Hubert Howe Bancroft

1832-1918
Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) was born 5 May 1832 in Granville, Licking Co., Ohio. He was the son of Azariah A. Bancroft and Lucy D. Howe. He married Emily B. Ketchum on 7 Oct. 1859 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; widowed Dec. 1869. He married Matilda Coley Griffing on 12 Oct. 1876 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He was a historian who corresponded and met with Wilford Woodruff from 1862 to 1889. He died 2 Mar. 1918 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California.

Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 11 Jan. 2023). Hubert Howe Bancroft, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/hubert-howe-bancroft, accessed 11 Jan. 2023). Hubert Howe Bancroft, Literary Industries: A Memoir (New York: Harper Brothers, Franklin Square, 1891); digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com, accessed 2 Feb. 2023). The San Diego Union and Daily Bee, “Noted Historian, Ex-San Diegan Dies In North” (San Diego, California), 3 Mar. 1918, p. 1; database with images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com, accessed 13 Jan. 2023). "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 17 Jan. 2023); Azariah A. Bancroft and Lucy D. Howe, 21 Feb. 1822, Granville, Licking Co., Ohio, p. 136; citing Ohio, Probate Court (Licking County), “Marriage Records, 1808-1951,” image 104/327; DGS 4257844. The Sacramento Bee, “Marriages” (Sacramento, California), 29 Nov. 1859, vol. VI, no. 877, p. 3; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://newspapers.com, accessed 18 Jan. 2023). "California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 2 Feb. 2023); child of H H Bancroft, 21 Oct. 1864, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, p. 91; citing San Francisco Public Library, History Department, “California, City of San Francisco, N. Gray and Company funeral records, 1850-1921,” image 91/300; DGS 4177347. Oakland Tribune, “San Francisco Brevities” (Oakland, California), 10 Oct. 1910, vol. IX, no. 734, p. 4; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://newspapers.com, accessed 18 Jan. 2023). "California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 13 Jan. 2023), Hubert Howe Bancroft, 5 Mar. 1918, San Francisco, California, p. 194; citing San Francisco Public Library, History Department, “California, City of San Francisco, N. Gray and Company funeral records, 1850-1921,” image 201/308; DGS 4191395.
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