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The surname BANKS means 'Dweller by a slope, bank, hillside'.
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MARRIAGE
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXMX-6LZ : accessed 1 December 2015), William Banks and Sarah Edwards, 24 Dec 1816; citing Laycock, Wiltshire, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,279,307.
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ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa by Harold Edward HOCKLY. Second Edition, enlarged & revised, 1966.
BANKS, William, 25; p. James's; s. Weymouth; w. Sarah 22; f. James 2, William 3 months.
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DEATH
KAB/MOOC/ANDER ARGIEWE/6/9/27/00/5641/1 OF 1842 - BANKS, William. Death Notice. 1842.
DEATH NOTICE
Filed 25th August 1842
William BANKS
Born in England
Parents: No names listed
Age: about 50 years [born c. 1792]
Condition in life: Hawker
Marital status: Not known
Died on 21 February 1842 at the place Langverwagt of Ockert Stephanus JACOBS
Children: No names listed
Left property: See Inventory
Signed by H. ? MULDER, Veldkornet
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1797 |
1797
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Wiltshire, England
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1817 |
October 17, 1817
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Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1820 |
1820
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At sea
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1842 |
February 21, 1842
Age 45
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Cape, South Africa
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