Ancestry of
Ernest Hemingway

Author of The Sun Also Rises

Alexander Hancock

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• • Great-grandfather of Ernest Hemingway — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • John Hancock 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Tyley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Jun 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wedmore, Somerset, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Apr 1864 
  • Death Location:
  • Dyersville, Dubuque, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Hope Cemetery, Dyersville, Dubuque, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Caroline Sydes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Mar 1841 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Paul, Portland Square, Bristol, Glouchestershire, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Charlotte Sydes Hancock

  Caroline Hancock (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  Annie Sydes Hancock

  Benjamin Tyley Hancock

• Sources for Alexander Hancock

  • ¹ England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1980, Baptism for daughter Caroline Hancock.
  • ² England Marriages, 1538-1973, Marriage record for Alexander Hancock and Caroline Sydes.
  • ³ Federal Census, IA, Dubuque County, 1860, New Wine, p. 8, Image 8 of 41.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/16/2014).
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925, 1856, Dubuque, New Wine, Image 11 of 26.
  • ⁶ Oak Park Leaves, 13 MAY 1905, Obituary for son-in-law Ernest Hall, p. 4.
  • ⁷ Hemingway, Patricia S., The Hemingways: Past and Present and Allied Families, Rev. Ed., Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. (1988), 505, 516-527.
  • ⁸ Sanford, Marcelline Hemingway, Un ritratto di famiglia e mio fratello Ernest Hemingway, Unknown: Gingko First Italian Edition (2013).