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Jane Masri
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Mike, just to kick-start this again (couldn't resist)
FreeBMD gives the marriage of Eliza Ann Wallop to John Silas Banks Dowding, June Q 1865, Chippenham (5a 87)
1871 - National School, School House N. Wraxall RG10/1895/41/21
John S. B. Dowding 29 Builder emp. 15 men b. Castle Combe
Eliza Ann 28 School Mistress & organist b. ditto
Agnes 5 ditto
Florence Mary 3 b. North Wraxall
Elizabeth Hannah 11m ditto
Martha Bence unm 53 gen. serv. ditto
1881 - N. Wraxall RG 11/2029/80/7
John Silas Banks Dowding, mar, builder , boarding at the Shoe Inn. Perhaps he had one too many & decided to stay over 
1881 - N. Wraxall, School House RG11/2029/82/12
Eliza Ann Dowding 38 School mistress b. Castle Combe
Agnes 15 ditto
Florence Mary 13 b. N. Wraxall
Edith Hannah 10 ditto
Blanche 9 ditto
Susannah Jane 3 ditto
Samuel James 8 ditto
Francis John 5 ditto
Percy 3m ditto.
No sign of any of the family members in 1891 or 1901. Did they follow Hannah's example & go to pastures new? Perhaps that's why you can't find his death record.
John Silas Banks Dowding, birth reg. Dec Q 1841, Chippenham (8 277)
1851 census tells us he was the s/o,
James Dowding 42 Journeyman Mason b. Nettleton ? Wilts
Eliza Dowding 34 b. Castle Combe.
Hope that's given you something to start with,
jane
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Erato
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Interesting.
I am wondering if there could be a distant connection to my ggg grandfather, Worthy Banks, b. 1810 in Castle Combe, son of John Banks and Elizabeth Jones. Worthy had brothers named John Banks (b. 1804, Castle Combe) and Silas Banks (b. 1821, Castle Combe).
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Wiltshire: Banks, Taylor
Somerset: Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire: Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol: Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down: Ennis, McGee
Wicklow: Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire: Logan, Conning
Wisconsin: Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine: Ware, Mitchell, Tarr
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CatOne
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Found this marriage IGI -
James Dowding and Eliza Banks June 1838 Bath Somerset (member submitted record so no other details)
Is Eliza their sister?
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Erato
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Yes, it looks like Eliza might be a sister. Worthy Banks had a sister Eliza born 1816 in Castle Combe, so she would have been about 34 in 1851.
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Wiltshire: Banks, Taylor
Somerset: Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire: Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol: Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down: Ennis, McGee
Wicklow: Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire: Logan, Conning
Wisconsin: Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine: Ware, Mitchell, Tarr
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Erato
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Thanks Cat and Jane. I had seen this marriage in Bath before [Worthy went to Bath, too] but wasn't sure if this Eliza Banks was actually the sister of Worthy. It looks like she probably was since the date and place of birth match up. I've kind of let Worthy's numerous siblings slide for awhile since I've been pursuing other ancestral lines. But I think it's time to get back to them. Most of them I have not been able to trace, but they couldn't all have died young.
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Wiltshire: Banks, Taylor
Somerset: Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire: Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol: Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down: Ennis, McGee
Wicklow: Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire: Logan, Conning
Wisconsin: Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine: Ware, Mitchell, Tarr
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Just Moi
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Well, here it is, 8 Nov 2008, and I have read this magnificent story for the first time, today. I joined rootschat just four weeks ago. I am not a descendant of the lass who made this sampler,
BUT
I wish to congratulate all the people who put the effort into following the clues to find out so much about that lass.
It seems to me that your efforts were as great as those made by Hannah all those decades ago.
I thank you, and assure you that it is a grand effort.
Cheers,
from a NSW born lass, a great grand daughter of Mary Ann Hunt, born Lancs 1853 who migrated (alone) to NZ in 1873, and then settled in NSW in the latter part of the 1870's or early 1880's.
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Wonder how many extra guests we'll get this month 
