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Winston Arnold Banks

Winston Arnold Banks



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Winston Arnold Banks was born on 27 Jun 1948 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Wendell Samuel Banks, Sr and Myrtle Angeline Finley); died on 14 Feb 1998.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Wendell Samuel Banks, Sr was born on 18 Jan 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Charles Elwood Banks and Naomi Gumby); died on 9 Aug 1985 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Physical Description: Complexion: Light Brown; EyeColor: Brown; HairColor: Black; Height: 5 8; Weight: 134
    • Race: Black
    • Name: Wendall Samuel Banks
    • Name: Wendell Gumby
    • Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson
    • Residence: 1935, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    • Military Draft: 1944, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; 18 Age: 18
    • Residence: 1944, 502 Brown street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 18; Self RelationToHead: Head
    • Job: 1944, 34 North 3rd street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Flagg Brothers Men Shoes Store
    • Residence: Abt 1947, 502 Brown street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 25 Apr 1950, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Children:
    Winston A. Banks
    Wendell Samuel Banks

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Wendell married Myrtle Angeline Finley on 11 Jan 1947 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Myrtle (daughter of Charles Augustus Finley, I and Edith Payton) was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Sep 1967 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Myrtle Angeline Finley was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Charles Augustus Finley, I and Edith Payton); died on 25 Sep 1967 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Name: Myrtle A.-Finley
    • Name: Myrtle Banks Finley
    • Name: Myrtle Banks Graves
    • Name: Myrtle Finley
    • Name: Myterl D Finley
    • Name: Myterl Finley
    • Name: Myttle Fenley
    • Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Wallace street; 2 Age: 2; 2 11/12 Age: 2 11/12; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0030; LiveOnFarm: No; RegistrationDistrict: 0030; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
    • Residence: 1935, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Hawelton Street; 13 Age: 13; AttendedSchool: Yes; CityWard: 7th; EnumerationDistrict: 22-36; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 4th grade; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
    • Residence: Abt 1947, 618 Boas street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    William Howard Day

    Died:
    39 Age: 39

    Children:
    1. Wendell Samuel Banks, II was born on 25 Nov 1946 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 19 May 2020 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 27 May 2020 in Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 1. Winston Arnold Banks was born on 27 Jun 1948 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 14 Feb 1998.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Elwood Banks was born on 27 May 1899 in Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (son of William Franklin Banks, I and Rose Lee Johnson); died on 4 Jun 1977 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Findagrave Profile: 233866967
    • Lincoln Cemetery Burial Record: Block D Section 19 Grave #2 (lower)
    • Name: Charles Banks
    • Name: Charles Banks
    • Name: Charles Banks
    • Name: Charles W Banks
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    • Residence: Between 1917 and 1918, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Next of Kin: Mrs. Rosie Banks.
    • Residence: 1938, 514 Brown street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1942, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Next of Kin: Naomi Gumby. Height: 5 7 Weight: 145 Complexion: Black Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Black

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Charles married Naomi Gumby. Naomi (daughter of Samuel Harris and Alice Hilda Gumby) was born on 30 May 1907 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 May 1960 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Naomi Gumby was born on 30 May 1907 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Samuel Harris and Alice Hilda Gumby); died on 30 May 1960 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Name: Gumby Naomi
    • Name: Naomi Gunby
    • Name: Naomi Harris
    • Name: Naomi Unknown
    • Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Granddaughter
    • Residence: 1935, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Head
    • Residence: 1944, 502 Brown street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 18; Self RelationToHead: Head

