Andrew Banks 3
- Born: 17 Apr 1846, Markinch, Fife, Scotland 4 5 6
- Marriage: Elizabeth Catherine Cullen 20 Apr 1876, Castlemaine, Vic, Australia 1 2
- Died: 1 Sep 1928, Laverton, Western Australia, at age 82 7 8 9 10
- Buried: 3 Sep 1928, Laverton, Western Australia 10
 General Notes:
Wise's Victoria Post Office Directory (Tas State Library):
1884-85 (Microfiche)
Banks, Andrew, Carter, Bridgewater
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Laverton Cemetery:
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Burial No. 299
Row: L277
Death Cert No. 16/28
Ren. Place: Mt Margaret
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/Laverton/Lave.htm
The townsite of Laverton is located in the eastern goldfields 957 km north north east of Perth and 124 km ENE of Leonora. Gold was discovered near here in 1896, and one of the early promoters of gold mining in the area was Dr C W Laver, after whom the townsite is named. The "Craiggiemore" mine was one of the most successful, and by 1897 a residential and business area had been established on the west side of the mine. When the lots were surveyed in 1897 the surveyor, J H Rowe noted the Aborigines call this place "Buckanoo". The residents were unanimous in wishing the proposed place to be called "Laverton", and it was known by this name in 1898 In 1899 the Laverton Progress Committee applied to the Surveyor General to have blocks surveyed and a townsite declared at Laverton. The original area was by then unsuitable for settlement, and the miners sought permanent tenure and a townsite about 3 km from the original lots. Lots were surveyed in July 1899, and the townsite gazetted in July 1900.
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Mount Margaret is an abandoned goldfields townsite located between Leonora and Laverton, about 900 km north east of Perth. The townsite derives its name from the nearby feature of the same name. The hill was named by the explorer John Forrest in 1869 after Margaret Elvire Hamersley whom he later married in 1876. The Aboriginal name for the hill is recorded as "Kalgara". Gold was discovered in the Mount Margaret area in the mid 1880s, and by September 1896 the Mount Margaret Progress Committee were agitating for the declaration of a townsite. Lots were surveyed in early 1897, and the townsite gazetted in May 1897. At first the government were keen to use the Aboriginal name "Kalgara" for the townsite, but decided that locally used name of Mount Margaret should prevail.
Death Notes:
Place of death, Laverton Hospital 11
Burial Notes:
Buried at Laverton Cemetery.
Service was performed by J.K.Turner (Lay Reader), Presbyterian service. Undertaker was W.Lee.
See also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/Laverton/Lavcem.htm 11
Noted events in his life were:
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Markinch, Fife, Scotland. 12 Recorded as son of Francis and Elizabeth Banks, at 19 Gateside Village, Markinch Fife, Scotland. Age 5.
• Occupation: 20 Apr 1876, Maldon, Vic, Australia. 13 Occupation on marriage certificate stated as "Farmer"
• Occupation: 18 Jan 1884. 14 Occupation - Laborer
• Whereabouts: 8 Jul 1896, Bendigo, Vic, Australia. 15 Whereabouts "not in Victoria" on marriage record of daughter Elizabeth.
• Occupation: 8 Jul 1896. 15 Occupation - Contractor
• Whereabouts: 4 Oct 1917, Laverton, Western Australia. 16 Laverton, WA, Australia - Approx 250km NNE of Kalgoorlie, 100km WNW of Leonora.
• Whereabouts: 1921, Laverton, Western Australia. 17
• Occupation: Carrier, 1921, Laverton, Western Australia. 17
• Occupation: 1 Sep 1928, Laverton, Western Australia. 10 Pensioner
• Whereabouts: 1 Sep 1928, Laverton, Western Australia. 10 Death certificate states that Andrew had been in WA for 35 years, indicating that he left Victoria not long after his last child (Priscilla) was born).
• Occupation: 10 Jun 1930. 18 Occupation - Contractor. Recorded on death certificate of daughter Mary Robina Banks. Andrew had already died by then. His wife might not have known.
Andrew married Elizabeth Catherine Cullen, daughter of John Cullen and Margaret Anne Hayes, on 20 Apr 1876 in Castlemaine, Vic, Australia.1 2 (Elizabeth Catherine Cullen was born circa 1858 in Emerald Hill, Vic, Australia 19, died on 2 Jul 1946 in Clifton Hill, Vic, Australia 20 21 and was buried on 4 Jul 1946 in Carlton, Vic, Australia 22 23.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Wedding Ceremony: 20 Apr 1876, Castlemaine, Vic, Australia. St Marys RC Church, Castlemaine, Vic
Marriage Notes:
Witnesses:
Charles Cullen (probably Elizabeth's brother)
Margaret Cullen (probably Elizabeth's sister)
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