Margaret Ruth Banks

Brief Life History of Margaret Ruth

When Margaret Ruth Banks was born on 20 January 1829, in Richland, Ohio, United States, her father, Nathaniel Butler Banks, was 27 and her mother, Anna Barbara Artman, was 19. She married William Morley Black on 5 February 1846, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 51, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 29 June 1884, in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in East Side Cemetery, Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Morley Black
1826–1915
Margaret Ruth Banks
1829–1884
Marriage: 5 February 1846
Mary Elizabeth Black
1846–1847
Martin Luther Black
1848–1918
Martha Jane Black
1849–1921
Mary Elizabeth Black
1853–
Olive Black
1853–
Sarah Emma Black
1853–1853
William Kimball Black
1854–1856
John Morley Black
1856–1933
Isaac Edwin Black
1857–1931
George Henry Black
1861–1923

Sources (31)

  • Margrett Black in household of William Black, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
  • Margaret Ruth Black, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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William Morley Black as dictated to his daughter Eva Minerva Black

William Morley Black The Son of John and Mary Cline Black Born Feb. 11, 1826, in Vermillion, Richland County, Ohio William Morley Black, during his last illness, dictated the following autobiograph …

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