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Died:
    53 Age: 53

    Children:
    1. 2. Wendell Samuel Banks, Sr was born on 18 Jan 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Aug 1985 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Naomi Ruth Babe Banks was born on 3 Jul 1928 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Jul 2008 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 6.  Charles Augustus Finley, I was born on 12 Dec 1885 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Military: DraftBoard: 1; EyeColor: Brown; HairColor: Black; Height: Medium; PhysicalBuild: Medium
    • Physical Description: DraftBoard: 1; EyeColor: Brown; HairColor: Black; Height: Medium; PhysicalBuild: Medium
    • Race: Black
    • Name: Charles A Finley
    • Name: Charles A Finley
    • Name: Charles A Finley
    • Name: Charles Finley
    • Name: Charles/Sr Finley
    • Residence: 1917, 1419 Marion street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Age: 32
    • Residence: 1917, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: 1419 Marion; 32 Age: 32
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 6, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: North 4 Street; 34 Age: 34; Laborer Occupation: Laborer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 76; HomeOwnership: Rented; Industry: City; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head

    Charles married Edith Payton. Edith (daughter of Charles Payton and Sarah Holmes) was born on 18 Jan 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Edith Payton was born on 18 Jan 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Charles Payton and Sarah Holmes).

    Other Events:

    • Race: Black
    • Name: Eddith Finley
    • Name: Edith Finley
    • Name: Edith Finley
    • Name: Edith Hinley
    • Name: Edith Payton
    • Name: Edith Payton Finley
    • Name: Edith Payton Payton
    • Name: Jane Payton
    • Social Security Number: 147245255
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 6, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

    Children:
    1. Hannah Jane Finley was born on 17 Jun 1909 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Milton H Finley was born about 1912 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Edith Finley was born about 1913 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Charles A Finley, II was born about 1916 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Clara Finley was born on 22 Dec 1919 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Nov 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Helen Finley was born on 4 Sep 1921 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 May 1962 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Sarah Brown was born on 5 Apr 1924 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Jan 1991.
    8. 3. Myrtle Angeline Finley was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Sep 1967 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Franklin Banks, I was born on 25 Jan 1876 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: William Banks I
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head

    William married Rose Lee Johnson on 1 May 1902 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Rose was born on 5 Jan 1881 in Clarke, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Aug 1938 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rose Lee Johnson was born on 5 Jan 1881 in Clarke, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Aug 1938 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Rosa Banks
    • Residence: 1900, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

    Children:
    1. Lawrence E Banks was born on 18 Jan 1897 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Florence E Banks was born on 18 Jan 1897 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1900.
    3. 4. Charles Elwood Banks was born on 27 May 1899 in Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 4 Jun 1977 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. William Banks, II was born in 1905 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Albert A Banks was born in 1917 in Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 10.  Samuel Harris was born in in Virginia, USA.

    Samuel married Alice Hilda Gumby. Alice (daughter of Samuel David Gumby and Annie C Stackfield) was born in May 1891 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 May 1939 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Alice Hilda Gumby was born in May 1891 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Samuel David Gumby and Annie C Stackfield); died on 9 May 1939 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Alice Gomby
    • Name: Alice Gumby
    • Name: Alice Gumby
    • Residence: 1002 Fox street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 4, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter

    Notes:

    ALICE HILDA GUMBY Funeral services for Alice Hilda Gumby, 49, 1002 Fox street, who died Tuesday, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Charles W. Curtis funeral home, 1000 North Sixth street, with the Rev. W. J. Winfield, pastor of the Monroe Street Church of God, officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery. She is survived by a daughter, Naomi; one sister, Mrs. Robert Curtis, and one brother. William Gumby, this city. The body may be viewed tomorrow evening from 6 to a.du ociock at tne luneral parlors.

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Died:
    49 Age: 49

    Children:
    1. 5. Naomi Gumby was born on 30 May 1907 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 May 1960 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  5. 14.  Charles Payton

    Other Events:

    • Name: Father Unknown Payton

    Charles married Sarah Holmes. Sarah (daughter of Father Unknown Holmes and Nancy Holmes) was born about 1870 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 24 Feb 1899 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Sarah Holmes was born about 1870 in Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Father Unknown Holmes and Nancy Holmes); died on 24 Feb 1899 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Sarah Payton
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Helen Payton
    2. Clara Payton
    3. 7. Edith Payton was born on 18 Jan 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.



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