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Record #16427

Name :: : Harry BANKS (1915 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 15 Oct 1915
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, New Haven

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 26 Jul 1923
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Minnedosa
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Harry Banks: Mother's Maiden Name: Lambourne; Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1915; District: Newhaven; County: Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 261. Parents: Charles Henry Banks and Ada Lambourne, married 1908, at Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

Ada Banks, a 34 year old widow, sailed on the Carmania in 1920 from Liverpool. She was a widow who intended to do domestic work. She paid for her own passage and was heading to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she had a sister, Mrs. Adams, and brother-in-law, 514 Heatley Avenue. Ada was born in Seaford, Sussex, and could read and write. She was 5ft 4in tall, had medium complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair and a mole on the right side of the neck. Her nearest relative in England was her father-in-law Albert Banks.

In 1923, Harry Banks, 8, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of Barnardo children: 149 boys to Toronto, Ontario, and 70 girls to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He declared that he was born in Sussex; that he was going to Canada to do farm work; that his destination was to his friend, Mr. John W. Hobday, 538 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and that his nearest relative was Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 18/26 Stepney Causeway, E. 1., London, England.

[EDITORS NOTE: Sisters, Ivy Melisa Banks and Hilda Pearl Banks, were sent by Barnardos to be reunited with their mother (see their individual database listings). The last sibling, Albert Banks, 14, arrived at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, unaccompanied, and en route to his mother, Mrs. May, who was residing at 747, 14th Avenue East, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A juvenile inspector reported that "he has secured a position with a view to learning the boot-making and shoe repairing trade with a friend of the family who has a small business of this kind in N. Vancouver."]

Harry was sent by Barnardo's "to be restored to his mother" Mrs T. K. [Thomas Kenzie] May in Vancouver. Harry was reported to be living in a good home with his mother and stepfather "who is a conductor for the BC Electric Railway.... he is a bright boy". [EDITORS NOTE: Ada Banks married Thomas May on June 7, 1922, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.]

ContributorsCreated : 2012-07-09 14:59:39 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-07-09 15:46:31 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3057	ABBOTT, Harold Lancelot	1895	ENG, SSX, Steyning	Jul 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
21088	ADAMS, Percy Robert	1884	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8059	ADAMS, Sophia Elizabeth	1847	ENG, SSX, Hurstpierpoint	Jun 1869 : Austrian	CAN	Maria Rye
16636	ALABASTER, George William	1877	ENG, SSX, Chichester	May 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
2851	ALCE, William Henry	1894	ENG, SSX, Seaford	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
9623	ALDRICH, Francis Vincent	1900	ENG, SSX, Brighton	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
10218	ALEXANDER, Edward Bubbings	1901	ENG, SSX, Rye	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10417	ALEXANDER, Kevin Ernest	1909	ENG, SSX, Littlehampton	May 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Father Hudsons Homes
25137	ANDREWS, Herbert George	1912	ENG, SSX	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
19225	BACKSHALL, Charles Albert Edward	1903	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16427	BANKS, Harry	1915	ENG, SSX, New Haven	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16392	BANKS, Hilda Pearl	1909	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16391	BANKS, Ivy Melisa	1917	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
4077	BARBER, Walter	1887	ENG, SSX, Camberwell	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
8684	BARRINGER, Frank	1895	ENG, SSX, Lewes	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	Shanley
11076	BATHE, Harry	1889	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4317	BEATEY, James Henry	1873	ENG, SSX, Steyning	1888 : - Unknown -	CAN	Washwell House
16688	BLUNT, Albert	1882	ENG, SSX, Eastborne	Mar 1892 : Carthaginian	CAN	Barnardos
22125	BONE, Peter Knowles	1913	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	May 1931 : Westernland	CAN	National Association of Boys\' Clubs
3481	BOUGH, Arthur	1896	ENG, SSX, Steyning	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
27021	BREACH, Godfrey James	1913	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Mar 1926 : Berrima	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
8737	BRENTON, Charles L.	1911	ENG, SSX, Hailsham	Apr 1928 : Andania	CAN	Waifs & Strays
5511	BROOKMAN, Michael John. D.	1930	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Aug 1939 : Orama	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26272	BROWN, Horace	1920	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3330	BRUNGER, Ada Zora	1899	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1912 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
3329	BRUNGER, Charles Edward	1896	ENG, SSX, Hastings	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
4247	BUDDLE, Adelaide Jane	1887	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
10661	BURRAGE, Arthur	1899	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Jul 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
4718	CARNOHAN, Percy Bell	1897	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
3497	CHARMAN, George Frewin	1896	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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