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Nancy Augusta Bemis Hancock

Birth	:	14 Jun 1829 Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Death	:	15 Jun 1908 San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Burial	:	Saint Judes Cemetery, Brighton, Holdfast Bay City, Australia
Coordinate	:	-35.0169600, 138.5237100
Plot	:	Block 15, Lot 2, Space 4E
Inscription	:	San Bernardino Pioneer plaque
Description	:	Nancy (Bemis) Hancock's parents were: Dr. Alvin Bemis, b. 1797 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. and d. Nov. 9, 1847 in Winter Quarters / Florence, Douglas County, NE. (*Just before the family reached Council Bluffs, IA., Mr. Bemis was thrown from his horse and fatally injured) & Jerusha Guernsey, b. Jun. 11/19, 1799 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. and d. Nov. 9, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. On Aug. 31, 1848, Joseph Hancock and Nancy Augusta Bemis were married in Council Bluffs, IA. Joseph & Nancy Hancock's children were: 1. Alvin... Read More	Nancy (Bemis) Hancock's parents were: Dr. Alvin Bemis, b. 1797 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. and d. Nov. 9, 1847 in Winter Quarters / Florence, Douglas County, NE. (*Just before the family reached Council Bluffs, IA., Mr. Bemis was thrown from his horse and fatally injured) & Jerusha Guernsey, b. Jun. 11/19, 1799 in Brattleboro, Windham County, VT. and d. Nov. 9, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. On Aug. 31, 1848, Joseph Hancock and Nancy Augusta Bemis were married in Council Bluffs, IA. Joseph & Nancy Hancock's children were: 1. Alvin R. Hancock, b. 1848 and d. 1849 2. Alvin Bemis Hancock, b. Jan. 13, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. and d. Nov. 24, 1896 by suicide (ingesting poison), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Alvin marr. Elizabeth Penman Nish. 2. Elenorah/Elnora Hancock, b. Mar. 19, 1851 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. (-who was almost buried alive as a tiny infant) and d. Jan. 26, 1949 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. George Miller 3. Solomon Hancock, b. Nov. 11, 1852 in Ogden, Weber county, UT. and d. Apr. 4, 1901 (in an insane asylum) in Highland, San Bernardino, CA. Solomon marr. Eudora I. Hammack. 4. Jerusha Hancock, b. Aug. 30, 1854 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 18, 1953 at the age of 99 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Jerusha marr. Charles Hudson Tyler. 5. Lucina Harriet Hancock, b. Apr. 29, 1856 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Apr. 22, 1938 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Lucina marr. George L. Lord Jr. 6. Foster K. Hancock, b. Oct. 21, 1857 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 5, 1934 of a heart attack in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Foster marr. Catherine Mapstead. 7. Joseph Nephi Hancock, b. Nov. 25, 1867 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 3, 1917 by suicide (gunshot wound), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Joseph marr. Emma Le Meur. In the Oct. 28, 1850 U. S. census, 21 yr. old Nancy Hancock, b. in NY., was living in District 21, Pottawattamie, IA. with her 29 yr. old (inferred) husband, Joseph Hancock, (no occupation listed - probably a farmer), b. in OH. 9 mth. old (inferred) son. Alvin Hancock, b. in IA. In the 1860 U. S. census, 31 yr. old Nancy Hantock (Hancock), b. in NY., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her 37 yr. old (inferred) husband, Joseph Hantock (Hancock), a farmer, b. in OH. 10 yr. old (inferred) son, Alvin Hantock (Hancock), b. in IA. 9 yr. old (inferred) daughter, Elnorah Hantock (Hancock), b. in IA. 7 yr. old (inferred) son, Solomon Hantock (Hancock), b. in UT. 5 yr. old (inferred) daughter, Jerusha Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA. 4 yr. old (inferred) daughter, Lucina Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA. 2 yr. old (inferred) son, Foster Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA. Joseph's real estate was valued at: $400 and his personal estate at $800. In the 1870 U. S. census, 41 yr. old Nancy Hancock, b. in NY., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her 48 yr. old (inferred) husband, Joseph Hancock, a farmer, b. in OH. 20 yr. old (inferred) son, Alvin Hancock, b. in IA. 19 yr. old (inferred) daughter, Elnora Hancock, b. in IA. 17 yr. old (inferred) son, Soloman Hancock, b. in UT. 15 yr. old (inferred) daughter, Jerusha Hancock, b. in CA. 14 yr. old (inferred) daughter, Suana (Lucina) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA. 12 yr. old (inferred) son, Forster (Foster) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA. 3 yr. old (inferred) son, Joseph N Hancock, b. in CA. Joseph Sr.'s real estate was valued at $400 and his personal estate at $2000 In the 1880 U. S. census, 50 yr. old Nancy Hancock, b. in NY., was living on 8th St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her 58 yr. old husband, Joseph Hancock, a farmer and stock dealer, b. in OH. 30 yr. old son, Alvin B. Hancock, working on the farm, b. in IA. 28 yr. old son, Solomon Hancock, working the farm, b. in UT. 26 yr. old daughter, Jerusha Hancock, b. in CA. 13 yr. old son, Joseph N. Hancock, attending school, b. in CA. Joseph Sr.'s father was b. in MA. and his mother in VT. Nancy's parents were both b. in