Family Tree
Three generations around Robert Bob
Sibling
Walter Dayton Shanks
1884 — 1935
Sibling
Callie Margaret Maggie Shanks
1883 — 1966
Sibling
Lillie Shanks
1886 — 1960
Sibling
Milburn Francis Shanks
1888 — 1962
Sibling
Alta Shanks
1891 — 1973
Sibling
Annie Pearl Shanks
1893 — 1965
Sibling
Seth Thomas Shanks
1899 — 1972
Sibling
Ellen Shanks
1895 — 1970
Sibling
Mary Helen Shanks
1901 — 1988
This record
Robert Bob Shanks
1889 — 1969
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born30 SEP 1889 · West Fork, Washiington County, Arkansas
- Died7 MAY 1969 · Brea, Orange County, California
- SexMale
Notes
Research Notes
Robert was born with the name of John Milton Shanks. Sometime in the 1900's he began to go by Bob or Robert. In the 1900 census for Washington Co., AR, he is shown living with his parents and listed as John M. In 1910 he is shown living in two households, his father's where he is listed as John M and with a brother where he is listed as Bob. At his marriage to Mattie Hanna in 1912, he used the name Bob, but in his WWI draft record he used John Milton Shanks. Starting with the 1920 census, he used only Robert or Bob for the rest of his life.