Born just before the Civil War, he was the son of a major plantation owner who served as judge and held other offices. Often called "E.B. Hancock" in his legal work, he would become an attorney and real estate agent. The sixth catalogue of his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, published later, in 1904, listed him as in the class of 1876, at the University of Virginia. It noted he also studied at Leipzig, a major university in northeastern Germany, where he met and married Marie Friset. She would be listed as German in later censuses, her French-sounding name suggesting she came from a multi-lingual part near Belgium or France, maybe Alsace-Lorraine,
They returned to the States by the 1880 Census and lived with his parents, John and Susan, their address given as "Precinct 3" of Travis County, so still rural. Both he and his father practiced law, their two signatures sometimes seen together on some documents. His and Marie's eldest, a son also called John, was age 1 by then. Decades later, son John's birthplace was given as Germany. That was seen in E.B.'s and Marie's 1900 snd 1910 Census, his mother present, even though, when little John was counted in the 1880 census, at his grandparents' home, someone said he was born in Texas. (Usually the mother is the one who knows!) Daughters Else (pronounced Elsa) and Cora would definitely be born once back in Texas, their baptismal records kept at a local Episcopal Church, the records naming both parents and "sponsors" (godparents)..
At the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, his mother Susan was widowed, in her eighties, living with him and Marie and their children. He gave both his birth year and birth month in the 1900, stating Oct., 1856, "Malignant la grippe" killed him in April of 1916, according to his doctor. That was a year known in other parts of the country for the deadly epidemic that newspapers called Spanish Influenza. His wife survived him.
Employed in his last decades as a real estate agent, did his duties involve selling what remained of the ultra-large family acreage? The once-rural plantation of his Alabama-born father and Tennessee-born mother extended as far south as Seton Hospital on 35th, or so, as far north as modern Anderson Lane, that northern stretch of land not yet annexed by the city of Austin, Once subdivided and sold, it was an example of farmland turning into suburbia. Quite extensive, it included the future Crestview, Brentwood and Rosedale neighborhoods.
His father, the John Hancock for whom his son had been named, had a relatives in the area, George Hancock (John's father and a brother both called Geroge? or?) and William Ryan Hancock (a younger brother or cousin to Judge John?.. His own name varied. His fraternity and then his death record called him Edward Brigham Hancock, so that must have been his legal name. His own 1900 and 1910 US Censuses, with mother Susie, his wife Marie, and their adult children at home, three in number and still unmarried, called him Edwin B. Hancock. His parents used both Edward and Edwin for him in their censuses.
Some sources:
1) Fraternity biographies, as Edward Brigham and "Edward B."
"b. 1856. Attended Univ. of Leipsic, Germanv, '78-9. Attorney at Law.
m. Marie Fiset. Austin, Tex."
[NOTE. "Leipsic" was an old "sound-it-out" spelling of Leipzig.]"
Seen, for example, in "The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon", page 417., published 1904 by S.A.E, compliers named as Nash, Virgin and Cole Images viewable at Hathitrust.org and Archive.org.
2) Death record, April. 1916, as Edward Brigham Hancock, age 58 years and 6 months. Handwritten, his listing shows his father as "John Hancock", his mother's maiden name as "Brigham", while other sources said she was a Richardson. Naming Oakwood Cem. as place of burial, the photographed image of his stone is also viewable at FamilySearch.org. (Catalogued inside the database called "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", typists copying the handwritten record misunderstood Brigham as his mother's first name. )
Two sources gave his exact birth year as 1856, the more precise one giving Oct. of 1856 His death record gave his age as 58 and 6 months. His birth year would then be given as 1857 or 1858, depending on the math applied to reckon backward from his death date in 1916.
They returned to the States by the 1880 Census and lived with his parents, John and Susan, their address given as "Precinct 3" of Travis County, so still rural. Both he and his father practiced law, their two signatures sometimes seen together on some documents. His and Marie's eldest, a son also called John, was age 1 by then. Decades later, son John's birthplace was given as Germany. That was seen in E.B.'s and Marie's 1900 snd 1910 Census, his mother present, even though, when little John was counted in the 1880 census, at his grandparents' home, someone said he was born in Texas. (Usually the mother is the one who knows!) Daughters Else (pronounced Elsa) and Cora would definitely be born once back in Texas, their baptismal records kept at a local Episcopal Church, the records naming both parents and "sponsors" (godparents)..
At the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, his mother Susan was widowed, in her eighties, living with him and Marie and their children. He gave both his birth year and birth month in the 1900, stating Oct., 1856, "Malignant la grippe" killed him in April of 1916, according to his doctor. That was a year known in other parts of the country for the deadly epidemic that newspapers called Spanish Influenza. His wife survived him.
