Henry & William Hancock & Son(s)
The partners were Henry Hancock (1826-1904) and William Parker Hancock (1845-1919). Henry was apparently born in Hallam, the son of John Hancock (a cutler) and his wife, Ann. Henry had an older brother, George, and a sister, Amelia (b. 1819). William Parker Hancock was christened at the parish church, but no father appeared in the register. His mother was Amelia, a ‘spinster’, which suggests that William was illegitimate. Henry and William lived at the same address in Ell....
