James Gillbanks
Maghull
Liverpool, England
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Ultimate Family Tree, ver 2.1
JIMMY Project Version 176
February 20, 2003
My thanks to David G. Gillbanks and John Ryan for their help with this project.

GILLBANKS

This most interesting surname,of Old Scandinavian origin appears widespread in the Lake District of England, and is a topographical name, for a "dweller by the bank or ridge of a ravine" from the Old Norse "gil" meaning ravine or narrow valley, and the Old Danish or Old Norse "banke" meaning bank or ridge. The surname is widespread in Cumberland , Yorkshire, and Lancashire as is shown by early recordings of the name in these regions.

Table of Contents

• Surname List
• First Generation
• Second Generation
• Third Generation
• Fourth Generation
• Fifth Generation
• Sixth Generation
• Seventh Generation
• Eighth Generation
• Ninth Generation
• Index
• Gedcom File
• Click for Gillbanks DNA at www.ybase.org.

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