New England Families

James birth date according to his death record was August 3, 1863, exactly matching his baptism date.

Baptisms Youghal Catholic Parish
3 August 1863 James, son of John and Hon Cusick. witnesses Wm Murphy and Ellen Rahilly

There is a good chance this is James Hankard's arrrival in the U.S.:
Arrived Boston April 23, 1883, on the SS Samaria, from Liverpool and Queenstown
James Hankard, 19, laborer, Irish, last residence: Ireland, had not been in the US before
no other Hankards with him
list No 349, steerage

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KC-19TC-J?i=2134&cc=2304666
manifest:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YCV8-K?i=180&wc=M612-RNL%3A168062601&cc=1860873

 

Naturalization Records, Volume 2, 1880 - 1892
page 201 (image 126 at familysearch.org) says:
Supreme Court held at Keene, within and for the County of Cheshire County, on the third Tuesday of October 1888
Wm H H Allen, Associate Justice, presiding

on page 280 (image 166 at familysearch.org/)
James Hanker
admitted to citizenship October 22, 1888
of Walpole. born in City of Cork, County of Cork, Ireland
is now 23. came to the US arriving at Boston 1 April 1883
has lived in the US for 5 years, and in New Hampshire for at least 1 year
witnesses: Charles O'Neil and William J King, both of Walpole and citizens of the US

1900 Census Walpole, Cheshire County, NH, ED 43, sheet 4
North Walpole Village, Walpole Township
2 June 1900

owns a mortgaged home
James Hankard, 35, born 1865, married 10 years, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1883, naturalized, paper finisher
Ellen Hankard, 35, born May 1865, married 10 years, 3 children, 3 alive, born in Ireland, parents also
John Hankard, 8, born July 1892, born in New Hampshire
Elisabeth Hankard, 6, born December 1893 [sic], born in New Hampshire
Edward Hankard, 5, born May 1894 [sic], born in New Hampshire

1910 Census, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, ED 48, sheet 22B
[North Walpole Village crossed out]
May 7, 1910
owns the home free of mortgage on Main Street

James Hankard, 45, married 1x, arrived 1882, paper finisher
Ellen Hankard, 45, married 1x, for 20 years, 3 children, 3 alive, arrived 1882
John Hankard, 18, paper maker
Elizabeth Hankard, 17, no occupation
Edward Hankard, 16, paper maker

1920 Census of Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, ED 23, sheet 13A
[North Walpole Village crossed out]
January 15, 1920
at 81 Main Street

James Hankard, 57, arrived 1884, naturalized 1890, paper finisher, paper mill
Ellen Hankard, 54, arrived 1884, naturalized 1890
John J Hankard, 28, single, paper maker, paper mill

1930 Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, ED 31, sheet 2A
North Walpole Village district
April 2, 1930
renting at 3 Ash Street

Edward Hankard, 36, married 1st at 24, born in New Hampshire, plumber, plumbing company
Clara Hankard, 35, married 1st at 23, born in Canada (French)
Ellen A Hankard, 4y 6m, born in New Hampshire
James Hankard, father, 66, widowed, born in the Irish Free State, arrived 1883, naturalized, fire cleaner, steam railway
Joseph Daigle, father in law, 70, widowed, born in Canada (French)
Regina Daigle, sister in law, 16, born in New Hampshire

1940 Census of North Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, ED 3-40, sheet 2B
April 4, 1940
on Ash Street

Edward Hankard, 45, married, 8 years of school, plumber, plumbing shop
Clara Hankard, 44
Ellen Ann Hankard, 14
James Hankard, father, 77, widowed 6 years of school, paper finisher, paper mill, worked 48 hours last week, 52 weeks last year for $1144
Joseph Daigle, father in law, 80, widowed, no schooling

all lived in the same house in 1935

Certificate of Death
State of New Hampshire
James Hankard
April 19, 1945
at 3 Ash, North Walpole, Cheshire (this was also his usual residence)
born August 3, 1863
white, male, widowed
age 81y, 8m 16d
occupation: papermaker
wife: Ellen
born Ireland, parents: John Hankard and Mary Cusick, both born in Ireland
cause of death: bronchial pneumonia, duration 5 days, lymphatic leukemia, duration 2 years
informant: Edward Hankard of North Walpole
burial: April 21, 1945, St Peter's Cemetery, Drewsville, NH
undertaker was in Bellows Falls
doctor was in Bellows Falls

"New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDKK-VVC : 18 January 2020), James Hankard, 1945.