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HINCHCLIFF, Edward Alfred
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Name HINCHCLIFF, Edward Alfred Birth 1872 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire
Gender Male Death Aft 1900 Person ID I2482 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HINCHCLIFF, David, b. 5 Jun 1837, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England
d. 9 Feb 1904 (Age 66 years) Mother Alice EDGOOSE, b. 17 Mar 1842, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England
d. 12 Sep 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
(Age 38 years) Marriage 29 Dec 1867 Church of St. Matthew, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Family ID F446 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
EDWARD ALFRED HINCHCLIFF 1872-
Alfred HINCHCLIFFE (sic), son of David and Alice HINCHCLIFFE, was baptised at St. Phillips, Sheffield, Yorkshire, on 16 November 1872.
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According to the 1880 Census of the USA, Alfred HINCHCLIFF was born in England in 1872.
(source: pwood@pac.com.au 6.2.2003)
(GRO June Q 1872 Sheffield 9c 375)
The 1880 U.S. Federal Census lists the following in Cook County, Chicago:
David HINCHCLIFF, aged 43, labourer, born in England;
Alice HINCHCLIFF, aged 37, wife, keeping house, ill with chills and fever, born in England;
David HINCHCLIFF, aged 9, son, at school, born in England;
*Alfred HINCHCLIFF, aged 8, son, at school, born in Englanf;
Mary E. HINCHCLIFF, aged 5, daughter, born in England;
John HINCHCLIFF, aged 3, son, born Illinois, USA.
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The 1885 Iowa State Census of Richland Township, Dickinson County:
Edward N. MARSH, aged 40;
Emily J. MARSH, aged 40;
Hattie A. JOHNSON, aged 13;
Alfred J. HINCHCLIFF, aged 12;
John W. HINCHCLIFF, aged 8.
"Alfred HINCHCLIFF has purchased a half interest in the Palace Ice Rink of G L. GRAY and will devote himself to its conduct and management. Success to them!"
(Aberdeen Daily News, 8 December 1893)
Walter B. WINDSOR transfered lot 19, block 9C, to Alfred HINCHCLIFF.
(Aberdeen Weekly News, 22 October 1896)
"AT THE HOTELS
Travelers Who Have Sojourned in the Hub City Since Yesterday.
The Wisconsin--Alfred HINCHCLIFF of Redfield
(Aberdeen Daily News, 25 May 1898)
Alfred HINCHCLIFF of Brown County, South Dakota, began naturalization proceedings on 9 April 1900. He does not appear to have been a resident of South Dakota when US citizenship was granted.
(source: South Dakota Naturalization Records)
NOTES & QUERIES:
He cannot be traced in any US Federal Census after that of 1880.
(revised 07.12.2015)

