Question

Banks of the Banks Ship Rigging Corp ?

Answer 1

I believe this was owned by 3 of my grand uncles in Red Hook Brooklyn, NY USA. I have been try ing to find info too. Do you have any?

Jennifer

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My father and brother and other family members worked for them for many years.

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My grandfather was Robert Banks.  I believe he started the company during or right before the depression.

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My family worked for Johnny Banks in Red Hook Brooklyn who may be one of the three grand uncles of yours.

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I was a 3rd generation Rigger with Banks Rigging on Van Brunt & Verona.

My Grandfather, my Father & Me.

 

Ronnie

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WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME ???/

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My great grandfather Bill Banks started this company.  Gloria Banks was my grand mother.

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My name is Tom Banks .... grandson of Andrew Banks who ran th company

in the 50,60’s... where do you live?

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My great grandfather was John George Banks. He was the older brother to the 3 owners of Banks Rigging. The story I have is that he worked with the brothers when they were first starting out and lost his arm in an accident on one of the ships. I'd love some family stories. If any of you ha

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Im in Rochester, NY now but was born in Red Hook. Who is Andrew Banks the son of?

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My last name was Murphy but my mother was Roberta Banks, daughter of Robert who was the son of John George Banks.

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I do have alot of stories ... I'm just not sure of the history before the 50's ... I was told the company started in East Port, Maine and came down to New York City and ended up in Red Hook Brooklyn ... Brooklyn was the place I remember the most ...the shop and office on Van Brunt St ... At that time it was my Grand Father and his 2 sons John and Dave ran the company ... we also had a facilty in Port Newark, NJ ...  I was one of John's sons ... He had 5 kids and Dave had 2 kids .... Both families lived in NJ ... My Aunts were Gert, Mary, and Edna ....

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My grandfather was Robert Banks and I was always told that he is the one he begin the company. ?

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What’s his wife’s name Winifred?

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I was told it was William Banks who ran the company. My Great Grandfather. He was quite wealthy and eventually moved out of Brooklyn to the North Shore. He was a member of the Manhasset Bay Yatch Club and kept his 72 foot gaff rig schooner there. From what I understand, his father John Banks started the company. John Banks I believe was born in Scotland. He and his wife lived with my Great Grandparents towards the end of their life in Brooklyn. My grandmother knew them as a little girl. From what my father told me growing up, William Banks tried to set the company up in Jersey (1950s) along the Hudson when the hulls of the ships required deeper water and could no longer dock in Redhook. He was unsuccessful and had one last idea before he died - he wanted to start developing houses on Long Island with my father. As the story goes he died broke except for the fact that his wife Kaye had squirreled away money earned by the rigging company to buy the building he lived in - in Brooklyn - he had moved back to Brooklyn in the Rigging Company's declining days. So the last of the money, vast amount of money made by the rigging company, that was my Great Granfather's portion ended up with Kaye. Uncle Billy, my grandmother's brother was the Rigging Company treasurer for some time. And my Grandfather worked there during WW ll. I have many stories about my Great Grandfather. Thanks

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My grandfather worked there after he retired as an engineer 60s to the 80s I believe Ernest Daniels

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My grandmother was Mercy Banks, her father was John J Banks both born in St Johns Canada. John J’s father my great great grandfather Andrew Banks was born in Scotland.

My father George C Duffy work right before WWII at Banks Rigging. This was listed on his enlistment record when he was 19.

I grew up in Fair Lawn New Jersey and never new we had Bank’s relatives near by, other than a story about my fathers Uncle George who lost an arm.

George J Duffy I would love to learn more gduffy@hotmail.com.

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Wow, lots of info here. My husband's father was a nephew of the Banks Family. His mother was Jane Vaughn, Josephine Banks sister. It is nice to connect to some cousins. Gertrude Banks Hennessy's obit states that she worked for Banks Ship Rigging from 1941 to 1984.

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I may have more info on Ancestry, my site is public. They all started in St John New Brunswick Canada. Andrew Banks was a Ships Carpenter. They set up shop first I think in Eastport Maine. There was a great fire that burned the city down, very tragic in the late 1800’s. They move to Brooklyn NYC to set up a new shop.

Would love to learn more about my Banks family, I had no correction except for Mercy Banks Duffy my Grandmother.

Would love to have a phone conversation sometime if your up to it.

George Duffy

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Yes that was my grandmother.

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Yes, Winifred Banks was my grandmother.

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OK I had a long talk with my mom tonight and I was misinformed. My great grandfather or my great great grandfather started the company so that’s likely John James Banks.

Robert Banks and Winifred Banks were my grandparents.  

Fun fact when my grandmother was in her 60s she requested an actual copy of her birth certificate and discovered that she has been misspelling her name her entire life. On her birth certificate it is spelled Winafred  

Both my mother and I were given the name Winifred as our middle names and it turns out it’s not even spelled like hers… LOL

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I hope picture shows. My Great Grandfather was John James Banks, Robert Banks was my Grandmothers Brother (Mercy Banks). Interesting about your middle name spelling. 

Our lineage goes back through our material Great Grandmother Mercy Whitney to revolutionary times and beyond. We have relative that fought in the American Revolution and had skirmishes with Native Americans. On the Banks side we go back to Scotland, with interesting heritage there.

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The picture doesn't show. You could put it on his profile.

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Nice to meet you cousin

I have a lot of catching up to do!…

FYI My direct email is: brats_mom@hotmail.com

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I have filled in our family tree from Robert and Winifred Banks down on ancestry.com if you would like that information for your tree.