Brief Life History of William
When William Banks Jr. was born on 7 March 1836, in Albrighton, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Banks Sr, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 38. He married Sarah Jarvis on 8 December 1856, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1871, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as butcher shop manager in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 31 March 1909, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- William Banks in household of William Banks, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Banks, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Wm Banks, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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On a spring day in 1849 — (March 12th, to be exact) — William and Elizabeth (Elizabeth Taylor) Banks, and their two daughters (Elizabeth and Sarah) and two sons (John and William) along with a company …
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