James Binks

James was born in Pentridge (now Coburg), Victoria, Australia on September 18, 1859.

On the 1st April 1884 in Moor Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, he married Mary Elizabeth Evans. Mary was the daughter of George Evans and Ellen Heffinan* and had been born on January 15, 1864 in Brunswick, Victoria. She was recorded as a 21 year old Assistant on her marriage certificate though she was really aged 20. Her mother signed as one of the witnesses.
*spelling as on daughter's birth registration.

Name Variations

James Binks
The Victoria Births, Deaths & Marriages Index record James variously as James, James George and
George James. His headstone just says James BINKS, and so does his birth registration.

Mary Elizabeth Evans
Birth Registration: Her birth was recorded in Feb 1864 as 'Elizabeth Evans' and an authorised alteration on the
5th September 1864 (7 months later) changed it to 'Mary Elizabeth Evans'.

The EVANS/MERTON family bible entry. (entered into the bible after 1867) records her
as 'Elizabeth Evans'.

She signed her name as Elizabeth EVANS. She really was aged 20.

She signed the "1891 Women's Suffrage Petition" as M E BINKS of Whitby Street, Brunswick.

She is listed as Elizabeth on her mother's death certificate and as Mary Elizabeth on her father's
death certificate.

James was both a labourer and a fishmonger. He used to hawk his fish, from a horse and cart, around the Box Hill area of Melbourne. Mary has been described as 'a little, tubby lady'.

James and Mary Elizabeth lived in Dorking Road, Box Hill, Victoria.

Electoral Roll references
1903 BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, Female, Box Hill, home duties
BINKS, James, Male, Box Hill, hawker
1909 BINKS, George, Doncaster rd., Box Hill, moulder, Male
BINKS, Henry John, Doncaster rd., Box Hill, painter, Male
BINKS, James, Box Hill, hawker, Male
BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, Box Hill, home duties, Female
1914 BINKS, Ethel Ormuz, Bishop st., Box Hill, home duties, Female
BINKS, Henry John, Bishop st., Box Hill, painter, Male
BINKS, George Albert, Doncaster rd., Box Hill, moulder, Male
BINKS, James George, Doncaster rd., Box Hill, hawker, Male
BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, Doncaster rd., Box Hill, home duties, Female
1919 BINKS, Ethel May, 57 Whitehorse rd., Box Hill, home duties, Female
BINKS, Ethel Ormuz, 36 Ellingworth pde., Box Hill, home duties, Female
BINKS, Henry John, 36 Ellingworth pde., Box Hill, painter, Male
BINKS, James George, 57 Whitehorse rd., Box Hill, hawker, Male
BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, 57 Whitehorse rd., Box Hill, home duties, Female
1924 BINKS, Ethel Ormuz, 36 Ellingworth pde., Box Hill, home duties, Female
BINKS, Henry John, 36 Ellingworth pde., Box Hill, painter, Male
BINKS, James George, 57 Whitehorse rd., Box Hill, hawker, Male
BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, 57 Whitehorse rd., Box Hill, home duties, Female
1931 BINKS, Henry John, 10 Doncaster rd., Box Hill, painter, Male
BINKS, James George, 10 Doncaster rd., Box Hill, hawker, Male
BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, 10 Doncaster rd., Box Hill, home duties, Female
1936 BINKS, Henry John, 18 Fletcher st., painter, Male
BINKS, Mary Elizabeth, 18 Fletcher st., home duties, Female

 

James and Mary Elizabeth had 6 children:

William James BINKS  was born in 1884.
George Albert BINKS  was born about 1886.
Henry John BINKS  was born about 1888.
Florence Elina Jane BINKS  was born on 31 Jan 1892.
Ethel May BINKS  was born about 1894.
Edith Alice BINKS  was born about 1901.

And, after the death of her mother in 1925, Thelma May Binks came to live with James & Mary. They were here Grandparents.


James died in Box Hill, Victoria on December 12, 1932. His death registration reads:

Surname: BINKS

Given Names: Jas Geo

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown  UNKNOWN

Death Place: BOX Hill

Age: 73

Age Code:

Year: 1932

Reg Number: 3851

Event: Death

Mary Elizabeth died in Hawthorn, Victoria on May 25, 1942. Both are buried at Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.