John Francis Hitchcock (b. 1884)

John Francis Hitchcock became a Roman Catholic Priest.

Biography

Hitchcock biographer Patrick McGilligan noted that:

Charles's son John, a Catholic priest, was known to all as Father John; he served as head of the parish of Our Lady and St. Thomas of Canterbury in Harrow, from 1929 to 1944, and is remembered there for doubling the size of the church and erecting a modern school [...] The Hitchcocks usually attended Sunday services in Stratford because that was where Father John, his father’s nephew, said Mass.^[1]

By 1918, John Francis was residing at 13 Grove Road near Regent's Park.

From 1928 onwards, he resided at Church of Our Lady & St. Thomas of Canterbury, 22 Roxborough Park, Harrow.

He died in November 1944, aged 60.

In his last will & testament, which was written a couple of weeks before his death, Father John Francis left the majority of his possessions to two surviving sisters, Mary and Teresa.

Genealogy

son of Charles Joseph Hitchcock (b. 1852) and Catherine Hitchcock (b. 1856) née Roche
cousin of director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (b. 1899)

Siblings

Birth

born 1884^[2]

Marriages

did not marry

Death

died 14/Nov/1944 aged 60^[3]
probate granted 12/May/1945 to his sister Mary Frances, estate worth £744 4s. 9d.
Last Will and Testament

Family Tree

134

Census Data

1891

address: 36/37 Chapel Street, Clerkenwell, Islington
Charles Hitchcock (aged 37) — head, occupation: greengrocer
Catherine Hitchcock (aged 34) — wife
Kate Hitchcock (aged 20) — sister, occupation: assistant fish monger (unmarried)
John Hitchcock (aged 26) — brother
Anny Hitchcock (aged 5) — daughter
Theresa Hitchcock (aged 2) — daughter
John Hitchcock (aged 6) — son, occupation: assistant fish monger (unmarried)
Mary Linneham (aged 54) — servant (widow)
Mary Roche (aged 70) — mother-in-law (widow)^[4]