Brief Life History of Amos Mefford
When Amos Mefford Hanks was born on 4 March 1924, in Willows, Glenn, California, United States, his father, Ernest Beauel Hanks, was 33 and his mother, Gladys Hilda Ball, was 35. He married Janet Marylyn Frager in September 1950, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. He lived in San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1987 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1993. He died on 31 January 1992, in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Paskenta Cemetery, Paskenta, Tehama, California, United States.
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- Amos M Hanks in household of Gladys Hanks, "United States Census, 1940"
- Amos M Hanks, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Amos M Hanks, "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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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