TIME LINE:

1863 battle of Gettysburg


1885 first skyscraper.
The Home Insurance Company in Chicago built the world’s first skyscraper with a staggering 9 stories.


1947, In New Mexico the Roswell Daily Record reported the military’s capture of a flying saucer.


George Banks



Father to Rosanna Banks and Great Great Grandfather to Gordon Steele


George Banks and Mary Steele
Name
George Banks
Spouse
Mary Steele
D.O.B.
1863
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Marriage Date
26-Dec-1883
Location
Bridport, Dorset
Death Date
22-Aug-1947
Location
Portland, Dorset
Cause
Heart Failure
Age at Death
84
Vocation
Baker
Father
George Banks
Mother
Fanny Hutchings



Notes: George had several jobs, Marriage cert lists Baker, Daughters birth cert lists General labourer, death cert lists Chief Stoker HM Dockyard Portland (retired)

The 1891 census shows George as a foreman in a coal yard.

In the 1901 census he is living at 27 Fortuneswell, on the Isle of Portland, but George died at 46 Chiswell, Portland.



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