Employed in his last decades as a real estate agent, did his duties involve selling what remained of the ultra-large family acreage? The once-rural plantation of his Alabama-born father and Tennessee-born mother extended as far south as Seton Hospital on 35th, or so, as far north as modern Anderson Lane, that northern stretch of land not yet annexed by the city of Austin, Once subdivided and sold, it was an example of farmland turning into suburbia. Quite extensive, it included the future Crestview, Brentwood and Rosedale neighborhoods.
His father, the John Hancock for whom his son had been named, had a relatives in the area, George Hancock (John's father and a brother both called Geroge? or?) and William Ryan Hancock (a younger brother or cousin to Judge John?.. His own name varied. His fraternity and then his death record called him Edward Brigham Hancock, so that must have been his legal name. His own 1900 and 1910 US Censuses, with mother Susie, his wife Marie, and their adult children at home, three in number and still unmarried, called him Edwin B. Hancock. His parents used both Edward and Edwin for him in their censuses.
Some sources:
1) Fraternity biographies, as Edward Brigham and "Edward B."
"b. 1856. Attended Univ. of Leipsic, Germanv, '78-9. Attorney at Law.
m. Marie Fiset. Austin, Tex."
[NOTE. "Leipsic" was an old "sound-it-out" spelling of Leipzig.]"
Seen, for example, in "The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon", page 417., published 1904 by S.A.E, compliers named as Nash, Virgin and Cole Images viewable at Hathitrust.org and Archive.org.
2) Death record, April. 1916, as Edward Brigham Hancock, age 58 years and 6 months. Handwritten, his listing shows his father as "John Hancock", his mother's maiden name as "Brigham", while other sources said she was a Richardson. Naming Oakwood Cem. as place of burial, the photographed image of his stone is also viewable at FamilySearch.org. (Catalogued inside the database called "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", typists copying the handwritten record misunderstood Brigham as his mother's first name. )
Two sources gave his exact birth year as 1856, the more precise one giving Oct. of 1856 His death record gave his age as 58 and 6 months. His birth year would then be given as 1857 or 1858, depending on the math applied to reckon backward from his death date in 1916.
Born just before the Civil War, he was the son of a major plantation owner who served as judge and held other offices. Often called "E.B. Hancock" in his legal work, he would become an attorney and real estate agent. The sixth catalogue of his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, published later, in 1904, listed him as in the class of 1876, at the University of Virginia. It noted he also studied at Leipzig, a major university in northeastern Germany, where he met and married Marie Friset. She would be listed as German in later censuses, her French-sounding name suggesting she came from a multi-lingual part near Belgium or France, maybe Alsace-Lorraine,
They returned to the States by the 1880 Census and lived with his parents, John and Susan, their address given as "Precinct 3" of Travis County, so still rural. Both he and his father practiced law, their two signatures sometimes seen together on some documents. His and Marie's eldest, a son also called John, was age 1 by then. Decades later, son John's birthplace was given as Germany. That was seen in E.B.'s and Marie's 1900 snd 1910 Census, his mother present, even though, when little John was counted in the 1880 census, at his grandparents' home, someone said he was born in Texas. (Usually the mother is the one who knows!) Daughters Else (pronounced Elsa) and Cora would definitely be born once back in Texas, their baptismal records kept at a local Episcopal Church, the records naming both parents and "sponsors" (godparents)..
At the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, his mother Susan was widowed, in her eighties, living with him and Marie and their children. He gave both his birth year and birth month in the 1900, stating Oct., 1856, "Malignant la grippe" killed him in April of 1916, according to his doctor. That was a year known in other parts of the country for the deadly epidemic that newspapers called Spanish Influenza. His wife survived him.
Employed in his last decades as a real estate agent, did his duties involve selling what remained of the ultra-large family acreage? The once-rural plantation of his Alabama-born father and Tennessee-born mother extended as far south as Seton Hospital on 35th, or so, as far north as modern Anderson Lane, that northern stretch of land not yet annexed by the city of Austin, Once subdivided and sold, it was an example of farmland turning into suburbia. Quite extensive, it included the future Crestview, Brentwood and Rosedale neighborhoods.
His father, the John Hancock for whom his son had been named, had a relatives in the area, George Hancock (John's father and a brother both called Geroge? or?) and William Ryan Hancock (a younger brother or cousin to Judge John?.. His own name varied. His fraternity and then his death record called him Edward Brigham Hancock, so that must have been his legal name. His own 1900 and 1910 US Censuses, with mother Susie, his wife Marie, and their adult children at home, three in number and still unmarried, called him Edwin B. Hancock. His parents used both Edward and Edwin for him in their censuses.
