The hanks Surname
hanks Name Meaning and History
English (Gloucestershire): patronymic from the Middle English
personal name Hank, a short form of Hankin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 486 - Messages: 1255
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| HANKS Ethel D and Lewen L |
 t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| Sarah Joyce "Joiasy" Hanks Hill | Martha "CHARLENE" (Gray) Peckinpaugh | 78 |
| Simon Peter, Peter, Rachel Hanks | Billie (Banks) Young | 2 |
| HANKS Nancy Ellon and Ernest Ashby |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| HANKS Nora B and Lucius C |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| James HANKS & Christopher Columbus HANKS (d. 1893 CA); md. Beatrice HALL | Margaret Elmer | 3 |
| Romulus Hanks |
casdietz1
| 3 |
| Hannah Hanks, second wife of William Hanks Vincent | Galina Trefil-Vincent | 1 |
| Nancy Hanks Siblings? | B Baker | 6 |
| Hanks family/AbrahamLincoln |
mackie4
| 3 |
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