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- Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry.
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Feb 5, 2012 · Tom Hanks' father, Amos Mefford Hanks, was born in Glenn County, California, in 1924 and died in 1992. Amos Hanks, according to various biographies, was something between an "itinerant cook"...
Sep 25, 2020 · Tom Hanks has opened up about the trauma inflicted on his father, Amos Mefford Hanks, by the killing of his grandfather. Speaking on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the Forrest Gump...
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Sep 23, 2020 · But recently, Hanks told a tragic story about his family, as his father, Amos Mefford Hanks, witnessed his own father being killed.
May 1, 2024 · His son Tom went to live with his father for a number of years, by high school Tom was living in Oakland apparently with his father. On 19 Oct 1965 the Oakland Tribune reports the final divorce decree between Amos M Hanks and Winifred M.
- California
- Alameda, Alameda County, CA, United States
- Glenn County, California, United States
- March 4, 1924
Sep 24, 2020 · Oscar-winner Tom Hanks opened up about his grandfather's tragic murder and the profound effect it had on his father, Amos Mefford Hanks, during an episode of In Depth with Graham...
Sep 23, 2020 · Tom Hanks is recalling a deep family wound suffered by his father, Amos Mefford Hanks. During Wednesday's episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the actor, 64, spoke about the...
When Amos Mefford Hanks was born on 4 March 1924, in Willows, Glenn, California, United States, his father, Ernest Beauel Hanks, was 33 and his mother, Gladys Hilda Ball, was 35. He married Janet Marylyn Frager in September 1950, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States.
