Brief Life History of John
When John Banks was born on 14 September 1834, in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Banks Sr, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 36. He married Mary Ann Creer on 22 January 1858, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 3 December 1896, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John Banks, "United States Census, 1860"
- 1834 - John Banks, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Banks & Caroline Hughes, "Utah, County Marriages, 1889
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1853
The cemetery has been a final resting place since the first burial in 1853. The cemetery was officially established in 1868
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 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 …
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