Catherine Burke Walker

b. 7 January 1829, d. 19 December 1877
Catherine Burke Walker|b. 7 Jan 1829\nd. 19 Dec 1877|p89.htm|Carleton Walker|b. 4 Jan 1777\nd. 12 Oct 1840|p1681.htm|Caroline Mary Mallett|d. Jan 1862|p1682.htm|||||||||||||
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     Catherine Burke Walker was born on 7 January 1829.2 She was the daughter of Carleton Walker and Caroline Mary Mallett.1 She married John Armstrong Hanks, son of John Hanks and Jane Douglas Armstrong, on 2 July 1851 in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.3,4,5 She died on 19 December 1877, probably in Pittsboro at age 48.2 She was buried in Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery.2 Click to view image
     

Additional Data

Catherine and John A. Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, enumerated 16 June 1860. His children from a previous marriage, Virginia, Lucian, John, Catherine, Louisa, Laura and Martin, and their sons, Walker and Thomas A., were listed as living with them.6 Click to view image

Kate and Jno A. Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of North side Pittsboro Road, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, enumerated 4 June 1870. His children from a previous marriage, Lucien and Mary K., and their children, C. Walker and Thomas A., were listed as living with them.7 Click to view image

Children of Catherine Burke Walker and John Armstrong Hanks

Citations

  1. [S274] George Norbury Mackenzie, ed., Colonial Families of the United States of America, vol. 5 (New York: n.pub., 1907; reprint Orem, Utah: MyFamily.com Inc., 1999).
  2. [S194] Catherine B. Hanks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, North Carolina; photographed by Joe U. Munson Jr.
  3. [S195] Completed questionaire from Mrs. J.P. Taylor (Pittsboro, NC) to Dr. Ewing Jordan, 17 July 1915; University of Pennsylvania (North Arcade, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Questionaire completed by Mrs. Taylor per request of Dr. Ewing on behalf of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The subject was Mrs. Taylor's father.
  4. [S196] Letter from Mrs. J.P. Taylor (Angleton, TX) to Dr. Ewing Jordan, 6 July 1915; University of Pennsylvania (North Arcade, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Mrs. Taylor's response to a request from Dr. Ewing, on behalf of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, for biographical information on her father.
  5. [S1134] Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Chatham County, North Carolina, 1772-1868 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987; reprint Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2006), 38.
  6. [S58] John A. Hanks household, 1860 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Eastern Division, Pittsboro post office, page 13/7A, dwelling 105, family 101; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 892.
  7. [S198] Jno Hanks household, 1870 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, North Side Pittsboro Road, Pittsboro Post Office, page 7/154, dwelling 46, family 46; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 1129.
  8. [S194] Carleton Walker Hanks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.
  9. [S194] Sarah C. Hale Hanks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.
  10. [S194] Thomas Ashe Hanks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.