Brief Life History of James Alma
When James Alma Banks was born on 4 February 1889, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, James Eyre Banks, was 33 and his mother, Ann Reese, was 31. He married Gladys DeLong on 12 June 1912, in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lynndyl, Millard, Utah, United States for about 5 years and Lynndyl Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 28 March 1985, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Lynndyl Cemetery, Lynndyl, Millard, Utah, United States.
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Sources (40)
- Alma Banks in entry for A De Long Banks, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- James Alma Banks, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- James A Banks in entry for W Fred Banks, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
Spouse and Children
1889–1985 Male
1886–1956 Female
Children (6)
1913–1994 Male
1915–2010 Male
1916–1997 Male
1919–2006 Female
1923–2012 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1855–1930 Male
1857–1938 Female
Siblings (11)
1880–1880 Female
1881–1881 Female
1882–1885 Female
1884–1887 Female
1886–1977 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 1
1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
Age 5
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 27
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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The Gift and Power of Healing
From the history of James Alma Banks "[When] my sister Emily Myers Banks [was] a young lady, [she] had a stroke and couldn't walk or talk for three or four days. On Sunday just before meeting time …
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