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A Geneology Collection by Debbie Mills
Ira O. Banks
Born: June 1860 in Wisconsin
Parents: William Walter Banks and Angeline Simmons
Siblings: Frederick J., Alfred, Mary E., Wilbert, Jenny, Wm. Walter, Carrie L
Married:1877 to Effie Mae Gleason, probably in WI
Death: 12/17/1939, Madison WI, of Congestive heart failure and gallstone cholitis
Buried: Thompson’s Cazenovia Cemetery, Richland Co, WI
Children: Iva M., Mila G., William O., Emaline
Cenus Data:
1930 WI census, Jefferson Co, Fort Atkinson:
Ira O. Banks Head of household, owned home with value of $5,500. Owned a radio. Age 69, age at marriage, 17. Born in WI, father born Mass, mother born NY. Working as a woodworker at a poultry barn factory, currently employed. Able to read and write. Not a veteran.
Wife Effie M., age 68, married age 17, able to read and write. Born in WI, father born Mass., mother born Vermont.
1920 Jefferson Co census, Fort Atkinson
Ira Banks, WM 59, planer in furniture factory, b WI, parents b NY; Effie wife
1910: Jefferson Co., Fort Atkinson, Ward 4D
Ira O. Banks, head of household, age 49, married 32 years. Born WI, father and mother born in NY. A laborer and (undecipherable) shop. Rents home.
Effie age 49, bore 4 children, 2 living. Father born Mass, mother VT.
Mila G., daughter, age 15
1900 Census Richland Co, Westford Twnshp: Ira O. Banks, head of household, born June 1860, age 39. Born in WI; father and mother born NY. Occupation farmer. Able to read and write. married 22 years
Effie, born April 1861 in WI. Father born Mass., mother VT.
4 children born, 3 alive: Ive (age 15), Mila, age 5 and Wm. O, age 8 months; mother-in-law Mila Gleson, age 78, born March 1822 Vermont, father born England, mother born VT
1880 Census: W. Omaha, Douglas Co., NB
Ira, age 20, married. Cattledealer. Both parents born NY.
Lives/works with older brother A.G. Effie, 19 years old, both parents born NY. Daughter Emeline, 6 months old, born in WI.
(Moved from WI to Nebraska sometime between Jan 1880 and June 1880)
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