Maria (Patterson) Banks (1821 - 1907)

Born 1 May 1821 in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Died 20 Feb 1907 at age 85 in Tremont, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Mariah Patterson was born about 1821, in Weymouth, Digby, Nova Scotia^[1]to Nathaniel Payson and Elizabeth Everett.

She married David Banks about 1842, in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

Maria is listed both as Patterson and Payson. Maria died on 20 February 1907, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Tremont, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Outlook - Friday, 22 February 1907 - Page 3 -

Died at New Germany -

The Body of Mrs. David Banks Brought to Middleton Yesterday. -

The death occurred on Feb. 20th of Mrs. Banks, widow of the late David Banks of Meadowvale. She was residing with her daughter, Mrs. Enoch Durling of New Germany. Being in her 86th year she was unable to resist a severe attack of pneumonia to which she succumbed after a few days illness. Three sons and two daughters survive. They are J. Alonzo Banks of Tremont, Mrs. Enoch Durling of New Germany, Beniah S. Banks of Meadowvale, A.J. Banks of Middleton and Mrs. Spurgeon Bowlby of Tremont. The body was brought to Middleton by train yesterday and the burial was at Tremont. Mrs. Banks will be remembered as a peacemaker, who never said an unkind word of any, and was a true and consistent christian.

Maritime Baptist - Wednesday, 06 March 1907 - Page 9 -

Banks -At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Enoch Durland, New Germany, Feb. 20, of pneumonia, Mrs. Maria Banks, aged 85 years 9 mos. 20 days. This aged sister was the widow of David Banks, for many years a devoted and esteemed member of Lower Aylesford church, who died in 1901, they having been married for 55 years.

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Sources

1. ↑ https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000034146 line 24

"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D7-QL6 : 7 April 2022), Maria Banks in household of David Banks, Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6Y-294 : 2 March 2021), Maria Banks in household of David Banks, Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing David Banks, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Canada Census, 1891," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWKG-TV5 : accessed 6 December 2014), Mariah Banks, Meadowvale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148110.

"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKN-5M8 : 23 February 2021), Mariah Banks in household of David Banks, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F221-9L5 : 1 February 2020), Maria in entry for James Alonzo Banks, 1875.

J. Furber Marshall, A Banks Family of Nova Scotia, The Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 2, June 1977.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 February 2018), memorial page for Maria Patterson Banks (unknown–20 Feb 1907), Find A Grave Memorial no. 147984863, citing Tremont Old Cemetery, Tremont, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Ric Noble (contributor 47989037) .