Amy (Boon) Hancock (1866 - 1939)

Born 1866 in Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of James Bishop Hancock — married 1887 in Victoria, Australia

Died 19 Jan 1939 at about age 73 in Portland, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Amy Boon was born in 1866 in Clunes, Victoria, Australia^[1]. Her parents were James Boon and Ann Toop.

She married James Bishop Hancock in 1887 in Colony of Victoria^[2].

Their children included:

Arthur James Bishop HANCOCK 1889-1917

Albert Leslie HANCOCK 1891-1917

Beatrice Amy HANCOCK 1893-1964

Vera Lilian HANCOCK 1895-1974

Edwin Frank HANCOCK 1897-1960

Ada Evelyn HANCOCK 1902-1983

Amy passed away on 19 January 1939 in Portland, Victoria, Australia^[3] and was buried at the Warracknabeal Cemetery, Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack Shire, Victoria, Australia^[4].

Death Notice 21 Jan 1939^[5]

HANCOCK.—On the 19th January at Portland, Amy, beloved wife of the late James Bishop Hancock, and loving mother of Alice (Mrs. H. Avery, Warracknabeal), Arthur (deceased), Leslie (deceased), Beatrice (Mrs. E. Hewitt, Warracknabeal), Vera, Frank, and Ada (Mrs. J. Landt Roseberry East), aged 73 years.

Sources

1. ↑ Amy Boon Birth Date: Abt 1866 Birth Place: Clunes, Victoria Registration Year: 1866 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: James Bickford Boon Mother: Ann Toop Registration Number: 1307 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line].
2. ↑ James Bishop Hancock Gender: Male Marriage Registration Year: 1887 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Amy Boon Reference Number: 4350. Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 [database on-line]
3. ↑ Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: deaths; Registration number 13354 / 1939; Family name: HANCOCK; Given name(s) Amy; Place of event: PORTLAND, Australia; Mother's name Ann TOOP; Father's Name: James BOON. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231409927/amy-hancock : accessed 11 June 2022), memorial page for Amy Hancock (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 231409927, citing Warracknabeal Cemetery, Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack Shire, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by Oddjobber (contributor 48454427).
5. ↑ "Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 21 January 1939: 6. Web. 11 Jun 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12088498>.