Christine (Hargrave) Hanks (abt. 1777 - aft. 1840)

Born about 1777 in St. Martinville, Louisiana, New Spain [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Hanks — married 1 Feb 1798 in St. Martin, Louisiana

Descendants

Died after 1840 after about age 63 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Christine Hargrave was born c.1777 in a French settlement of the then-Spanish colony of Louisiana. Her parents were Benjamin Hargrave and Rebecca Gwaltney, originally from British colonial Virginia and North Carolina.

In 1798 Christine married Charles Hanks, originally from Virginia and an uncle of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana.^[1] Fourteen children were born to the marriage.

In 1800 she and Charles were raising cattle and a family in St Martin, Louisiana Territory.^[2]

In 1810 they were counted on the census in the Orleans District of the Louisiana Territory, United States, with six children.^[3] By 1820 their location was designated as St Martin Parish, Louisiana, and their family was still growing.^[4]

By 1830, when they were counted in River Manteau, St Landry Parish, Christine was a widow.^[5]

In 1840 the family was still in the Opelousas area of St Landry Parish. It seems from the record that her son Nathaniel was the census informant.^[6]

From the census we know that Christine was widowed by 1830, and that her last two children, Ralph and Meliciare Ann, were born c.1827. Charles is referred to as 'Deceased' in the record of their son Benjamin's marriage on "August 12, 1824," but the date has to be a transcription error, as Benjamin and his bride were still children in 1824. (The marriage likely occurred in 1834.) It is unknown whether the family moved from St Martin Parish to St. Landry Parish before her husband's death, or because of it.

Christine Hargrave Hanks died after 1840 and probably before 1850, but the exact date and location as yet are unknown. She may have been buried in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1867, but no source has been given for that information.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900 ("SWLR"), CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publications Division, 2001); HARGRAVE, HANKS

   HARGRAVE, Christine - of this parish (Benjamin ARGREAU - of North Carolina & Rebecca GOURTNAY - of Virginia) Informacion de Solteria Producida" - [Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry] dated: 1 Feb. 1798 Charles HANKS - Anglican, 27 years old, living in this parish - of Richemon County in Virginia, in this parish for 7 years (Joseph HEINCKS & Anne LIES - of Richmond) Assistant Wits: Louis CHEMIN - sacristan; Wits: William HARTGREVE, Marie LIES - living in this parish. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #19)"

2. ↑ "Brand Book for Opelousas and Attakapas Districts, 1739-1888," in "Records of Attakapas District, Louisiana, 1739 - 1811," Mary Elizabeth Sanders, compiler (Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1962) https://archive.org/stream/recordsofattakap00sand/recordsofattakap00sand_djvu.txt. See St. Martin Parish, 1739-1811, entry: Hank, Charles, year 1800, page 76.

   Cattle brand registrant: Charles Hanks

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-4GK : accessed 12 April 2016), Charles Hanks, 1810.

   Charles Hanks, age 26-45

   3 free white males < age 10 [Thomas, 3; Charles, 5; John, 7]

   1 free white male, age 10-15 [Joseph, 11]

   2 free white females < age 10 [Anne, 1; Sarah,10]

   1 free white female, age 26-45 [Christine]

4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLW-PZC : accessed 12 April 2016), Chs Hanks, 1820.

   Charles Hanks, age over 45

   3 free white males< age 10 [Nathaniel, 1; Hiliare, 2; Alfred, 4]

   2 free white males, age 10-15 [Benjamin, 10; Thomas, 14]

   2 free white males, age 16-26 [John, 17; Joseph, 21]

   1 free white female< age 10 [Melanie, 6]

   1 free white female, age 10-15 [Anne, 11]

   1 free white female, age 16-26 [Sarah Celeste, 20]

   1 free white female, age > 45 [Christine]

5. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHG1-3RK : 18 August 2015), Charles Hanks, River Manteau, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing 32, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 44; FHL microfilm 9,687.

   [Widow] Charles Hanks, free white female, age 40-50

   2 free white males, age 5-10 [Ralph, 5; Johnson, 7]

   2 free white males, age 10-15 [Nathaniel, 11; Hilaire,12]

   2 free white males, age 15-20 [Alfred, 15; Benjamin, 20]

   1 free white female < age 5 [Meliciare was 4]

   1 free white female, age 15-20 [Melanie was 16]

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTM-2SM : 15 August 2017), Nathiel Hanks, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 246, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 128; FHL microfilm 9,689.

   Nathaniel Hanks

   1 free white male under age 5 [child of Melanie & Joachim?]

   1 free white male, age 15-20 [Ralph was 16]

   1 free white male, age 20-30 [Nathaniel was 21]

   1 free white male, age 30-40 [Joachim Fox?]

   1 free white female, age 10-15 [Meliciare was 14]

   1 free white female, age 20-30 [Melanie was 26]

   1 free white female, age 50-60 [Christine Hargrave was 65]

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 December 2017, 20:04), entry for Christine Hargrave (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCTG-CH4); contributed by various users.