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1911 England Census
about Walter Banks Name: Walter Banks
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: United States
Civil Parish: Birmingham
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street Address: 2 Back 38 Tenby St North Bham
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Silver Smiths Packer & Engine Dr??
Registration District: Birmingham
Registration District Number: 384
Sub-registration District: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Piece: 18065
Household Members: Name Age
Walter Banks 28
Agnes Banks 29
Walter Banks 7
Eric Cecil Banks 2
Leslie Banks 11/12
Agnes Flora Banks 3 5/12


Married 6 years, 4 children but oldest is 7. Note Walter was born in America.

From freebmd:

Marriages Mar 1906 (>99%)

Banks Walter Birmingham 6d 147
Hodgekins Agnes Birmingham 6d 147

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1911 England Census
Name: Agnes Banks
Age in 1911: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Sollihull, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish: Birmingham
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street Address: 2 Back 38 Tenby St North Bham
Marital Status: Married
Registration District: Birmingham

Walter Banks 28
Agnes Banks 29
Walter Banks 7
Eric Cecil Banks 2
Leslie Banks 11/12
Agnes Flora Banks 3 5/1

Jan

Have you got the marriage cert o see if she was a widow ( i.e. Hodgekins was not her maiden name ?)
Not seeing a birth in that name

Have you looked for Agnes's marriage cert which would give you her father's name and occupation to make it easier to find her on the census?

Here's hoping for some kind soul to take pity.

Following the recent death of my Mum, I was contacted by one of her first cousin’s and a bit of family mystery has arisen, I’m now on behalf of Mum’s cousin looking for info on a lady we believe to be her grandmother.

Agnes Hodgekins (unusual surname) born circa 1883, Warwickshire possibly in Catherine de Barnes. Married a Walter Banks (later a showman at The Spanish City in Whitley Bay) in 1906.

Trying to track down any info which will give the names of Agnes’s parents and siblings, where she was living in 1891 and 1901 and if possible some info on Walter Banks? The mystery is how the family suddenly moves from the Midlands to Geordieland, was Walter originally from the North East?

Fingers crossed!

Steve