Douglas J Hanks age 78
Auto mechanic and genealogist.
A dedicated researcher. Traveled to England to find, copy and record vital information from original parish records to extend the Hanks family line.

1900 Census Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Emmanuel Hanks 39, farmer
Maraldia Hanks 32, 8 children, 7 living
Austin E Hanks 13
William W Hanks 12
Sarah M Hanks 8
Augustin L Hanks 6. Gladys Hanks 4
Douglas J Hanks 3. Nancy K Hanks 1
Sarah [Clissold] Hanks 83, mother
Own farm

1910 Census Clearfield, Davis, Utah
Emanuel Hanks 48, farmer
Maraldia Hanks 42, 13 children, 8 living
Sarah Hanks 18
Augusta Hanks 16
Gladis Hanks 14
Douglas L Hanks 13. Nancy C Hanks 11.
Phylis Hanks 7. Arlene Hanks 4.
Living next to Austin E Hanks

1918 Farmington, Davis, Utah
WWI draft registration, Douglas J Hanks, age 21
Description: tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair

Married 18 June 1924, Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico
Eva Elnora Jacobson

1930 Census Salt Lake City, Utah
Douglas J Hanks 33, repairman, auto shop
Iva Hanks 33
La Fonda Hanks 4 ys 2 ms. Pauline Hanks 2 ys 10 ms.
Own home 1169 S. 3rd East

1940 Census Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
Dougles Hanks 43, H4, metal man
Eva Hanks 43
LaFonda Hanks 14
Pauline Hanks 12
Douglas Hanks 9. Myrtle Ruth Hanks 7.
Own house, 1169 So 3rd East

1958 Salt Lake City, Utah
Eva Elnora Jacobson Hanks died 27 August 1958.

1964 Married Florence Agnes Mower

1975 Obituary:
D J Hanks, 78, died 5 March 1975 in a Salt Lake hospital of leukemia.
Born Feb. 3, 1897, Bountiful, Utah, to Emanuel and Maraldia Willey Hanks.
Married Eva Elnora Jacobson, she died August 1958. Married Florence [Mower] Seely.
WWI Veteran. Member of the LDS Church. Served a Midwestern States Mission.
Survivors: wife; son, Douglas, Jr.; daughters: La Fonda Grover; Pauline Christiansen; Marriner Carion; 18 grandchildren; two great-grand children. Funeral Saturday noon.
Utah; Deseret News; 7 March 1975

Children
LaFonda Hanks (Morris Grover) 1925-2016
Pauline Hanks Christiansen 1927-2015
Son Hanks 1929-1929
Son Hanks 1933-1933
Douglas J Hanks, Jr.
Myrtle Ruth Hanks Cardon
Stepson Thomas Curtis Seely

Siblings:
Austin Emanuel Hanks
Gladys Hanks Simpson
Augustin Leo Hanks