William Binks

Brief Life History of William

When William Binks was born on 16 November 1856, in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Ashton Binks, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Lyons, was 16. He married Mary Ellen Parry on 9 December 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 15 May 1906, in Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Binks
1856–1906
Mary Ellen Parry
1861–1947
Marriage: 9 December 1880
Sarah Cadelia Binks
1881–1945
Eleanor Huntington Binks
1883–1887
Zina Elizabeth Binks
1886–1965
William John Binks
1888–1951
Royal Reed Binks
1891–1976
Joseph Ashton Binks
1894–1979
Norris Thomas Binks
1897–1986
Ernest Franklin Binks
1900–1995

Sources (39)

  • William Binks in household of John Binks, "United States Census, 1880"
  • William Binks, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Binks, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scottish Alastair.

English: variant of Bink ; this is much the commoner form of the surname in the British Isles.

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

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William and Mary Ellen Parry Binks Life History by Kaye Binks Croft

William Binks was born November 16, 1856 in McKees Port, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Mary Ellen Parry was born

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