David
Marshall
Banks
Born in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of George Edwin Banks
and Nancy Jane (Marshall) Banks
Brother of
Lydia M. (Banks) Coaldwell [half], Sophia A. (Banks) Hooker [half], Ella May (Banks) Tuck, Mary O. Banks, Stanley Fisher Banks, William Lawrence Banks, James Banks and Raymond Frederick Banks
Husband of
Victoria Virginia (Kesner) Banks
— married
15 Sep 1903 (to 13 Feb 1918) in Newport News, Virginia, United States
Husband of
Ella Maud (Sanford) Banks
— married
14 Aug 1920 (to 16 Nov 1960) in Canning, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Myron Banks, Frederick Lorin Banks, Freda Josephine (Banks) Margeson and Blanche Marguerite (Banks) O'Leary
Died
at age 84
in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2019
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Biography
David was born[1]in 1876. His first marriage was in 1903[2] to Virginia who died in 1918. In 1920, he married[3] Ella Maude Sanford, the daughter of Augustus Sanford and Esther Coffill. David died[4] in 1960, and was buried in Morristown[5]. His obituary[6] notes:
KENTVILLE -- David M. Banks, 84, a veteran of the First World War died at Blanchard Fraser Memorial Hospital here Thursday following a brief illness. Born in Aylesford, he was the son of the late George and Nancy (Marshall) Banks. Returning to Nova Scotia after the war, he engaged in carpenter work at West Kings then took up residence in Kentville in 1922 and continued his trade until he was 75. He was a member of the Kings Branch No. 6 (Kentville) Canadian Legion and the Morristown Baptist Church. Twice married, his first wife was the late Victoria Kessener of Virginia. By this union there are two sons, Lorin Banks, of Bancroft, Ont., and Myron Banks of Saugertis, New York. His second wife, who survives, is the former Ella Sanford of Scotts Bay. By this union there are two daughters, Freda (Mrs. Robert Margeson), Toronto, and Blanche (Mrs. Charles O'Leary), White Rock, Kings County; one brother, Fred Banks, Tampa, Fla. The remains are now resting at the H.C. Lindsay funeral home, Kentville, pending completion of funeral arrangements.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1816-274&Event=birth&ID=70912 Registration Year: 1877 - Book: 1816 - Page: 274 - Number: 5
- ↑ Unpublished genealogical research on the Banks family by James Eakins
- ↑ https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=33-882&Event=marriage&ID=163990 Registration Year: 1920 - Book: 33 - Page: 882
- ↑ https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1960-6401&Event=death&ID=428260 Registration Year: 1960 - Page: 6401
- ↑ CD "Cemeteries of Kings County, NS", Kings Historical Society, Kentville, Nova Scotia David M. Banks, 1876-1960, his wife, Virginia V., 1870-1918, 2nd wife, Ella Maud, 1887-1961
- ↑ Chronicle-Herald / The Mail-Star Newspaper, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, 18 November 1960, pg 27
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