"Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-1M3R : 2 March 2015), William Bannister, 1911; citing Census, Norfolk Sub-Districts 1-56, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,512.
"United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG5J-J23 : 27 November 2014), William S Bannister, 24 Feb 1912; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Ship , arrival port Port Huron, Michigan,, line 2, NARA microfilm publication M1464, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 174.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XL-HT5 : 12 December 2014), William S Bannister, 1917-1918; citing Shiawasee County, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,899.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J49R-Y2B : 8 April 2016), William Sumner Bannister, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ76-QWM : accessed 4 February 2017), William Bannister, Middlebury, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States; citing ED 234, sheet 3B, line 79, family 82, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 797; FHL microfilm 1,820,797.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K41L-823 : accessed 4 February 2017), William S Bannister, Burton, Middlebury Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-12, sheet 4B, line 52, family 73, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1820.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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.
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