James SHANKS

1820 - 1886  (65 years)

• Name	James SHANKS  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	2 May 1820	Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland, UK   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jan 1886	Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland, UK   [3]
  Person ID	I307	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John SHANKS
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret MATEER
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret MELLIS,   b. 1819, Helen's Bay, Down, Northern Ireland, UK d. 1 Sep 1903, Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland, UK (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Mary SHANKS,   b. 1843, Ballygrot, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 2 Sep 1900, Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Agnes SHANKS,   b. 1851, Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  From the Griffith Evalutions of Ireland it would appear that James Aust in and James Shanks lived in the samlearea, right next door to each oth er

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry membe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S17] Austin Document Extract, Sourced from Research of Moni Kelly. [S78] Ancestry.com, Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1839-1943 (Name: A ncestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Entry for James Shanks. Name: James Shanks Death Date: 2 Jan 1886 Death Place: Northern Ireland Record Date: 24 Sep 1890 Record Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland [S52] Irsih Church Baptisim Records at www.rootsireland.ie, James Shanks : www.rootsireland.ie. Church Baptism Record Name: James Shanks Date of Baptism/Birth: 02-May-1820 Address: Edenderry\banbridge Parish/District: SEAPATRICK CHURCH OF IRE LAND Gender: Male County Co. Down Denomination: Father: John Shanks Mother: Margaret Mateer Occupation: Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Notes: