Obadiah
Banks
Born about in Kings County Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of Eliphalet Banks
and Hannah (Saunders) Banks
Brother of
Henry Saunders Banks, Timothy Saunders Banks, David Banks, Judith (Banks) Morine, Martha (Banks) Robar, Abraham Banks, Ezekiel Banks and Thomas Handley Banks
Husband of
Margaret Riley (Moody) Banks
— married
1854 in Hessian Line, Annapolis C. Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Henry Banks, Charles U. Banks, Cecelia (Banks) Berry, Avard L. Banks and Anna Odessa (Banks) Coombs
Died about
at about age 72
in Virginia, Nova Scotia Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jan 2014
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Biography
He is the son of Eliphalet Banks and Hannah Saunders.
When Obadiah Banks was born in 1829, in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Eliphalet Banks, was 46 and his mother, Hannah Saunders, was 34. He married Margaret Riley about 1854. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881. He died in 1901, in Virginia East, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 72.
Obadiah Banks Canada Census, 1881 Name: Obadiah Banks
Census Event Date: 1881
Hessian Line, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada District Number: 16 Gender: Male Age: 53 Marital Status: Married Nationality: English Race: English Occupation: Farmer Religion: Bapt Birth Date: 1828
Birthplace: Nova Scotia
Head of Household Name: Obadiah Banks Family Number: 114 Volume: 27 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Obadiah Banks Male 53 Nova Scotia
Margret V Banks Female 54 Nova Scotia
Joseph H Banks Male 25 Nova Scotia
Charles U Banks Male 22 Nova Scotia
Avard L Banks Male 17 Nova Scotia
Anna O Banks Female 15 Nova Scotia
John Riley Male 65 Nova Scotia
Leanard Riley Male 15 Nova Scotia
Sources
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-F3K
"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-F3K : 15 December 2020), Obadiah Banks, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Obadiah Banks, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
J. Furber Marshall, A Banks Family of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, p. 187, Volume 7, Number 2, 1977.
"Nova Scotia Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQD-9LZ : 9 March 2018), Obediah Banks, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing line 19; Library and Archives Canada film number M-881, Public Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 865,126.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obadiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Obadiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obadiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Obadiah:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Nina Pyne 
:
23andMe
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Pam (Banks) Muise :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Diane Jameson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M185945 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A301298 [compare], Ancestry member dannygirl3333
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~1.56%
Patrick (MacNeil) Maloney :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A884011 [compare], Ancestry member PatrickCDN74
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~1.56%
Wendy (Coombs) MacKinnon :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Devyn Banks :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Heather Robertson :
23andMe, GEDmatch PG4769155 [compare]
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~0.78%
Keith Robertson :
23andMe, GEDmatch HV9258734 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mary (Robertson) Taylor :
23andMe, GEDmatch KZ6476596 [compare]
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~0.39%
Janet Hutchins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JGH53
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~0.39%
Janet (Fisk) Dickinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SK4876047 [compare], Ancestry member janetfdickinson
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SK4876047 [compare], FTDNA kit #652012
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Barbara Ricker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #672561
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