James H. HANCORT & Nellie E. LYON

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James H. HANCORT
Nellie E. LYON

Husband: James H. HANCORT / HANCART
Birth: 1868/9, IRL
Occupation: tube mill foreman, seaman, magazine illustrator (noted painter)
Father: Thomas HANCORT, b. 1844/5, BEL; d. 1920, Stonington, New London Co., CT
Mother: Catherine __?__, b. 1850/1, IRL; d. 1938, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT

Marriage: 1897/8

Wife: Nellie E. LYON
Birth: 29 Jan 1873, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William H. LYON
Mother: Mary E. ABBOTT

Children:

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; Ireland; BEL, BE, Belgique, Belgium; USA, US, United States, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): James HANCER (æ 1, b. IRL) is living in Hyde Park, Norfolk Co., MA (p. 460A), with his parents, Thomas HANCER (æ 26, Belgium) & Catherine (æ 24, b. IRL).

3. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): James HANCART (æ 11, b. IRL) is living in the Borough of West Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT (p. 402B), with his parents, Thomas HANCART (æ 35, b. Belgium) & Catharine (æ 29, b. Ireland), plus siblings, including Joseph (æ 9, b. CT). Nellie E. LYON (æ 7, b. CT) is living in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, with her parents (q.v.).

4. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

6. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 59): Hastings on Hudson Village, Greenburgh Town, Westchester Co., NY, Roll T624_1090, p. 64B, SN 11B, SD 3, ED 26, 2/3 May 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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101 162 Hancock James H Head M W 41 M1 12 Massachusetts Belg French -- Eng Foreman Tube Mill W N 0 Y Y R H

_______ Nellie Wife F W 37 M1 12 0 0 Connecticut Pennsylvania Connecticut Eng None Y Y

7. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #39 of 56): 334 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport (Ward 11), Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, Roll T625_175, p. 231A, SN 20A, SD 38, ED 76, enumerated 1 Feb 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 334 167 415 Hancort James H Head R M W 46 M Y Y Mass Ireland English Ireland English Y Seaman W

_______ Nellie Wife F W 40 M Y Y Conn Penna Conn Y none

*Stratford Ave

Plus two roomers not extracted.

8. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 22 — indexed "Hancock"): 39 Franklin St., Bridgeport City (Ward 7, Block 590), Fairfield Co., CT, Roll 255, p. 58B, SN 2B, ED 1-48, SD 4, enumerated 4 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 39 21 35 Hancort James A Head R 38.00 N M W 60 M 24 Y MA MA IRL Y Illustrator Magazine Co W Y

_______ Nellie E Wife F W 57 M 24 N Y CT PA CT Y None W Y

*Franklin St

9. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

10. Anon. Tuesday, 27 Mar 1928. "Captain Randall, Former Resident Will Speak Here." The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, CT), p. 15 (online at Newspapers.com):

CAPTAIN RANDALL, FORMER RESIDENT WILL SPEAK HERE

Master of Liner George Washington to Broadcast from Station WICC.
...
Another speaker will be Captain James H Hancort of 334 Stratford Avenue, a retired captain in the U S merchant marine. He is one of four brothers all of whom held license as ship's masters. The other brothers are Joseph of Stratford, skipper of the Naugatuck, a freighter, Frank of Newfield avenue, captain of the steamer Salutation, which plies the Sound [unreadable] New London for its home port, and Captian Lein[?] Hancort of Newton...

There are other articles in this newspaper about his paintings — apparently he was an artist of note — but I didn't extract them.

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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