VT. In the 1900 U. S. census, 71 yr. old Macey (Nancy) Hancock, b. Jun. 1829 in NY., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her 78 yr. old husband, Joseph Hancock, no occupation listed, b. May 1822 in OH. Joseph and Nancy had been marr. for 51 yrs. Joseph's parents were both b. in MA. Nancy's parents were both b. in NY. Living next door was their 33 yr. old son, Joseph Hancock, his 24 yr. old wife, Emma and their two daughters, 6 yr. old Esther and 3 yr. old Ruby. The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 2, Col. 6 Wed., Jun. 17, 1908 DIED HANCOCK - In San Bernardino, California, Tuesday, June 16, 1908, Mrs. Nancy Augusta Hancock, a native of New York, aged 79 years. Funeral services will be held from the home in West Ninth street Thursday at 2 o'clock. The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 12, Col. 4 Sun., Jun. 21, 1908 Excerpts from: PIONEERS The Log cabin of the Pioneers was crowded yesterday with members and visitors when first vice-president Woodward called the meeting to order in the absence of President Roberds. On motion the society decided to have a basket picnic quilting party at the log cabin on Thursday next, June 25, beginning at 10 a.m., open to all members with suggestion to bring well filled baskets, and spend the day at home in the log cabin. The death of that beloved pioneer, mother Mrs. Nancy Hancock was announced, and after reading the following brief historical sketch of her life, Brother Shaw pronounced the benediction. Mother Nancy A. Bemis Hancock was born in Jefferson county, New York, June 14, 1828, was married to Joseph Hancock August 31, 1848, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. She crossed the plains with an ox cart team to Salt Lake, Utah, in 1851, and came to San Bernardino, California in June, 1854. Among the families in the wagon train that brought her and her family to san Bernardino at that time and helped to settle San Bernardino, were the Bemis brothers, Judge A. D. Boren, B. C. Boren, Abner McCrary, Jane Morse, Joseph Thorne. Mother Hancock and "Uncle Joe" as he is more familiarly known, have lived in san Bernardino continuously to the time of her death, over 54 years, and had been the constant companion of Mr. Hancock for nearly 60 years. She was mother of seven children, grandmother of 29 grandchildren, and great-grandmother of eight great-grandchildren. None knew her but to love her, none named her but to praise her. John Brown Jr., Secretary The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 10, Col. 1 Sun., Jun. 4, 1939 NOTED PIONEER FAMILIES CALL ANNUAL PARTY Bemis-Hancock-Roberds-Curtis Clan to Meet Next Sunday At Log Cabin in Park The third annual reunion of the Bemis-Hancock-Roberds-Curtis clan, descendants of a famous pioneer family, will be held next Sunday, June 11, in the Log cabin at Pioneer park, according to Strong Bemis, president of the group and general chairman of the reunion. A picnic dinner at noon will be followed by an hour of diversified entertainment, a business session during which officers will be elected, and a narration of the long, hard journey that brought early members of the families to San Bernardino 92 years ago. HONOR NOTED WOMAN The reunion, Mr. Bemis said, has two primary purposes: To commemorate the arrival of the families in San Bernardino on June 5, 1854, and to "honor and pay homage to that dauntless pioneer mother, Jerusha Guernsey Bemis," wife of Dr. Alvin Bemis and mother of the 11 children who made the tortuous journey westward. Jerusha Guernsey was born June 19, 1799 in Vermont. After her marriage to Alvin Bemis she lived in Pierpont manor, New York, until 1836, when the couple and their children started west. They halted from time to time to replenish their larder, and the progress was slow. On most of these halts either a new member of the clan was born or another one was buried. TRAGEDY MARS TRIP Just before the family reached Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Bemis was thrown from his horse and fatally injured. In Council Bluffs, the eldest daughter, Nancy, became the wife of Joseph Hancock, and the youngest daughter, Jerusha, was buried. But Jerusha Bemis pushed onward, leaving Council Bluffs in the spring of 1851 and reaching Ogden, Utah, the following autumn. Here they paused again to restock their wagons with food and other supplies necessary for the long trek across the burning desert. San Bernardino was reached June 5, 1854. The 10 children of Mrs. Bemis who arrived in San Bernardino with her were Nancy, married to Joseph Hancock; Amos W., William, Edward, Samuel, Harrison, Charles, Nephi, Harriett, who became the wife of Richard T. Roberds, and Clarissa, who married Foster Curtis. TWO SURVIVORS Mrs. Elnorah Hancock Miller and Mrs. Orissa Osborn are the only surviving members of the party that made the long trip westward. Mrs. Osborn will be a special guest of the clan at the reunion. Officers of the Bemis-Hancock-Roberds-Curtis families are Mrs. Elnorah Miller, honorary president; Strong Bemis, president and general chairman of the reunion; Mrs. Francis Roberds King, vice-president and program chairman; Miss Ruth Roberds, secretary; Karl F. King, treasurer; Dr. A. E. Hancock, marshal; Mrs. Monima Bemis Thomas, chaplain and hostess; Miss Eva Bemis, historian, and W. J. Hancock, publicity, All members of the four families are invited to attend the reunion.

