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Eric Geoffrey West Hancox
Facts and Events
| Name |
Eric Geoffrey West Hancox |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3] |
Bet Jul 1911 and Aug 1911 |
Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England |
| Christening[2] |
10 Sep 1911 |
Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England |
| Occupation[9][6] |
25 May 1934 |
Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United StatesGraduate student Geology |
| Residence[7] |
1935 |
Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States910 E Helen |
| Death[1] |
10 Aug 1937 |
BurmaMawchi Mines |
(Eric) known as Geoffrey by his family, arrived in New York on the Scythia, 11 September 1934 (listed as a student)(S4). The following year he came into the US from Canada, to Babb, Montana, and is listed as a student at both the University of California and Tuscon, Arizona (S5); he was a PhD student in Geology. He died in 1937 in a mining accident in Burma.
References
- ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966.
- ↑ England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906.
Place: Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England; Collection: St Peter; -; Date Range: 1871 - 1919; Film Number: 1656759.
- ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915.
- New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
Year: 1934; ; Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: T715_5545; Line: 5; ; Page Number: 33.
- Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien and Citizen Arrivals at Babb, Montana, June 1928-October, 1956; Record Group: 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Microfilm Serial: A3386; Microfilm Roll: 1; .
- ↑ Casa Grande Dispatch May 25 1934 (front page).
- ↑ U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta).
- Probate: Hancox Eric Geoffrey of Morant, Herbert Road, New Milton, Hampshire died 10 August 1937 at Mawchi Mines Burma India. Administration Winchester 26 November to Richard James Hancox retired bank inspecor. Effects (pounds)734.19s.9d.
- ↑ Recognition Given U Of A By British TUCSON May recognition of the strength of the department of geology at the University of Arizona and of the wealth of field research opportunity in the state has come through the announcement that a Common- wealth Fund Fellowship has been awarded to an English student for specific graduate study at the University of Arizona. President Homer LeRoy Shants of the University indicated today that the selection of the University of Arizona for one of these school places its department on an equal plane with the great centers of study in that field. The fellowship has been awarded to Eric Geoffrey Hancox a graduate of the University of Liverpool and of the Imperial College of Science London University.
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