Florence Banks

abt 1861 - 1937  (~ 76 years)

• Name	Florence Banks  [1, 2]
  	dau of William Banks (merchant, resid Lambeth, son of John Byng Banks, lace manufacturer) & Margaret Banks; marr Snelston 15 Jun 1847; in the presence of John Byng Banks, Samuel Banks, Penelope Banks, Rebecca Banks, Mary Jane Banks. named as Byng-Banks in a family letter
  Birth	abt 1861	Paris, France   [1]
  Residence	Apr 1871	3 Page Heath, Bromley, Kent   [3]
  	with parents William Banks, 50 b Hackney, Commission agent & Ship owner; Margaret Banks, 50 b Snelston, Derbyshire; + 6 siblings; + 4 serv.
  Residence	Apr 1881	134 Queen's Gate, Kensington   [4]
  Residence	1884	Passy, Paris   [5]
  Marriage	31 May 1884	British Embassy, Paris   [5, 6]
  	Frederic Hugh Irwin Day,   b. 19 Jun 1833, Southampton ,   d. 06 Jul 1894, 92 Cheriton Rd, Folkestone
  Marriage	03 Nov 1897	St James, Piccadilly   [7, 8]
  	George Francis Vesey (1839-1899) On the 3rd inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, George Francis Vesey, Colonel, late Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Oxfordshire L.I., to Florence, widow of Major H. F. Day. [Reading Mercury]
  Marriage	17 Jan 1903	St Ignatius, Kirkee, India   [9]
  	James John MacDonagh Age 31, bachelor, officer RFA, son of John MacDonagh. Married by Fr Ferdinand Hildenkamp, SJ, RC Chaplain. Witnesses W P Sutton Jones; Cicely Day.
  Residence	Apr 1911	Westwood, Elmshurst Rd, Goring-on-Thames   [1]
  	Florence MacDonogh, head of household, married, 8 years, no children of present marriage. Also resid dau Florence Marjorie Tatham, married, 19 b Sarawak; grand-dau Delphine Florence Tatham, 6 months b Goring; + 4 servants.
  Residence	- 1937	The Orchards, West Lambrook   [10]
  Death	19 Jan 1937	30 Brunswick Gardens, Kensington   [10, 11]
  Probate	22 Mar 1937	London ; £492 5s. 6d.  [10]
  	Macdonogh Florence of The Orchards West Lambrook South Petherton Somersetshire widow died 19 January 1937 at 30 Brunswick-gardens Kensington London W.8 Probate London 22 March to Cicely Maud Irwin Sherwood-Smith (wife of Victor Henry Sherwood-Smith). Effects £492 5s. 6d. [NPC]
  Notes	passenger on P&O "Majola" dep London 03 Apr 1914: MacDonagh Mrs F, 1st class, dest. Gibraltar. [Her daughter Florence and husband Horace Hallings Tatham were living in Gibraltar]
  Person ID	I2578	Tatham | Crew branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	05 Oct 2019

  
  

  Family	Frederic Hugh Irwin Day,   b. 19 Jun 1833, Southampton ,   d. 06 Jul 1894, 92 Cheriton Rd, Folkestone  (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1884	British Embassy, Paris   [5, 6]
  	Witnesses: W Banks, Hugh Pilcher, Penelope Banks, L Bourelet
  		Frederick Hugh Irwin Day & Florence Banks marriage certificate
  Notes	3 children, one died bef Apr 1911 [1911 census] older daughter Cicely Maud(e) was witness at her mother's marriage to James John MacDonagh at St Ignatius, Kirkee, on 17 Jan 1903. She married: (1) in Jul 1905 Cdr Henry Cecil Carr, RN; he was captain of HMS Bayano which was torpedoed on its way to Liverpool on 03 Nov 1915; sadly, he went down with the ship; (2) in 3Q1919 Victor Henry Sherwood-Smith (1887-1944).
  Children	+ 1. Florence Marjorie Irwin Day,   b. abt 1892, Sarawak ,   d. 12 Feb 1967, Cirencester  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Last Modified	05 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F0658	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S01] Census, UK, 1911. Florence Macdonogh age 50 b Paris [S33] Family Letters, MGH, 30 Jan 1999. [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 10 b France [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 20 b France [S36] Marriage Certificate, 31 May 1884. [S30] India Office Library, Marriages for British citizens abroad, 1814-1905, 31 May 1994. Frederick Hugh Irwin Day = Florence Banks [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Westminster, 4Q1897. George Francis Vesey = Florence Day [S11] Newspaper, marriage notice, Reading Mercury, 06 Nov 1897. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Ignatius, Kirkee, 17 Jan 1903. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Kensington, 1Q1937. Florence Macdonogh age 75