Born about in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ezekiel C. Banks
and Sarah Elizabeth (Ward) Banks
Sister of
Sarah (Banks) Hodges [half], Hannah P. (Banks) Phinney [half], Susanna (Banks) Hodges [half], Lucy A. (Banks) Morreau [half], Angelina Elizabeth (Banks) Hodges [half], Lois Melissa (Banks) Morse, Ezekiel Cleveland Banks and Leander Theodore Banks
Wife of
Richard Ponsonby Marshall
— married
29 Jun 1867 (to about 1900) in Weymouth Baptist Church, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Ethel Lynn (Marshall) Grant, Alice May (Marshall) Goodall, Maude Marshall, Harriet Blanche (Marshall) Burns, Charles Marshall, Haines Richard Ponsonby Marshall, George Christopher Marshall, Bernard Alfred Marshall and Clara Jane (Marshall) Hardwick
Died
at about age 54
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2014
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Biography
Note: Bernard Alfred's birth certificate lists Ella's name as Mary Ella Banks.
Daughter of Ezekiel Banks and Elizabeth Ward. According to her marriage record, Ella was 21 at the time of her wedding in 1867. The Digby museum has additional family information under the names Marshall.[1]
Vital Statistics
Marriage Registration
- Date: 29 June 1867
- Place: Weymouth Baptist Church
- Groom: Richard P. Marshall
- Bachelor
- Age: 23
- Residence at time of marriage: Weymouth
- Occupation: Mariner
- Where born: Weymouth
- Parents: _______. Eleanor Marshall [Note: the entry is a blank line for William Marshall, presumably because he was deceased].
- Father's occupation: Farmer
- Bride: Mary Ella Banks
- Age: 21
- Marriage Status: Spinster
- Residence at time of marriage: Weymouth
- Where born: Wilmot
- Parents: Ezekiel and Betty Banks
- Father's occupation: Farmer[2]
Sources
- ↑ Genealogy report prepared by Jim Eakins, Greenwood N.S. 1996. Based on a hand written genealogy by Isabelle Evans (MacQuarrie) Jackson. Both documents are in the possession of Jonathan S. Mills.
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. Mary Ella Banks and Richard P. Marshall married 1867 in Digby County. Registration Year: 1867 - Book: 1812 - Page: 20 - Number: 93
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ella:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ella:
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~0.78%
Pam (Banks) Muise
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Helen Rupp :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BJ3122994 [compare], Ancestry member Helen0721
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Nina Pyne
Nina Pyne
I am wondering if the birth date could be wrong, as her father had married Elizabeth Ward and had 2 children, born 1844 and 1852. There is no marriage date currently available and no death date for Elizabeth Parker.
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