James Albert Banks (1883 - 1930)

Born 10 Dec 1883 in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

Died 5 Jul 1930 at age 46 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Albert Banks is Notable.

James Albert "Darky" Banks was an Australian Rules Footballer who played 148 games for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, and 39 games for Perth in the same League. Also known as Albert Banks, he was captain for South Fremantle in 1909, 1912 and 1914. He was also known as a cricketer of some skill, playing first-class for Western Australia (1908/09, 1920/21).

Life Events

Albert Banks has African ancestry.

James Albert Banks was born on the 10th December 1883, on the Maryborough goldfields, Victoria, Australia, the eighth child, sixth son of Jordan Henry Bankss, a formerly enslaved person from the Southern United States who had escaped through Canada, and his wife Sarah Jane née McMullen..^[1]

He was not known to have married, and had no known issue.

James Albert "Darky" Banks passed away on the 5th July 1930, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia,^[2] and was interred in the Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration — Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Birth registration details: Registration number: 3913/1883; Family name: BANKS; Given name(s): James Albert; Event: Birth; Mother's name: Sarah; Mother's family name at birth: MCMULLEN; Father's Name: Henry Jorden; Place of Birth: MARY; Reg year1883:
2. ↑ Death Registration — Government of Western Australia, Department of Justice, Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Indexes search Deaths: Surname: Banks; Given Names: James Albert; Sex: M; Age: 49; Father: Jourdon BANKS; Mother: Sarah Jane MCMULLEN; Place of Death: East Perth; Year of Death: 1930; Registration District: Perth; Registration Number: 101152; Registration Year: 1930
3. ↑ Burial — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/213630130/james-albert-banks: accessed 30 July 2023), memorial page for James Albert Banks (1881–5 Jul 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #213630130, citing Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium, Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).

• BDM registrations.

• Death Notice — ""DARKY" BANKS DEAD" The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955) 5 July 1930: 1 (FINAL SPORING EDITION). Web. 31 Jul 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83573111>.

• Death Notice — "FOOTBALLER'S DEATH" Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938) 8 July 1930: 21. Web. 31 Jul 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34500874>.

• Obituary — "VETERAN OF THE GAME" The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955) 11 July 1930: 8 (HOME FINAL EDITION). Web. 31 Jul 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83581183>.

See also:

• Wikipedia : Albert Banks
• Wikidata: Item Q33052074, en:Wikipedia