Photograph: Lucas Wurtz Hankins, William Lucas Hankins, Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins

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 There is a label on the back of the photograph identifying it as Lucas W, William L and Mary Ellen Ross Hankins, with a date of c 1875-1880 we think. The handwriting for the identification is in my mother's handwriting (she's also the person who stuck labels on the backs of photos and wrote on them with ink after I told her not to write on the backs of the photos in ink! I said use a soft pencil!) I suspect mmy grandfather Francis William Hankins provided the identification of his father William L Hankins in the photograph. There are enough other photos of Lucas and Mary Ellen to compare that would confirm their identities. 

No information is provided as to where the photograph was taken. My guess is Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, since that is where Lucas Hankins and his family lived. 

I suspect the photograph dates from the early 1880s. William was born in 1872. So for the photo to have been taken 1875-1880 - he would be between 3 and 8 years old. He looks older than that in this photograph. 

This image has been digitally enhanced in Photoshop. 

Lucas Wurtz Hankins, William Lucas Hankins, Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins 


Lucas Wurtz Hankins, son of John Hankins (1803-1847) and Susan Thomas (1811-1885) was born 31 October 1831 at Ten Mile River, Sullivan County, New York. He married Mary Ellen Ross (1835-1914), daughter of John Ross (1791-1837) and Sarah Kellam (1797-????), on 5 August 1857 at the home of the bride's half brother Benjamin Tyler. Lucas Wurtz Hankins died 11 December 1910 in Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. 

William Lucas Hankins, son of Lucas Wurtz Hankins (1831-1910) and Mary Ellen Ross (1835-1914), was born on 11 October 872 in Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Jane Kellam (1874-1944), daughter of of John Ross Kellam (1830-1903) and Frances Maria Shafer (1846-1924), on 10 August 1896 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. William died 24 June 1930 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. 

Mary Ellen Ross, daughter of John Ross (1791-1837) and Sarah Kellam (1797-????), was born 25 August 1835 in Pennsylvania. She married Lucas Wurtz Hankins (1831-1910), son of John Hankins (1803-1847) and Susan Thomas (1811-1885) on 5 August 1857 at the home of her half brother Benjamin Tyler. Mary Ellen Ross (Ross) Hankins died on 16 April 1914 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. 




Location: Manchester Township, PA, USA

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