Adonis "Pete" Hanks, son of Euclide Hanks and Ursule Abshire was born 1906 in Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.[1]
In 1910 he was mistakenly counted as a daughter when the census was taken in Kaplan.[2]
In 1920 he was living there with his parents and family.[3]
He married Ida Bourque c.1929 in Louisiana.
In 1940 they were living in Louisiana with four children.[4]
He died in Crowley, Louisiana in 1962 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2020), memorial page for Adonis “Pete” Hanks (5 Apr 1906–20 May 1962), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6394587, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Joel Manuel (contributor 46494625) .
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPT8-YVD : accessed 17 January 2020), Adonis Hanks in household of Eudier Hanks, Morse, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 2B, family 343, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 507; FHL microfilm 1,374,520.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Eudier Hanks Head Male 35 Louisiana
Hanks Wife Female 31 Louisiana
Hanks Daughter Female 11 Louisiana
A?? Hanks Daughter Female 8 Louisiana
Allien Hanks Daughter Female 5 Louisiana
Adonis Hanks Daughter [sic] Female 4 Louisiana
Endia Hanks Daughter Female 2 Louisiana
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVW8-FDT : 14 December 2015), Euclide Hanks, Police Jury Ward 5, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,634.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Euclide Hanks Head Male 46 Louisiana
Ursul Hanks Wife Female 42 Louisiana
Adonis Hanks Son Male 16 Louisiana
Elia Hanks Daughter Female 14 Louisiana
Edia Hanks Daughter Female 12 Louisiana
Theola Hanks Daughter Female 10 Louisiana
Wilbert Hanks Son Male 3 Louisiana
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYRQ-XW6 : 27 July 2019), Adonis Hanks, Ward 4, Crowley, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-26, sheet 4A, line 6, family 58, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1378.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Adonis Hanks Head Male 33 Louisiana
Ada Hanks Wife Female 28 Louisiana
Dorthy Hanks Daughter Female 10 Louisiana
Dirthey Hanks Daughter Female 10 Louisiana
Odelia Hanks Daughter Female 6 Louisiana
Tether Hanks Daughter Female 2 Louisiana
Wilburt Hanks Lodger Male 22 Louisiana
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"Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES Record information. Name Adonis Hanks Birth 6 Apr 1906 Kaplan Death Abt 1962 Residence Crowley GENDER: Male DEATH AGE: 56 BIRTH DATE: 6 Apr 1906 BIRTH PLACE: Kaplan RESIDENCE PLACE: Crowley DEATH DATE: Abt 1962 OBITUARY DATE: 21 May 1962 OBITUARY PLACE: Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America CHILD: Joseph L. LcLeux; Dar-wood Aoshire SIBLINGS: Wilbur Hanks; Elia Hanks; Whitney Bonvil-lian."
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