See also
Husband:
Donald BANKS (1851-1892)
Wife:
Mary Ann CORMACK (1853-1924)
Children:
Marriage:
3 Nov 1880
Name:
Donald BANKS2
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
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
Name:
Mary Ann CORMACK5
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
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)
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
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
Name:
Helen Thompson BANKS10
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
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
Name:
David Cormack BANKS
Sex:
Male
Birth:
24 Sep 1885
Bathfield House, Leith
Name:
Charlotte Calder BANKS
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Lottie
Birth:
24 Sep 1887
Bathfield House, Leith1
Name:
Henry Sutherland Cormack BANKS
Sex:
Male
Nickname:
Harry
Birth:
21 Mar 1889
Bathfield House, Leith
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.
Came to Edinburgh when she got married. Mabel's notes said born 1852, parish register says 185313
Charlotte (Lottie) Banks Birth Certificate.
Mary Ann Cormack - Donald Banks marriage certificate.
Banks 1891 census.
Donald Banks Marine Register Death Certificate.
Mary Ann Cormack Birth Record.
Mary Banks Death Certificate Entry.
Donald Banks (son) Death Certificate.
Donald Banks Jr Birth Certificate.
Banks McLeod marriage certificate.
Helen Thompson Banks Birth Certificate.
1901 Census.
1911 Census.
Mabel Bruce, Mabel's notes.