John has a twin brother Alexander and sisters Margaret Marshall Bankier Chittick and Agnes Bankier Weir.
On July 13, 1860 John married Jean Henderson. They had six children. His youngest child, Jeanie Bankier, was born two months after his death.
Like his father, John was a Pit Sinker in the iron stone mines. He was killed in an accident at work when an iron chain fell on him fracturing his skull and knocking him off a scaffold into 12 feet of water. An inquiry into the accident determined that his death was immediate.
John has a twin brother Alexander and sisters Margaret Marshall Bankier Chittick and Agnes Bankier Weir.
On July 13, 1860 John married Jean Henderson. They had six children. His youngest child, Jeanie Bankier, was born two months after his death.
Like his father, John was a Pit Sinker in the iron stone mines. He was killed in an accident at work when an iron chain fell on him fracturing his skull and knocking him off a scaffold into 12 feet of water. An inquiry into the accident determined that his death was immediate.
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