Thomas Hopper Banks

1818 - 1903  (85 years)

• Name	Thomas Hopper Banks
  Birth	1818	Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 June 1903	Greytown, Natal, South Africa
  Burial	22 June 1903	Grave B7, Cemetery, Greytown, Natal, South Africa
  Notes	He qualified for his Certificate of Competency 2nd Class at London on 2 August 1848. Register Ticket No34614. Afterwards sailed as Captain of Mayflower in 1851 (London-Jamaica) and Captain in Florentia from 8 November 1852 to 22 November 1854 (London - Sydney - Callao - Valparaiso - London). Then he went as Mate in Gloriosa to Calcutta in 1855 followed by another voyage to India and, between 1861 and 1869 more runs to New Zealand and Australia but for which we don't have the details. (Public Record Office ref BT122/1). According to the Alphabetical Register of Masters (BT115/1) he had sailed as a captain in 1845 (Newcastle to London), same in 1846, and in 1848 from London to Newport, Mon., and another voyage Liverpool-London. On the blaxland.com site at /ozships/plist there is a list of his Australian voyages from 1833 to 1853, the early ones being in the fishery and whaling grounds. Sometime between 1881 & 1884 Thomas Hopper Banks sailed to South Africa together with: his wife step-daughter Mary Ann Sandham (needed the SA climate for her health condition) daughter and son-in-law Eliza Banks and William Howard Lavarack William's brother Ernest Augustus Lavarack and his wife Eliza Sainsbury 1871 England census - [30 Rhodeswell Ter, Tower Hamlets] Mile End Old Town, London: Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Thos H Banks abt 1819 London, Middlesex, England Head [married mariner] Sarah A Banks abt 1819 London, Middlesex, England Wife [married] Eliza A Banks abt 1849 London, Middlesex, England Daughter [unmarried haberdasher] 1881 UK census: Dwelling: 64 Aberfeldy St Census Place: Bromley, London, Middlesex, England Source: FHL Film 1341112 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0503 Folio 102 Page 65 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Thomas H. BANKS M 62 M Shadwell, Middlesex, England Rel: Head Occ: Master Mariner Retired Sarah A. BANKS M 62 F Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Rel: Wife 1881 England census - [64 Aberfeldy St] Bromley St Leonard, London: Name Birth Year Birthplace Relation Thomas H. Banks abt 1819 Shadwell, Middlesex, England Head [married master mariner retired] Sarah A. Banks abt 1819 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Wife http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?200612252322505D4B1444&DN=00000019 DEPOT NAB SOURCE MSCE TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 18/49 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BANKS, THOMAS HOPPEL. STARTING 19030000 ENDING 19030000 http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/plist.htm arrival: Florentia Master: Thomas Hopper Banks tsg:472,473,476 Origin: 20th Nov 1852 Plymouth tsg:472,473,476 Destination: 25th Apr 1853 Moreton Bay tsg:472,473,476 Date Event/Item Details Source primary source QSA Reg 16p38 primary source QSA [A2.44] primary source QSA [A2.46] background 245 passengers 1853 Apr 4th background Put in for supplies. Met with contrary winds and had been supplied with only 20 weeks of provisions. tsg:472,473 1853 Apr 4th arrival Hobart Town tsg:472,473 1853 Apr 29th background Alternate date of arrival in Queensland qsa:1
  Person ID	I5562	Houliston Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 December 2006

  
  

  Father	Hopper Banks
  Mother	Ann Hopper
  Marriage	10 March 1816	St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England
  Family ID	F1987	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Sarah Ann Wedlake,   b. 1818, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England d. 16 October 1893, Natal, South Africa (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	25 August 1847	Newport, Monmouth, Wales
  Notes	Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Sep 1847 (>99%) Banks Thomas Hopper Newport Mon 26 115 Marriage index page has been checked and does have Sarah Ann Sandham married in Sep quarter 1847 In Newport Mon XXVI 115 The district Newport Mon is an alternative name for Newport M and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Glamorgan, Gwent and Monmouthshire Marriage register extract on file
  Children	+ 1. Eliza Annie Banks,   b. 1849, Stepney, Middlesex, England d. about 1896 (Age 47 years) + 2. Hopper Banks,   b. 1851, Ratcliff, Middlesex, England   3. Sarah Banks,   b. 9 December 1855, 4 Rhodes Well Road, Stepney, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F1597	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart