Brief Life History of Roy Corbit
When Roy Corbit Hanks was born on 5 October 1895, in Fort Bidwell, Modoc, California, United States, his father, Lewis Corbin Hanks, was 48 and his mother, Ida Anne Miller, was 31. He married Vida Mable Gallop on 10 September 1916, in Fort Bidwell, Modoc, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Merced, California, United States in 1900 and Modoc, California, United States for about 20 years. He died on 26 January 1952, in Fort Bidwell, Modoc, California, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Fort Bidwell Cemetery, Fort Bidwell, Modoc, California, United States.
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- Ray C Hawks in household of Lewis C Hanks, "United States Census, 1900"
- Roy O Hanks, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Roy C. Hanks, "Find A Grave Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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