Some sources:
1) Fraternity biographies, as Edward Brigham and "Edward B."
"b. 1856. Attended Univ. of Leipsic, Germanv, '78-9. Attorney at Law.
m. Marie Fiset. Austin, Tex."
[NOTE. "Leipsic" was an old "sound-it-out" spelling of Leipzig.]"
Seen, for example, in "The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon", page 417., published 1904 by S.A.E, compliers named as Nash, Virgin and Cole Images viewable at Hathitrust.org and Archive.org.
2) Death record, April. 1916, as Edward Brigham Hancock, age 58 years and 6 months. Handwritten, his listing shows his father as "John Hancock", his mother's maiden name as "Brigham", while other sources said she was a Richardson. Naming Oakwood Cem. as place of burial, the photographed image of his stone is also viewable at FamilySearch.org. (Catalogued inside the database called "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", typists copying the handwritten record misunderstood Brigham as his mother's first name. )
Two sources gave his exact birth year as 1856, the more precise one giving Oct. of 1856 His death record gave his age as 58 and 6 months. His birth year would then be given as 1857 or 1858, depending on the math applied to reckon backward from his death date in 1916.
They returned to the States by the 1880 Census and lived with his parents, John and Susan, their address given as "Precinct 3" of Travis County, so still rural. Both he and his father practiced law, their two signatures sometimes seen together on some documents. His and Marie's eldest, a son also called John, was age 1 by then. Decades later, son John's birthplace was given as Germany. That was seen in E.B.'s and Marie's 1900 snd 1910 Census, his mother present, even though, when little John was counted in the 1880 census, at his grandparents' home, someone said he was born in Texas. (Usually the mother is the one who knows!) Daughters Else (pronounced Elsa) and Cora would definitely be born once back in Texas, their baptismal records kept at a local Episcopal Church, the records naming both parents and "sponsors" (godparents)..
At the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, his mother Susan was widowed, in her eighties, living with him and Marie and their children. He gave both his birth year and birth month in the 1900, stating Oct., 1856, "Malignant la grippe" killed him in April of 1916, according to his doctor. That was a year known in other parts of the country for the deadly epidemic that newspapers called Spanish Influenza. His wife survived him.
Employed in his last decades as a real estate agent, did his duties involve selling what remained of the ultra-large family acreage? The once-rural plantation of his Alabama-born father and Tennessee-born mother extended as far south as Seton Hospital on 35th, or so, as far north as modern Anderson Lane, that northern stretch of land not yet annexed by the city of Austin, Once subdivided and sold, it was an example of farmland turning into suburbia. Quite extensive, it included the future Crestview, Brentwood and Rosedale neighborhoods.
His father, the John Hancock for whom his son had been named, had a relatives in the area, George Hancock (John's father and a brother both called Geroge? or?) and William Ryan Hancock (a younger brother or cousin to Judge John?.. His own name varied. His fraternity and then his death record called him Edward Brigham Hancock, so that must have been his legal name. His own 1900 and 1910 US Censuses, with mother Susie, his wife Marie, and their adult children at home, three in number and still unmarried, called him Edwin B. Hancock. His parents used both Edward and Edwin for him in their censuses.
Some sources:
1) Fraternity biographies, as Edward Brigham and "Edward B."
"b. 1856. Attended Univ. of Leipsic, Germanv, '78-9. Attorney at Law.
m. Marie Fiset. Austin, Tex."
[NOTE. "Leipsic" was an old "sound-it-out" spelling of Leipzig.]"
Seen, for example, in "The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon", page 417., published 1904 by S.A.E, compliers named as Nash, Virgin and Cole Images viewable at Hathitrust.org and Archive.org.
2) Death record, April. 1916, as Edward Brigham Hancock, age 58 years and 6 months. Handwritten, his listing shows his father as "John Hancock", his mother's maiden name as "Brigham", while other sources said she was a Richardson. Naming Oakwood Cem. as place of burial, the photographed image of his stone is also viewable at FamilySearch.org. (Catalogued inside the database called "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", typists copying the handwritten record misunderstood Brigham as his mother's first name. )
Two sources gave his exact birth year as 1856, the more precise one giving Oct. of 1856 His death record gave his age as 58 and 6 months. His birth year would then be given as 1857 or 1858, depending on the math applied to reckon backward from his death date in 1916.
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