1855, married 25 years, 8 >children/7 living, born IA, parents born VT/? > >Rhoda P. HANCOCK, dau, age 13, born Nov 1886, born KS > >Albert V. HANCOCK, son, age 10, born Mar 1890, born IA, a Farm Laborer > >Oliver A. HANCOCK, son, age 9, born Feb 1893, born IA > >William H. HANCOCK, son, age 8, born Dec 1896, born IA > > > >In the 1900 census of Plainville, KS I was able to find record of Webster >HANCOCK, believed to be the child referred to as "Web" in the photograph. >He was a servant in the home of William & Cora A. ROBINSON with census info >for Webster as follows: > > > >Webster HANCOCK, age 17, born Dec 1882, born IA, parents born IN/IA, a Dry >Goods Salesman > > > >And then in 1920 I find Ivy HANCOCK living in Independence, KS with her >father and census records provide the following information: > > > >Iva HANCOCK, age 42, born IA, parents born IN/IA, a Physician > >John HANCOCK, Father, age 69, a widower, born IN, parents born KY/IN > > > >I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that this wonderful old >photograph can be returned to its rightful place with the family. If you >are a member of the family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. > > > >Thanks, > >Shelley > > > > > >==== KSROOKS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address KSROOKS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com