Ancestry of
Francis Edward Hinckley

Co-Founder, University of Chicago

Francis Edward Hinckley

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Alfred Hinckley 
  • Mother:
  • Eliza Stanley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Mar 1834 
  • Birth Location:
  • Elmira, Chemung, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Sep 1900 
  • Death Location:
  • Westerleigh, Staten Island, Richmond, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook, DuPage, Illinois 
  • Notes: 
  • President of the Chicago and Iowa Railroad and Co-Founder of the University of Chicago. The town of Hinckley, Illinois is named after him. The very first Harlem Globetrotters game was played in Hinckley in 1927.

• Marriages for Francis Edward Hinckley

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  • Spouse:
  • Amelia Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Mar 1880
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois

• Sources for Francis Edward Hinckley

  • ¹ Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Marriage record for Francis Edward Hinckley and Amelia Smith.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Richmond County, 1900, New York City, Richmond Borough, ED #590, Image 22 of 41.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/19/2013).
  • ⁴ Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Winter 1954, Pages 361-372.
  • ⁵ New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1892-1898, 1900-1902, Death record for Francis E. Hinckley.
  • ⁶ North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Death certificate for son Percival Porter Hinckley.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #26200, Membership application for Percy Porter Hinckley.
  • ⁸ Moses, John, Illinois Historical and Statistical: Comprising the Essential Facts of its Planting and Growth as a Province . . . Vol. 2, Chicago: Fergus Printing Company (1892), 1005.