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Orphan Number: 195

Orphan: Samuel BANKS
Mother: COOPER, Ann
Father: BANKS, Samuel
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Age when admitted: 10yrs 6mths
Date admitted: 14 Feb 1854
Date discharged: 24 Oct 1856
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: mother
Remarks: father dead - mother free
References:SWD28, CSO24/243/9637

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Claimed by Mary Hurd. You can send a message to Mary Hurd by email

Mary Hurd wrote:

Samuel Banks is my Grandfather, he married Ann Ruth Bradburn and together they had 9 children. My Father was the 9th child, he died on the 27th Oct 1905 at Kingston Tas and is buried at St Clements Church Kingston.

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