Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Banks was born on 18 March 1809, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Abel Banks, was 27 and her mother, Isabella Peters, was 27. She married John Beaumont on 4 June 1830, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Bold, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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- Martha Beaumont in household of John Beaumont, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Martha Banks, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha Banks, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
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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