William Holmes and Margaret Jane Banks
Margaret Jane Armitage was born 17 Jan 1847 in Leeds, England, daughter of Joseph Armitage and Sarah Ann Kitchen. She came to the United States arriving in Utah in 1862, where she married William Holmes Banks, son of John Banks and Ann Holmes, 3 September 1864. A few years later they removed to Beaver County, Utah. In the fall of 1868, her husband was elected as sheriff of that county, which office he held for four years. Mr. and Mrs. Banks came to Bear Lake Valley in 1874 settling in Thomas Fork. In 1899 William was called to serve on a mission in England and spent two years in his native land.
Children of William Holmes Banks and Margaret Jane Armitage
1. William Cornelius Banks b-18 June 1865 in
Salt Lake City; d-7 Feb 1934; br-Montpelier Cemetery
2. Melissa Ann Banks b-21 Mar 1866 in Tooele Utah; d-9 Jan 1946 in Salt Lake
City; br-Grover Cemetery in Lincoln Co Wyo. m-John Astle 3 Apr 1884 in Logan Ut.
3. John Banks b-1869 in Minersville, Beaver Co. Utah; d-1870
4. Sarah Jane Banks -1871 in Minersville Utah; d-1872
5. Joseph Hyrum Banks b-19 May 1873 in Minersville Utah; d-1 Sep 1922 in
Montpelier; br-Montpelier Cemetery
6. Ralph Herman Banks b-31 Oct 1875 in Thomas Fork Idaho; d-26 Aug 1948; br-Montpelier
Cemetery
7. Alfred J Banks b-1876 in Evanston Wyoming;
8. Alfred George Banks b-1878 in Evanston Wyoming; b-Leone Caittler 30 April
1909 in Deer Lodge Montana
9. Robert Ernest Banks d-18 Apr 1878 in Thomas Fork Idaho; d-6 Dec 1940; br-Montpelier
Cemetery
10. Margaret Foster Banks b-21 July 1880 in Montpelier; d-31 Oct 1883; br-Montpelier
Cemetery
11. James Banks b-21 Aug 1883 in Montpelier; d-9 Apr 1949; br-Montpelier
Cemetery
12. Elizabeth Agnes Banks b-29 Aug 1885 in Montpelier; d-5 Sep 1885; br-Montpelier
Cemetery
13. Archibald Ellis Banks b-10 September 1886 in Montpelier; d-15 Sep 1894 in
Montpelier
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Children of Melissa Ann Banks and John Astle
1. Alma Paul Astle b-5 Oct 1886 in Montpelier;
d-1977
2. James R Astle b-28 Aug 1888 in Afton Wyoming; d-1959
3. John Alva Astle b-17 Jan 1891 in Afton Wyoming; d-1951
4. Sylva Jane Astle b-26 Sep 1892 in Afton; d-1954
5. Ernest Banks Astle b-22 Sep 1894 in Afton; d-7 Aug 1911 in Grover Wyoming
6. Elwood W Astle b-20 Jan 1897 in Afton; d-1974
7. Mary Melvina Astle d-26 Oct 1899 in Afton; d-1979
8. Lehi Sam Astle b-4 Jan 1903 in Grover Wyoming; d-1983
9. Ruby Arvilla Astle b-29 Apr 1908 in Grover; d-1992
Margaret Jane Armitage Banks died 29 Dec 1933 in Green River, Sweetwater Co, Wyoming. She was buried in the Montpelier Cemetery. William Holmes Banks 2 March 1915 in Montpelier and was buried in the Montpelier Cemetery.