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Banks family involved in Summerland

The name Banks Crescent was chosen to honour an active Summerland family: the Banks.
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SUMMERLAND MUSEUM BANKS CRESCENT The name Banks Crescent was chosen to honour an active Summerland family: the Banks. Elizabeth Banks and her four adult children arrived here in 1919. Immediately, Muriel Banks began teaching Grade 1; which she did for 40 years. Her sister Olive was a nurse at Summerland’s old hospital. Violet Banks was a music teacher and their brother Henry was a carpenter and building contractor. This photograph shows Muriel on the left and Violet Banks in 1956. Photograph courtesy of Lorne Bloomfield and the Summerland Baptist Church.

The name Banks Crescent was chosen to honour an active Summerland family: the Banks.

Elizabeth Banks and her four adult children arrived here in 1919. Immediately, Muriel Banks began teaching Grade 1; which she did for 40 years.

Her sister Olive was a nurse at the old Summerland hospital.

Violet Banks was a music teacher and their brother Henry was a carpenter and building contractor.

This photograph shows Muriel on the left and Violet Banks in 1956. Photograph courtesy of Lorne Bloomfield and the Baptist Church.