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Record #16391
Name :
: Ivy Melisa BANKS (1917 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 24 Feb 1917

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Eastbourne
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Sep 1921
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesParents: 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 1921, Ivy Melisa Banks, 4, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 134 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was declared that she was 4-1/2 years of age; that she had been born in Eastbourne, England; that her intended occupation was school; that her object in going to Canada was to rejoin her mother; that she was destined to Mrs. Hobday, Hazel Brae, Peterboro, Ontario, Canada; and that her nearest relative in England was her grandfather, Albert Banks, who resided at 62 High Street, Seaford, Sussex, England.

[EDITORS NOTE: Brother, Harry Banks, and sister, 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."]

Ivy Melissa went at first to Barnardo's Home at Peterboro, Ontario, Canada. From there she went to join her mother Mrs. Ada Banks, now Mrs T. K. [Thomas Kenzie] May, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The inspector reported that Ivy "resides with her mother and her sister, attends school and Sunday School". [EDITORS NOTE: Ada Banks married Thomas May on June 7, 1922, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.] 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-07-07 11:48:04 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-07-09 15:45:22 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
5546 ALCE, George Albert1890ENG,    , Eastbourne Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8833 AUKETT, George 1896ENG,    , Eastbourne Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16392 BANKS, Hilda Pearl1909ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
16391 BANKS, Ivy Melisa1917ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
22125 BONE, Peter Knowles1913ENG, SSX, Eastbourne May 1931 : Westernland CAN National Association of Boys\' Clubs   
6488 BONIFACE, David1896ENG,    , Eastbourne Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11080 CHATFIELD, James 1896ENG,    , Eastbourne Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3219 CONSTABLE, William Edward1884ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Nov 1894 : Laurentian CAN Barnardos  
11606 HEGARTY, George Joseph1896ENG, SSX, Eastbourne May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23937 MONK, George Henry1897ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
14631 PACKHAM, Aubrey Thomas1906ENG,    , Eastbourne Oct 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Waifs & Strays  
12505 SARSON, Stanley1895ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16627 SCOTT, John Ernest1897ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
2849 STACEY, Valerie Ann1934ENG,    , Eastbourne May 1949 : Mooltan AUS Sisters of Mercy  
5118 SWAEBE, Norman1911ENG,    , Eastbourne Aug 1926 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
2740 WICKHAM, Thomas1887ENG, SSX, Eastbourne May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School