5th Generation: Ella Cecilla Hopen (my paternal great great grandma; John William Westphal Hancock's mother)

Ella Cecilla Hopen was born March 24, 1889 in Dos Cabezas, Cochise, Arizona.  Her first husband, my ancestor, was John Lyman Hancock.  They married in Pinedale, Navajo, Arizona on Jan. 3, 1910.  They had 5 children together and he died when he was almost 40.  She remarried 5 years later to widower named Hyrum Rudolph Chlarson (pronounced Klarson) on July 3, 1927.  

June 1919 outside Black Canyon, Arizona

From left to right: Ella Cecilia Hopen, John William Westphal Hancock, Viola Lucille Hancock, Barbara Ann Packer holding baby Helen Melba Hancock, Barbara Novell Hancock, David Ammon Hancock, unknown, unkown, Oliver Perry Hancock and Hyrum Smith Hancock. 

Taken in 1914:
Back Row: Margaret Ann Hancock, Hyrum Smith Hancock, Richard Hobson Hancock, Alta May Hancock, Evan Stratton (baby), Anthony Stratton, Ellis Layne Stratton, and Oliver Perry Hancock.
Second Row: Ella Cecilia Hopen Hancock, John Lyman Hancock, Mirum Dalton, Mosiah Lyman Hancock Jr., Ella Lavora Hancock, David Ammon Hancock and Barbara Ann Packer Hancock. 
Front Row:  Ella Louise Hancock, John Westphall Hancock, Warren Edward Hancock, Daniel Wells Hancock, Amanda Zelpha Hancock, and Barbara Novella Hancock.