BANES
The surname BANE has several possible origins - from the Gaelic "ban" meaning white or fair, from the Old English "ban" meaning bone, from the French "bain" meaning bath or "banne" meaning large basket, or from the Scottish word for "life". The Ancestry website shows that the name was particularly predominate in Norfolk during the census years.
There are many Banes mentioned in the Trunch parish records at the end of the 16th. Century. There were 2 Richards, who had several children, Robert married to Amy may have had 9 children, and Anthony married to Mary Bartram had at least 7. It is possible to trace the next generation of some of the families into the 17th. Century. In particular Humfrey who was the child of Anthony and Mary married twice and had at least 6 children. After this Bane families still appear in Trunch but the number declines.
Notable however are a series of 18th. Century graves which record the deaths of several Banes - some who had presumably moved away from the village but wished to be buried here. Poignantly however Robert Bane, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth were all buried in 1744.
There are many Banes mentioned in the Trunch parish records at the end of the 16th. Century. There were 2 Richards, who had several children, Robert married to Amy may have had 9 children, and Anthony married to Mary Bartram had at least 7. It is possible to trace the next generation of some of the families into the 17th. Century. In particular Humfrey who was the child of Anthony and Mary married twice and had at least 6 children. After this Bane families still appear in Trunch but the number declines.
Notable however are a series of 18th. Century graves which record the deaths of several Banes - some who had presumably moved away from the village but wished to be buried here. Poignantly however Robert Bane, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth were all buried in 1744.
1744 Robert 36 Elizabeth 7
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 1744 Elizabeth 33
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Some of the 18th. Century Banes were quite prosperous, with Robert described as a yeoman (small farmer) in a mortgage paper of 1724 and being able to vote in 1734 - so a landowner. A few also have probate records - Robert in 1682, Robert in 1731 and Ann in 1751.
By the 19th. Century, the census records show that most of the Banes who were householders in Trunch came from Southrepps or North Walsham but some of their children were born in Trunch. And a certain A Bane (possibly Arthur) proved a real trial for the school mistress, playing truant and being sent home for bad behaviour. Luckily an A Bane and an H Bane also seemed to win most of the races in the village sports at the end of the 19th. Century.
In 1899 William Bane aged 27, was one of two Trunch men who died when the well they were sinking in Northrepps collapsed onto them. Although the first two newspaper reports give his name as Bean it was in fact Bane. He was born in North Walsham but lived in Trunch with his widowed mother in 1881 & 91 and then married Rhoda nee Lee in 1892. Their daughter Flora Elizabeth (also called Florrie or Florence) was born in 1893, but as her mother Rhoda died in 1894, she was left an orphan after the accident. The village collected £18 6s for her maintenance and she was living with her grandmother in Trunch in 1901. Later on she was adopted by her aunt in Great Yarmouth.
At the turn of the Century William, Joseph and Arthur Bane were all eligible to vote because of the properties they occupied and the 1978 scrapbook records a Mr L and a Mr C Bane living in the village.
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By the 19th. Century, the census records show that most of the Banes who were householders in Trunch came from Southrepps or North Walsham but some of their children were born in Trunch. And a certain A Bane (possibly Arthur) proved a real trial for the school mistress, playing truant and being sent home for bad behaviour. Luckily an A Bane and an H Bane also seemed to win most of the races in the village sports at the end of the 19th. Century.
In 1899 William Bane aged 27, was one of two Trunch men who died when the well they were sinking in Northrepps collapsed onto them. Although the first two newspaper reports give his name as Bean it was in fact Bane. He was born in North Walsham but lived in Trunch with his widowed mother in 1881 & 91 and then married Rhoda nee Lee in 1892. Their daughter Flora Elizabeth (also called Florrie or Florence) was born in 1893, but as her mother Rhoda died in 1894, she was left an orphan after the accident. The village collected £18 6s for her maintenance and she was living with her grandmother in Trunch in 1901. Later on she was adopted by her aunt in Great Yarmouth.
At the turn of the Century William, Joseph and Arthur Bane were all eligible to vote because of the properties they occupied and the 1978 scrapbook records a Mr L and a Mr C Bane living in the village.
Click here for more details about the Banes.
