Jane (Banks) Whitman (1791 - 1887)

Born 1791 in Wilmot NS, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Whitman Jr — married 6 Feb 1821 in New Albany, Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1887 at about age 96 in New Albany, NS

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Nina Pyne [send private message]

Biography

Jane Banks was born about 1789 to Moses Banks and Judith Saunders ^[1]

When Jane Banks was born in 1791, in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Moses Banks, was 53 and her mother, Judith Saunders, was 40. She married Daniel Whitman Jr on 6 February 1821, in New Albany, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Dalhousie, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 25 October 1887, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 96, and was buried in New Albany, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1811-1820 Records 19. Married 28 Feb 1811, Daniel WHITMAN, born 12 Jul 1791, son of Daniel WHITMAN, AND, Ann DYKEMAN. She died in May 1817. Daniel married (2nd) 6 Feb 1821, Jane BANKS. See source for 11 children.^[2]

Children

1. Whitman, Asaph, b. 5 Apr 1822, d. 24 Aug 1871, Saint John, N.B. (Age 49 years)

2. Whitman, Lois, b. 18 Oct 1823, Nova Scotia d. 29 Jan 1897 (Age 73 years)

3. Whitman, Rachel Jane, b. 16 Aug 1825, Nova Scotia d. 3 Jul 1925, East Dalhousie, Kings Co., N.S. (Age 99 years)

4. Whitman, Daniel, b. 30 Jul 1827, New Albany, Annapolis Co., N.S. d. 10 Aug 1914, New Albany, Annapolis Co., N.S. (Age 87 years)

5. Whitman, Harriet, b. 24 Jun 1831, d. 31 Dec 1837 (Age 6 years)

6. Whitman, Esther, b. 2 Oct 1833, d. 1932 (Age 98 years)

Notes: The 1871 & 1881 Census shows Jane Whitman, age 92, living in the household of son Daniel Whitman and family. ^[3]

Jane Whitman died 25 Oct 1887 and is buried: Whitman Cemetery, New Albany, Annapolis Co., N.S ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by William Ramage, Oct 18, 2012
2. ↑ (History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass. (1889) by C.H. Farnam, page 667)
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D7-HJ6 : 7 April 2022), Jane Whitman in household of Daniel Whitman, Dalhousie, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 1881 Census, Dalhousie, Annapolis, N.S., District 16 M, p. 1, Household 4
4. ↑ Banks Genealogy

"Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHKV-762M : 3 November 2019), J Whitman in entry for Daniel Whitman, 18 Oct 1866; citing Marriage, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 004059097.

"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZRN8-S7N2 : 14 June 2020), Jane Whitman in entry for Asaph Whitman, 1877.

"Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P5-VL9 : 1 February 2020), Jane Whitman in entry for Asaph Whitman, 1871.

"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-J5C1 : 8 November 2017), Jane Banks in entry for Rachel Jane Saunders, 03 Jul 1925; citing East Dalhousie, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 1223, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

The Chute Family, William Edward Chute, (Salem, MA, USA: 1894), p. xii , 8 Feb 2011.

"Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHKV-762M : 3 November 2019), J Whitman in entry for Daniel Whitman, 18 Oct 1866; citing Marriage, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 004059097.

"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D7-HJ6 : 24 October 2018), Jane Whitman in household of Daniel Whitman, Dalhousie, 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:MV6B-6RR : 20 May 2019), Jane Whitman in household of Daniel Whitman, Dalhousie, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Daniel Whitman, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Descendants of John Whitman, Charles Henry Farnam, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, CT: 1889. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24458191M/History_of_the_descendants_of_John_Whitman_of_Weymouth_Mass), p. 667, 8 Feb 2011.

W. A. Calnek, A. W. Savary, ed., History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia Including Old Port Royal & Acadia, p. 472 and p. 625(1897) Global Heritage Press, pdf.

The Chute Family, William Edward Chute, (Salem, MA, USA: 1894), p. xii , 18 Oct 2010.

MARRIAGE RECORDS OF ANNAPOLIS and DIGBY COUNTIES, NOVA SCOTIA compiled and contributed by Wayne W. Walker, Ottawa, Ontario

http://beals-genealogy.com/banksgen/getperson.php?personID=I00077&tree=Banks

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 December 2020), memorial page for Jane Banks Whitman (unknown–25 Oct 1887), Find a Grave Memorial no. 178516645, citing Whitman Family Cemetery, New Albany, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Ric Noble (contributor 47989037) .

See also:

• William Ramage, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by William and others.