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Dorothy Anne Hancock 1925 – 2005 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 AUG 1925

Birth Location: Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Death Date: 9 JAN 2005

Death Location: Suffolk, Independent, Virginia

Father: Jesse Hancock

Mother: Elma Hedgepeth

Spouse(s): Clarence Burton

Children(s): Christene Burton, Clarence Burton

Dorothy Anne Hancock was born in 1925 in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, the child of Jesse Theron Hancock and Elma Irene Hedgepeth. Dorothy Anne Hancock married Clarence William Burton, and had children including Christene Scott Burton, Clarence William Burton. Dorothy Anne Hancock passed away in 2005 in Suffolk, Independent, Virginia.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Anne Hancock was born in 1925 in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, the child of Jesse Theron Hancock and Elma Irene Hedgepeth.
  • Dorothy Anne Hancock married Clarence William Burton, and had children including Christene Scott Burton, Clarence William Burton.
  • Dorothy Anne Hancock passed away in 2005 in Suffolk, Independent, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jesse Hancock
1895 – 1970
Birth Location: Sussex County, Virginia
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Elma Hedgepeth
1900 – 1983
Birth Location: Southampton County, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Clarence Burton
1921 –
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Christene Burton
1950 –
Birth Location: –
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Clarence Burton
1952 –
Birth Location: –
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Dorothy Hancock's Ancestors

Self
Dorothy Hancock
1925 – 2005
Birth Place: Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Parents
Jesse Theron Hancock
1895 – 1970
Sussex County, Virginia
Elma (Irene) Hedgepeth
1900 – 1983
Southampton County, Virginia
Grandparents
Zachariah Hedgepeth
1865 – 1945
Southampton County, Virginia
Mary (Elizabeth) Barlow
1872 – 1960
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Murphy Hedgepeth
1828 – 1905
Ann Spivey
1828 – 1892
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wilborn Hedgepeth
1803 – 1876
Nancy Screws
1802 – 1870
Jeremiah Spivey
1805 – 1882
Jerusha Lowe
1807 – 1865

Dorothy Hancock's Descendants

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Dorothy (Anne) Hancock (20 AUG 1925 – 9 JAN 2005) m. Clarence (William) Burton (12 JAN 1921 – )
  1. 1. Christene (Scott) Burton (28 SEP 1950 – ) m. William (Douglas) Ward (11 APR 1954 – )
    1. 1. William (Douglas) Ward (31 JUL 1984 – )
    2. 2. Lee (Anne) Ward (25 JUN 1987 – )
  2. 2. Clarence (William) Burton (24 OCT 1952 – )

Dorothy Hancock's Timeline

2 Records

1925
20 AUG 1925
Birth of Dorothy Anne Hancock in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
2005
9 JAN 2005
Age 80
Death of Dorothy Anne Hancock in Suffolk, Independent, Virginia
Suffolk, Independent, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 AUG 1925
    Event Place: Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 JAN 2005
    Event Place: Suffolk, Independent, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk, Independent, Virginia
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