Elsie May Banister

Brief Life History of Elsie May

When Elsie May Banister was born on 13 September 1885, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Stacy B Banister, was 64 and her mother, Jessie Ryder, was 30. She lived in New Jersey, United States in 1885 and Hazlet Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1920. She died on 13 January 1961, in Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stacy B Banister
1821–1888
Jessie Ryder
1855–
Horace Mason Banister
1877–
Elsie May Banister
1885–1961

Sources (6)

  • Elsie M Bannister in household of Jessie Bannister, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Bannister, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
  • Elsie Bannister, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1894

Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of Bannister .

History: The naturalist John Banister (1650–92) was born in Gloucestershire, England, and came to VA in 1678.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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