Marie Bathilde Hanks (1862 - 1942)

Born 30 Jan 1862 in Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Feb 1942 at age 80 in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Bathilde Hanks lived in Louisiana.

Marie Bathilde Hanks was born in 1862 in Louisiana, United States. Her parents were Jeanson Hanks (~1822 - ~1902) and Thersile (Abshire) Hanks (~1829 - >1901).^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. Jean Hanks (1845 - )
2. Joseph William Hanks (1847 - )
3. Aladin Hanks (1850 - 1921)
4. Susanne Hanks (1852 - )
5. Hilaire Hanks (1854 - )
6. Pierre Hanks (1857 - ~1869)
7. Elise Aspasia Hanks (1864 - )
8. Marie Azelina Hanks (1866 - )
9. Marie Melissa Hanks (1868 - 1929)
10. Onesia Thea Hanks (1870 - 1923)

She was counted on the census with them in Vermilion Parish in 1870 as Marie, age 8.^[2]

She married Fernez Meaux in 1879.^[3]

Known children:

1. Pelagie Meaux (c.1879)
2. Cleobule Meaux (c.1880- 1949)^[4]
3. Felix Meaux (c.1884)
4. Aminti Meaux (c.1888)
5. Amede Meaux (c.1890)
6. Emetilde Meaux (c.1896)
7. Napoleon Meaux (c.1898)

They were living in Nunez, Louisiana with their first child in 1880.^[5] By 1900, they'd had seven children, all were living, six of them still at home in Spring Hill.^[6] In 1910 five children remained at home with them in Vermilion Parish.^[7]

Bathilde died in Crowley, Louisiana in 1942 aged ~80.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);

   HANKS, Bathilde (Jhonson & Terzille ABSHIRE) b. 30 Jan. 1862 (Abbeville Ch.: v. 2, p. 64)

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87G-548 : 29 May 2021), Marie Hanks in entry for Johnson Hanks, 1870.

   Johnson Hanks Male 45 Louisiana

   Therise Hanks Female 35 Louisiana

   Joseph Hanks Male 22 Louisiana

   Aladin Hanks Male 21 Louisiana

   Susan Hanks Female 18 Louisiana

   Elaire Hanks Male 15 Louisiana

   Lessin Hanks Male 12 Louisiana

   Marie Hanks Female 8 Louisiana

   Aspazie Hanks Female 4 Louisiana

3. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSTD-S7W2 : 14 January 2020), Bathilde Hanks in entry for Fernez Meaux, 1879.
4. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBT-L79 : 4 March 2021), Batille Hanks in entry for Clobule Meaux, 11 Jun 1949; citing Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, certificate number 7839, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,418,363.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDX2-WW2 : 21 December 2021), Batile Meaux in household of Fernest Meaux, Nunez, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

   Fernest Meaux Self Male 25 Louisiana, United States

   Batile Meaux Wife Female 18 Louisiana, United States

   Peligie Meaux Daughter Female 2 Louisiana, United States

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPF-FJC : accessed 24 December 2021), Batilde Meaux in household of Fernest Meaux, Police Jury Ward 6 Spring Hill, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97, sheet 28A, family 452, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,585.

   Ferness Meaux Head Male 48 Louisiana

   Batilde Meaux Wife Female 39 Louisiana

   Pelagie Meaux Daughter Female 22 Louisiana

   Cleobule Meaux Son Male 20 Louisiana

   Felix Meaux Son Male 16 Louisiana

   Aminti Meaux Daughter Female 12 Louisiana

   Emetilde MeauxDaughter Female 4 Louisiana

   Napoleon Meaux Son Male 1 Louisiana

7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPB6-8YV : accessed 24 December 2021), Batille Meaux in household of Ferness Meaux, Police Jury Ward 6, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 11B, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 533; FHL microfilm 1,374,546.

   Ferness Meaux Head Male 55 Louisiana

   Batille Meaux Wife Female 48 Louisiana

   Felix Meaux Son Male 25 Louisiana

   Amente Meaux Daughter Female 23 Louisiana

   Amidi Meaux Son Male 20 Louisiana

   Ametille Meaux Daughter Female 13 Louisiana

   Napoleon Meaux Son Male 11 Louisiana

8. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSYG-24J : 12 December 2014), Johnson Hanks in entry for Berthilde Moore, 13 Feb 1942; citing Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, certificate number 1468, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,183,478.