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Jill
08-01-10, 19:11
Name - "official" name and what they were known as: Samuel Bannister, “Sam”

Date and place of birth: 22 Sep 1872, Marsden (now known as Nelson), Lancs

Names of parents: Henry Bannister & Sarah (nee Nutter)

Date and place of baptism: not known

Details of each of his or her marriages: 22 Apr 1899 Burnley Register Office, Lancs to Lily Ann Abbott

Occupation(s) - if any: cotton weaver/tackler

Addresses where they lived
1881: Green Bank Cottage, Trawden, Lancs
1891: 6 Portland Street, Nelson. [orphaned but living with his uncle Robert Nutter, bless you Robert for taking him in]
1901: 90 Bradshaw St, Nelson, Lancs
1911: 107 Water Street, Nelson
1939: 107 Water Street, Nelson [mistranscribed as Barrister] Cotton weaver

Date, place and cause of death: 05 Jul 1950, Nelson, Lancs. (Must look out the death cert)

Date and place of burial / cremation. Grave G52, Haggate, Lancs. Grave paid for Church of Christ for whom his sister Mary (already interred in same grave) had been a missionary in Africa, on condition that the family pay for upkeep of grave.

Details of will / administration of their estate: Probate 7 Sep 1950 Lancaster to Lily Ann Bannister £121 6s 1d

Memorial inscription - if any: unknown - graveyard is closed, parts considered unsafe. Gravestone repaired by the family in 1970s, my aunt says as her father Albert had died she shared the costs with aunts Eva and Elsie, Sam's daughters. Reported to be in disrepair again by a Bannister relative who is now a member of this forum: Daveee.

Father : Henry Bannister (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2943&highlight=bannister)

I and another three of my 2nd cousins have DNA tested confirming our descent from Samuel.