Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Banks Jr. was born on 9 May 1853, in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, his father, Joseph Banks, was 31 and his mother, Charlotte Eyre, was 23. He married Paulina Myers on 30 September 1875, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 September 1936, in Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Minersville Cemetery, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Banks, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Joseph Banks, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Joseph Banks in entry for John M Banks, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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From: They Answered the Call - A History of Minersville Utah, page A17
Joseph Banks Jr. Joseph Banks Jr. was born 9 May 1852 in Australia, the son of Joseph Banks Sr. and Charlotte Eyre. He came to Minersville with his parents, and received his education here. He was …
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