Hanksin family papers, 1907-1929

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Hankins family papers, 1914-1928. Accession 51286. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.675 cu. ft. and 2 boxes
Creator:
Hankins family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Hankins family papers, 1914-1928. Accession 51286. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1907-1929, of the Hankins family consisting of correspondence, 1918-1919, 1928, regarding military service in World War I, payment of taxes, weddings, and an automobile accident; abstracts, contrats, deeds, and other papers between Ginter Park Realty and Charles O. Hankins (1888-1968) and Mary V. Hankins (1886-1980) for real property in Ginter Park Terrace; miscellaneous papers, 1907-1929, contains certificates, notes, orders, pamphlets, poems, receipts, and other papers regarding World War I, Mary Hankins first grade teaching certificate, flowers, groceries, cars, the Moravian church, Buffalo, New York, and Niagara Falls; and photographs of the Hankins family and friends.

Biographical / historical:

Mary Virginia Hankins (27 August 1886-26 July 1980) and Charles Oliver Hankins (26 April 1888-July 1968) were the daughter and son of Oliver Alexander Hankins (1844-1929) and Mary Louise Pleasants Hankins(ca. 1847-1894). Mary Hankins worked as a book keeper and stenographer. Charles Hankins worked in the family sheet metal business, becoming proprietor upon his father's death. Charles Hankins served in Company K, 318th Infantry, during World War I, and was promoted to corporal 13 September 1918. On 25 October 1918 he became a sergeant in Company L, 318th Infantry. Virginia and Charles Hankins lived with their other brother and sister, William Pleasants Hankins (1883-1946) and Ellenor A. Hankins (1884-1977). They are all buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ann Johann of Richmond, Virginia.