He was a self-taught musician. He played the drum, harmonica, fiddle, and accordion plus most any other musical instrument he ran into. He could not read music. He also spoke several foreign languages. He played the snare drum in the Hyde Park Band for many years in his younger days. There were seven Hancey's in this band. Later on he played in the "Silver Gray Band"; a fife and drum band that consisted of nine men from around the valley. They played in parades, reunions, old folks parties, and gained wide recognition.
He was a hard worker and a kind and loving father. He suffered with asthma for many years. We were very poor, but mother worked, and helped support us. She helped many Hyde Park people in sickness and in their time of need. He died at the age of sixty-six at our old home north of town out in the fields.
He was a self-taught musician. He played the drum, harmonica, fiddle, and accordion plus most any other musical instrument he ran into. He could not read music. He also spoke several foreign languages. He played the snare drum in the Hyde Park Band for many years in his younger days. There were seven Hancey's in this band. Later on he played in the "Silver Gray Band"; a fife and drum band that consisted of nine men from around the valley. They played in parades, reunions, old folks parties, and gained wide recognition.
He was a hard worker and a kind and loving father. He suffered with asthma for many years. We were very poor, but mother worked, and helped support us. She helped many Hyde Park people in sickness and in their time of need. He died at the age of sixty-six at our old home north of town out in the fields.
Family Members
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James Sands Hancey
1856–1934
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George Henry Hancey
1858–1859
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Horace William Hancey
1860–1931
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Mary Eliza Hancey Metcalf
1862–1926
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Henry Edwin Hancey
1864–1938
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Amelia Rachel Hancey Woolf
1866–1951
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Alvin David Hancey
1868–1868
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Jesse Samuel Hancey
1869–1925
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Hannah Elizabeth Hancey Price
1874–1952
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Arthur Claudius Hancey
1876–1945
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Frederick Purser Hancey
1866–1928
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Laura Louisa Hancey
1867–1868
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Lottie Laurenny "Lottie" Hancey Broadbent
1868–1968
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Lillian Hancey
1870–1877
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Lettie Bell Hancey Rich
1872–1956
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Lenora Hancey
1874–1874
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Lula Hancey Erlandson
1875–1970
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Moses Moroni Hancey
1877–1964
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Justus Edward Hancey
1880–1943
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Rachel May Hancey Kirby
1881–1942
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James Alfred Hancey
1883–1949
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Mary Manetta Hancey Reeder
1885–1973
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George Earnest Hancey
1888–1979
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Leander Hancey
1890–1972
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Leslie Peter Hancey
1892–1983
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Evan Homer Hancey
1894–1964
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Clarence Hancey
1897–1973
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Georgena Hancey
1899–1900
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Lillian Hancey Daines
1902–1983
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Aleda Hancey Earl
1904–2001
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Melva Isabelle Hancey Biddle
1899–1972
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Conrad Hancey
1900–1982
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Lawrence Fredrick Hancey
1902–1902
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Eleanor Hancey
1903–1903
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Euphemia Hancey Gittins
1904–1995
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Reatha Hancey Fergus
1907–1940
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Rosella Jessie Hancey Lowe
1910–1993
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Gilbert Vaughn Hancey
1912–1979
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Rachel Jane Hancey Olsen
1915–2012
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Della Hancey Meacham
1917–2005
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Bonita Hancey Lewis
1920–1993
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