Banks
Banks in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jillian Rose Banks
Place of Birth: Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 16, 1988
Ethnicity:
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Banks, also credited as BANKS, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She has been compared to The Weeknd and Aaliyah for her “dark R&B” sound.
She was mostly raised in Tarzana, in the San Fernando Valley.
Banks’s maternal grandfather was Richard Montgomery Gold (the son of Philip Gold and Rose Cohen). Richard was born in California. Philip was born in Pennsylvania, to parents from Russia. Rose was born in England, to parents from Russia.
Banks’s maternal grandmother is Judith “Judy” Grossman (the daughter of William Abraham Grossman and Rebecca Miller). Judith was born in California. William was born in Colorado, to parents from Russia. Rebecca was born in Colorado, the daughter of Herman Miller, who was from Stropko, Hungary (now Slovakia), and of Frieda/Freida Leiser, who was from Jaśliska, Poland.
Sources: Marriage record of Banks’ maternal grandparents, Richard Montgomery Gold and Judith Grossman – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Banks’ maternal grandfather, Richard Montgomery Gold – http://www.legacy.com
Banks’ maternal great-grandparents, William Abraham Grossman and Rebecca Miller, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
looked a bit into her father:
he was born on January 9th, 1956 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10220-496575586/james-louis-banks-in-us-public-records-index
his mother’s surname was not Wilson, as that record is for another person who died in 2011
it’s possible his parents are Donald Banks and Joan Lewis but i am very uncertain, they just share some addresses and mention a “Jimmy” in obituaries
if anyone wants to check if this can be proven to be or not be people related to banks that’d be great
https://orlandosentinel.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-obituary-for-don-banks/127164645/?locale=en-NZ
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LNH2-1FX
Banks’s maternal grandfather was Richard Montgomery Gold (the son of Philip Gold and Rose Cohen). Richard was born in California. Philip was born in Pennsylvania, to parents from Russia. Rose was born in England, to parents from Russia.
Banks’s maternal grandmother is Judith “Judy” Grossman (the daughter of William Abraham Grossman and Rebecca Miller). Judith was born in California. William was born in Colorado, to parents from Russia. Rebecca was born in Colorado, the daughter of Herman Miller, who was from Stropko, Hungary (now Slovakia), and of Frieda/Freida Leiser, who was from Jaśliska, Poland.
Source??
Grossman is not necessarily a Jewish last name and she has never stated to be of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. She was born to English parents: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/shooting-star-jillian-banks-plans-to-stick-around-20150117-12s1xt.html
Grossman is a family name of Germanic origin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grossman
Like it or not, her mother, and all her ancestors, are Jewish.
“Grossman is a family name of Germanic origin”. Yiddish is a Germanic language, so that doesn’t really help your case.
The fact that some of her ancestors were from Russia and Poland with last names like Goldman implies she is Jewish
Birth Certificate of Banks – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG24-XPN
I believe her parents are Gail Robin (Gold) and James Louis Banks. Then, her maternal grandmother’s surname would be “Grossman” and her paternal grandmother’s surname would be “Wilson”.
Grossman can be a Jewish last name
Yes.
Grossman is a family name of Germanic origin, not necessarily Jewish:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grossman
She has never stated to be Jewish.