James Vernon Danielson Bankhead

Brief Life History of James Vernon Danielson

When James Vernon Danielson Bankhead was born on 25 December 1914, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, James Haslam Bankhead, was 33 and his mother, Rose Clara Danielson, was 27. He married Ruth Viola Giffen on 15 November 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 17 February 2003, in Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Vernon Danielson Bankhead
1914–2003
Ruth Viola Giffen
1920–2004
Marriage: 15 November 1939
Richard Vernon Giffen Bankhead
1942–1999
Marshall Giffen Bankhead
1945–2012
James Giffen Bankhead
1950–2019

Sources (28)

  • Vernon D Bankhead in household of James H Bankhead, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Vernon Bankhead, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • James Vernon Danielson Bankhead, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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1938 · The DI is Opened To The Public

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Name Meaning

Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived at the top or end of a bank or hill (see Bank 5) or habitational name from a place with this origin. There are several minor places in Scotland so called, but the most likely source of the surname is one on the border between the parishes of Kilmarnock and Dreghorn in Ayrshire.

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

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