Clara Lillian SYLVESTER

Father: John Barker SYLVESTER
Mother: Mary Ann CASS

Family 1: Leonard Tracy HANKS

(1) 1900 United States Census for Iowa, Dubuque Co., Julian Twp., Dubuque City: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 109; Sheet 3B; June 4, 1900: Leonard T. HANKS and Clara L. [SYLVESTER] HANKS are listed as having been married 21 years. 
                                               _William SYLVESTER _
                          _Charles SYLVESTER _|
                         |                    |_Mary SPRINGER _____
 _John Barker SYLVESTER _|
|                        |                     _Caleb BARKER ______
|                        |_Lucy BARKER _______|
|                                             |_Illathera HOWLAND__
|
|--Clara Lillian SYLVESTER
|
|                                              ____________________
|                         ____________________|
|                        |                    |____________________
|_Mary Ann CASS _________|
                         |                     ____________________
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Notes

Updated January 11, 2016. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 75; July 7, 1860.

Clara SYLVESTER is the daughter of John B. and Mary Anne SYLVESTER. She is 5 years old, born in Wisconsin, and is attending school.

(2) 1870 United States Census Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 33; August 12, 1870.

Clara SYLVESTER is the daughter of John B. and Mary A. SYLVESTER. She is 13 years old, attending school, and born in Wisconsin.

(3) 1880 United States Census for Iowa, Dubuque Co., Dubuque: Page 15; Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 175, June 4, 1880.

Clara L. [SYLVESTER] HANKS is married to Leonard HANKS, head of household. She is 25 years old and born in Wisconsin, with her parents listed as born in Maine. She is keeping house. Her mother, Mary [CASS] SYLVESTER, is a visitor in the residence.

(4) Iowa State Census, 1895 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Clara L. [SYLVESTER] HANKS
- Age: 38
- Birthplace: Wisconsin
- Place: 4th Ward Dubuque

(5) 1900 United States Census for Iowa, Dubuque Co., Julian Twp., Dubuque City: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 109; Sheet 3B; June 4, 1900.

Clara L. [SYLVESTER] HANKS is married to Leonard T. HANKS, head of household. Clara's mother, Mary A. [CASS] SYLVESTER is also a resident.

- Address: 981 Bluff St.
- Birth date: September 1854; age 45
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 21 years
- Motherhood: She has not had any children
- Birthplace: Wisconsin, with her father from Maine and her mother from New Hampshire

(6) Iowa State Census, 1905 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Clara L [SYLVESTER] HANKS
- Birth Year: 1853
- Birth Place: Wisconsin
- Gender: Female
- Age: 52
- Marital Status: Married
- Residence Year: 1905
- Residence Place: Dubuque, Iowa, United States
- Father Birth Place: Maine
- Mother Birth Place: Maine
- FHL Film Number: 001430388

(7) 1930 United States Census for Minnesota, Hennepin Co., Minnesota City; Ward 13 - Block 792: Supervisor's District 7; Enumeration District 27-264; Sheet 35B; April 17, 1930.

Clara S. [SYLVESTER] HANKS resides with her brother Otis C., SYLVESTER, head of household.

- Address: 5344 Irving Avenue So.
- Age: 72 years old at time of census; 24 when first married. She is a widow
- Birthplace: Wisconsin, with his father from Maine and his mother from New Hampshire

(8) U.S. City Directories via Ancestry.com

Minneapolis, Minnesota

- 1908: HANKS Clara L (wid Leonard T) b 110 E 25th
- 1909: HANKS Clara L (wid Leonard T) b 119 E 25th
- 1910: HANKS Mrs Clara moved to Spokane Wash
- 1924: HANKS Clara S (wid Leonard T) r 135 E 33d
- 1925: HANKS Clara (wid Leonard I) b 3601 1st av S
- 1928: HANKS Clara Mrs r 5344 Irving av s
- 1929: HANKS Clara S Mrs r 5344 Irving av s
- 1930: HANKS Clara S (wid Leonard G) r 5344 Irving av S
- 1932: HANKS Clara S (wid Leonard T) r5344 Irving av s
- 1934: HANKS Clara S Mrs r5344 Irving av s
- 1935: HANKS Clara S (wid Leonard T) r5344 Irving av s
- 1936: HANKS Clara S (wid Leonard) r5344 Irving av S
- 1937: HANKS Clara S (wid Leonard T) r5344 Irving av S
- 1938: HANKS Clara L (wid Leonard T) h5344 Irving av s

Spokane, Washington (same address as her sister Gertrude S. [SYLVESTER] SAMPSON)

- 1912: HANKS, Clara L (wid Leonard T) b 825 Hogan
- 1913: HANKS, Clara L (wid Leonard T) b 825 Hogan

(9) Sampson, Gertrude Sylvester, 1842-1925, "A biographical history of the ancestry of Julian Carroll Sampson [manuscript] : embracing that of his wife Bertha Sylvester Sampson, including all data obtainable by those who are connected in these two direct lines of William and Obediah Sylvester and Abraham Samson." The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Library, Boston, MA.

- About 1897, Clara [SYLVESTER] HANKS was living in Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA (page 62).

(10) Steves family records, November 17, 2004.

- Provides specific birth date and location.

(11) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 4.