The above spellings and misspellings of my maternal granmother's name appear on various census forms and even on birth, marriage and death certificates.

As far as I can tell, HANKCOCK is the correct version, as several documents with alternative spellings have been amended to this version and one doc. I have bears a signature with this spelling.

This HANKCOCK side of my family (going backwards) is:
Grandmother: Margaret Annie HANKCOCK b 1877 in Medway, Kent (married to John ASHBY)

Great Grandfather: William Henry HANKCOCK b1847 in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales (married to Esther GUNTON)

G-G-Grandfather: Richard HANKCOCK born c1816 Cornwall (married to Margaret Harris VITTLE)

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