Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Banks was born in 1846, in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England, his father, William Banks, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Bodell, was 36. He married Druscilla Knighton on 8 November 1868, in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in September 1891, in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 45.
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- Samuel Banks, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Samuel Banks, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Samuel Banks, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bank 5, with excrescent -s. The final -s may occasionally represent a plural form, but it is most commonly an arbitrary addition made after the main period of surname formation, perhaps under the influence of patronymic forms with a possessive -s.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruacháin ‘descendant of Bruachán’, a byname for a large-bellied person. The English form was chosen because of a mistaken association of the Gaelic name with bruach ‘bank’. Compare Bank 6.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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