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Where is Nancy Augusta Bemis Hancock's memorial?
Nancy Augusta Bemis Hancock's memorial is located at: Saint Judes Cemetery, Brighton, Holdfast Bay City, Australia.
When did Nancy Augusta Bemis Hancock death?
Nancy Augusta Bemis Hancock death on 15 Jun 1908 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Nancy Augusta Bemis Hancock's memorial?
Latitude: -35.0169600
Longitude: 138.5237100

Family Members:

Parent

Jerusha Guernsey Bemis

(1799 - 1872)

Spouse

Joseph Enclio “Uncle Joe” Hancock

(1822 - 1924)

Siblings

Amos Wilson Bemis

(1822 - 1905)

Samuel Nines Bemis

(1830 - 1868)

Edwin Bemis

(1833 - 1884)

William Wallace Bemis

(1834 - 1899)

Harrison Bemis

(1836 - 1917)

Harriet Bemis Roberds

(1838 - 1918)

Charles Franklin Bemis

(1839 - 1920)

Nephi Bemis

(1842 - 1866)

Children

Alvin R. Hancock

(1848 - 1849)

Alvin Bemis Hancock

(1850 - 1896)

Elenorah Hancock Miller

(1851 - 1949)

Solomon Hancock

(1852 - 1901)

Lucina Harriet Hancock Lord

(1856 - 1938)

Joseph Nephi Hancock Jr.

(1867 - 1917)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Judes Cemetery
Brighton, Holdfast Bay City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.0169600, 138.5237100

2. North Brighton Cemetery
Brighton, Holdfast Bay City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.0024580, 138.5195000

3. St Mary's Memorial Columbarium
Glenelg, Holdfast Bay City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9815795, 138.5146300

4. St Marys Anglican Church Cemetery
St Marys, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9962720, 138.5754250

5. Garden of Remembrance
Pasadena, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9956543, 138.5875406

6. Centennial Park Cemetery
Pasadena, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9978710, 138.5887280

7. Plympton Methodist Cemetery
North Plympton, City of West Torrens, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9595680, 138.5541430

8. Happy Valley Cemetery
Happy Valley, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.0749183, 138.5631882

9. Cabra Dominican Convent Graveyard
Cumberland Park, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9683630, 138.5865340

10. West Mitcham Primitive Methodist Cemetery
Mitcham, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9858830, 138.6111860

11. Saint Columba Anglican Church and Memorial Garden
Westbourne Park, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9660342, 138.6035832

12. St George the Martyr Anglican Church
Goodwood, Unley City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9534187, 138.5902127

13. St. John's Church Cemetery
Coromandel Valley, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.0325790, 138.6256800

14. Coromandel Valley Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery
Coromandel Valley, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.0351270, 138.6257440

15. Mitcham General Cemetery
Mitcham, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9842770, 138.6206900

16. Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Church Columbarium
Kingswood, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9711133, 138.6135250

17. Mitcham Anglican Cemetery
Mitcham, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9833600, 138.6213800

18. Holy Innocents Anglican Church Cemetery
Belair, Mitcham City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9959920, 138.6285020

19. Coromandel Valley Cemetery
Coromandel Valley, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.0443000, 138.6267500

20. Morphett Vale Bains Cemetery
Morphett Vale, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.1134230, 138.5358490

21. West Terrace Cemetery
Adelaide, Adelaide City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9340500, 138.5875300

22. St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
Morphett Vale, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.1154190, 138.5236600

23. Morphett Vale Scotch Cemetery
Morphett Vale, Onkaparinga City, Australia
Coordinate: -35.1174560, 138.5233960

24. Light Square
Adelaide, Adelaide City, Australia
Coordinate: -34.9250841, 138.5936385