Elizabeth Bannister

7 November 1746–3 December 1831 (Age 85)
Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Bannister was born on 7 November 1746, in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Seth Bannister, was 37 and her mother, Frances Hinds, was 32. She married Simeon Olds on 1 April 1773, in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 3 December 1831, in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Simeon Olds
1745–1800
Elizabeth Bannister
1746–1831
Marriage: 1 April 1773
Joshua Olds
1772–1863
Betsey Olds
1774–1863
Lydia Olds
1775–
James
1781–1814
Seth Banister Olds
1787–1817
Solomon Francis Olds
1790–1875

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 April 1773Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (6)

    1776
    Age 30
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776 · The Declaration to the King
    Age 30
    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
    1791
    Age 45
    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 2737;2007: 6181; 2010: 8639)English (of Norman origin): from Old French banaste, banastre ‘covering for a cart or wagon; basket’, i.e. a large wicker container. In the 12th century a Norman family of this name had estates in Orne, Normandy, and in England. Ricardus Banastre appears in charters relating to the Earls of Chester c. 1120–29. With what sense the Norman surname was acquired is unknown. It can hardly have been occupational, contrary to Reaney's view that it denoted a basket maker. It is possible that many or even all of the later bearers of the surname were descended from this knightly family. However, several men with this surname in the 14th-century Poll Tax Returns are described as servants or agricultural laborers, while Ricardus Banastr', recorded in 1381 was a butcher. It is conceivable that these men took their name from Middle English banastre, a borrowing of the French word, and that it referred to a basket or hamper they used in their work. Alternatively, they may have belonged to branches of the knightly family that had fallen in the social scale. The term denoting a stair rail is unconnected with this name; it was not used before the 17th century.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Banister

    Sources (8)

    • Elisabeth in entry for Solomon Francis Olds, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    • Elisabeth Olds in entry for Joshua Olds, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

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