William Banks

25 January 1796–25 September 1868 (Age 72)
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of William

When William Banks was born on 25 January 1796, in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Banks, was 44 and his mother, Anne Fields, was 43. He married Elizabeth Taylor about 2 May 1822, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1852. In 1838, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as labourer in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 25 September 1868, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Banks
1796–1868
Elizabeth Taylor
1798–1868
Marriage: about 2 May 1822
Eliza Hannah Banks
1823–1903
Elizabeth Banks
1825–1849
Emma Banks
1838–1840
Ann Banks
1828–1828
Sarah Banks
1829–1850
Mary Ann Banks
1831–1868
John Banks
1834–1896
William Banks Jr.
1836–1909

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 2 May 1822Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
    Age 4
    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
    1801 · The Act of Union
    Age 5
    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
    1815
    Age 19
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Bankes
    Bank
    Bangs

    Story Highlight

    The William Banks Family Journey to Zion

    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 …

    Sources (52)

    • William Banks, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • William Banks in entry for William Banks, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • William Banks, "United States Census, 1860"

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