Ancestry of
Tom Hanks

Movie Actor

Ernest Buel Hanks

View famous kin of Ernest Buel Hanks

• • Grandfather of Tom Hanks — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Boone Hanks 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Catherine Mefford   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Sep 1890 
  • Birth Location:
  • Paskenta, Tehama, California 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 May 1935 
  • Death Location:
  • Willows, Glenn, California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Paskenta Cemetery, Corning, Tehama, California 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Gladys Hilda Ball
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Jun 1917 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Willows, Glenn, California 
  • Child:

  Amos Mefford Hanks (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Ernest Buel Hanks

  • ¹ Federal Census, CA, Tehama County, 1900, Paskenta, ED #182, Page 268, Sheet #2, Image 3 of 21.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/21/2011).
  • ³ World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, California, Colusa County, Draft Card H, Image 27 of 207.
  • ⁴ Ancestry.com, "Tom Hanks Surprised by Ancestry® Discovery That He’s Related to Mr. Rogers, His Onscreen Character", (accessed 11/20/2019).
  • ⁵ McClure, Rhonda R., Finding Your Famous {and Infamous} Ancestors, Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books (2003), 212.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", (accessed 10/01/2014).