Ancestry of
Tom Hanks

Movie Actor

Mary Catherine Mefford

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• • Great-grandmother of Tom Hanks — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 9 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Mefford 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah F. Critchlow   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Sep 1855 
  • Birth Location:
  • Missouri 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Aug 1923 
  • Death Location:
  • Flournoy, Tehama, California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Paskenta Cemetery, Corning, Tehama, California 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Daniel Boone Hanks
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1873 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Ernest Buel Hanks (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Mary Catherine Mefford's given name is also seen as Katy and Kate.

• Sources for Mary Catherine Mefford

  • ¹ Arizona, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1995, Case #861, Probate file for mother Sarah Stees.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, Shelby County, 1870, Black Creek, p. 22, Image 22 of 37.
  • ³ Federal Census, MO, Shelby County, 1860, Black Creek, p. 148, Image 15 of 20.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, CA, Tehama County, 1900, Paskenta, ED #182, Page 268, Sheet #2, Image 3 of 21.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/21/2011).
  • ⁶ Ancestry.com, "Tom Hanks Surprised by Ancestry® Discovery That He’s Related to Mr. Rogers, His Onscreen Character", (accessed 11/20/2019).
  • ⁷ McClure, Rhonda R., Finding Your Famous {and Infamous} Ancestors, Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books (2003), 212.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", (accessed 10/01/2014).