When Franklin Safford Hanks was born on 2 September 1842, in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Galusha Hanks, was 26 and his mother, Lovina Pepper, was 24. He married Florell Jane Currier on 1 September 1867, in Bremer, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 December 1921, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79.
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Historical Boundaries: 1843: Keokuk, Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa, United States [Spreads into Polk and Warren counties]
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English: from the Middle English personal name Hanke, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In England this personal name was a shortened form of both Hankin and Hancock , both of which were used as pet forms of Henry . The equivalent Middle Dutch names Hanke and Hankin, however, had the sense ‘young John’ and may have been introduced to England by Flemish settlers after the Conquest. There is no evidence to support the suggestion that an English hereditary surname was formed from the Old Norse personal name Anki, a diminutive of personal names such as Arngrim and Arnketill.
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