William Banks, 1820 Settler

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2078
• Name: William Banks 1820
• Occupation: a Basket Maker
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

By 1823 he had bred a rust resistant wheat, which by the 1824 season began to provide the settlers with a bread-grain crop after 3 years of wheat failure.

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

William married Sarah Edwards, 1820 Settler on 24 Dec 1816 in Laycock, Wiltshire, England. Sarah was born in 1797 in Yorkshire, England; died on 2 Feb 1849 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Bathurst Church (St John's - Anglican), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Banks, 1820 Settler was born in 1817 in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England; died on 22 Oct 1875 in Jones farm, Bathurst district, Eqstern cape, South Africa; was buried on 23 Oct 1875 in St John's Anglican Church, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. William Banks, 1820 Settler was born in 1820.