See also

Family of Donald BANKS and Mary Ann CORMACK

Husband: Donald BANKS

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Donald BANKS, 1891, age 40

  • Name:

  • Donald BANKS2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Donald BANKS (1804-1863)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte CALDER (1820-aft1881)

  • Birth:

  • 8 Jun 1851

  • Caithness

  • Christening:

  • 8 Jun 1851 (age 0)

  •  

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • 1st Mate

  • Residence:

  • 1881 (age 29-30)

  • 5 Victoria Place, Leith

  •  

  • Address: 5 Victoria Place, Leith

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 39-40)

  • 7 Forth Place, Leith3

  •  

  • Address: 7 Forth Place, Leith

  • Death:

  • 31 May 1892 (age 40)

  • At sea. Ship called Ashbank disappeared on a voyage from Algoa Bay in South Africa to Newcastle, NSW.4

  •  

  • Cause: Drowned

Wife: Mary Ann CORMACK

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Mary Ann CORMACK

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann CORMACK5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • David CORMACK (1826-1892)

  • Mother:

  • Mary SUTHERLAND (c. 1833-1920)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Mar 1853

  • Castletown, Olrig, Caithness5

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Apr 1853 (age 0)

  • Castletown, Olrig, Caithness

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 37-38)

  • Edinburgh3

  •  

  • Address: Fort(h) Place

  • Death:

  • 18 Jan 1924 (age 70)

  • 27 Trinity Crescent, Leith North District6

  •  

  • Cause: Cardiac Failure (Fatty degeneration of heart)

Child 1: Donald BANKS

  • Name:

  • Donald BANKS3,7,8

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Flora Livingston MCLEOD (1883-1961)

  • Birth:

  • 9 Jun 1882

  • 16 Milkie Place, Leith8

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 9)

  • 7 Forth Place, Leith3

  •  

  • Address: 7 Forth Place, Leith

  • Occupation:

  • 1907 (age 25)

  • Corporal 19th Hussars9

  • Residence:

  • 1907 (age 25)

  • 27 Restalrig Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh9

  •  

  • Address: 27 Restalrig Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh

  • Residence:

  • 1951 (age 68)

  • Edinburgh7

  •  

  • Address: 1 Denham Green Place

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Corporal 19th Hussars, Postman7

  • Death:

  • 1 Jan 1951 (age 68)

  • Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Usual residence 1 Denham Green Place, Edinburgh7

  •  

  • Cause: Cellulitis of penis and scrotum, uraemia

Child 2: Helen Thompson BANKS

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Daughter: Helen Thompson BANKS

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Spouse: Charles Mitchell YOUNG, 1927, age 44

  • Name:

  • Helen Thompson BANKS10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Mitchell YOUNG (1883-1938)

  • Birth:

  • 14 Oct 1883

  • Bathfield House, Leith10

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Shop Girl (Clothier)11

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 8)

  • 7 Forth Place, Leith3

  •  

  • Address: 7 Forth Place, Leith

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 22)

  • 27 Trinity Crescent, Edinburgh

  •  

  • Address: 27 Trinity Crescent, Edinburgh

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 27)

  • 13 Lower Granton Road, Edinburgh12

  •  

  • Address: 13 Lower Granton Road, Edinburgh

Child 3: David Cormack BANKS

  • Name:

  • David Cormack BANKS

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 24 Sep 1885

  • Bathfield House, Leith

Child 4: Charlotte Calder BANKS

  • Name:

  • Charlotte Calder BANKS

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Lottie

  • Birth:

  • 24 Sep 1887

  • Bathfield House, Leith1

Child 5: Henry Sutherland Cormack BANKS

  • Name:

  • Henry Sutherland Cormack BANKS

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Harry

  • Birth:

  • 21 Mar 1889

  • Bathfield House, Leith

Note on Husband: Donald BANKS

Died age 40 - recorded in Marine Register.

His ship was the Ashbank, which went missing after setting sail from Algoa bay in South Africa bound for Newcastle in New South Wales.

He was recorded as the 1st Mate - while other family records have suggested he was a captain - I suspect this was wishful thinking - or perhaps he had achieved the qualification without the post. The captain of this particular ship - a four steel masted barque - was J. Oates. It was one of three sister ships built for ANDREW WEIR SHIPPING & TRADING CO. LTD (BANK LINE) in 1891. It was built in Greenock by Russell & Co.

 

From http://www.red-duster.co.uk/AWEIR3.htm

Ashbank 1891 Tonnage - 2292 length - 278.6 beam - 42.0 draught - 24.2 The first of three steel 4-masted barques built for the Pacific grain trade by Russell & Co., the Ashbank went missing on a voyage from Algoa Bay to Newcastle,NSW in May 1892.

 

Gowanbank 1891 2288 278.0 42.0 24.2 The second sister was abandoned near Cape Horn in April, 1896 whilst on a voyage from Barry to Iquique.

 

Thistlebank 1891 2430 283.7 42.9 24.2 The third sister was sold on in 1914 and sunk by German U-boat, U-24, on 30th June 1915 during a voyage from Bahia Blanca to Queenstown. See picture in multi-media records.

 

 

Recorded in 1891 Census as David.

 

At some point lived at 7 Forth Place, Leith

 

In the 1861 census he is recorded at his grandparent's Donald and Margaret Calder.

Note on Wife: Mary Ann CORMACK

Came to Edinburgh when she got married. Mabel's notes said born 1852, parish register says 185313

Sources

1.

Charlotte (Lottie) Banks Birth Certificate.

2.

Mary Ann Cormack - Donald Banks marriage certificate.

3.

Banks 1891 census.

4.

Donald Banks Marine Register Death Certificate.

5.

Mary Ann Cormack Birth Record.

6.

Mary Banks Death Certificate Entry.

7.

Donald Banks (son) Death Certificate.

8.

Donald Banks Jr Birth Certificate.

9.

Banks McLeod marriage certificate.

10.

Helen Thompson Banks Birth Certificate.

11.

1901 Census.

12.

1911 Census.

13.

Mabel Bruce, Mabel's notes.