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Benjamin John BENNETT

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Marriage 3819/1870 BENNETT BENJAMIN JOHN - FLOOD ANN JOSEPHINE - YOUNG * 29 Dec 1869

Death 16208/1891 BENNETT BENJAMIN J - BENJAMIN UNKNOWN - YOUNG * 9 Jan 1891 * age 59


Born 1831 or 1832 ? but where ?

No baptism in NSW index.

Not on Assisted to NSW list.

Several obits but no mention of origin. He had been in Young about 30 years.
 
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fmp has 62 baptisms in England for Benjamin Bennett but only one of them is for a Benjamin John

Benjamin John Bennett 26 January 1831 Leicester, parents Benjamin and Elizabeth
 

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Thanks Emeltee.

I've not found a tree yet that helps. He was a journalist and became a newspaper owner in NSW.
 

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The Burrangong Argus (NSW : 1865 - 1913)
Wed 14 Jan 1891
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He leaves a widow, three daughters, and three sons. Mr. Bennett was a a native of Leicester, England and was born in 1831 j received his early training an education ;in/Westminster for the profession of teacher, and he afterwards became one of the masters at the Loudon Orphan Asylum, In 1853 he chanced his fortunes in Australia ....

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247677022
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A maybe for arrival

Number INX-43-8650
Title BENNETT B Mr
Index Name Unassisted Immigrants Index 1842-1855
Surname BENNETT B Mr
Ship Patrician
Place of Departure London
Date of Arrival 1853-05-05
Status P
Reel No SMH
Index Number 43
 

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There was a T Bennett as well on the same ship. If it is the right arrival for your Benjamin maybe a brother come with him??

Number INX-43-12177
Title BENNETT T Mr
Index Name Unassisted Immigrants Index 1842-1855
Surname BENNETT T Mr
Ship Patrician
Place of Departure London
Date of Arrival 1853-05-05
Status P
Reel No
SMH
Index Number 43
 

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Thanks gibbo.

What site were those shipping records from? I'm not familiar with that format or did you reformat the details?

I had 3x obits but not that one.
 

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Thanks gibbo.

What site were those shipping records from? I'm not familiar with that format or did you reformat the details?

I had 3x obits but not that one.
NSW state archives, unassisted. When the indexes come up click on the "details and purchase" of the one you want to check out and that format come up.
 

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What has FS done to their site?

I can't select 1841 or 1851 census now. Ok, I selected all census type records as a filter and got this.

No Results for Name: benjamin bennett Birthplace: leicestershire Birth Year (Range): 1830 - 1832 Country: England Record Type: Census, Residence, and Lists
 
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Death registration:
Thomas Cole Bennett
Death date:12/01/1869
Mother's name:Elizabeth Burbage Pugh
Father/parent's name:Benjamine Cole Bennett
Registration details:1869/C/676

The Gympie Times.
GYMPIE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1869.
DEATH.
On January 12, at his residence, Walker's Pocket, Gympie, Thomas Cole Bennett, eldest son of the late Benjamin Bennett, Esq., of Park Cresent, London, after a long and painful illness, aged 31 years.


Name: Thomas Cole Bennett
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 12 Nov 1828
Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Saint George, Leicester, Leicester, England
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Benjn. Bennett
Mother's Name: Elizth.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939)
Sat 17 Aug 1872
MRS BENNETT, Widow of the late Mr. Thomas Cole Bennett, who died at Gympie
in 1869,—Write to your brother-in-law, B. J. BENNETT, Argus-office, Young, New South
Wales.
 

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Benjamin Bennett
Marriage: 17 Sep 1826
Event Place: St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, London, England
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Burbridge Pugh
Spouse's Gender: Female
GS Film 254555
Batch M001581
 

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Thanks gibbo.

I can't find them either. Not sure if they are in London/Middx or not.

Some of 1841 is missing.
 

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Did Thomas arrive married ?

Coincidence or named after where the families lived ??

Burbage is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, ...
 

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Thanks gibbo.

FS is just getting harder and harder to use. And more and more marriages and baptisms seem to have gone missing.

Marriage registration:
Thomas Cole Bennett
Marriage date:25/05/1868
Spouse's name:Mary Donn Patterson
Registration details:1871/C/305
 

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Elizabeth Burbidge Pugh
Christening: 9 Apr 1798
Event Place: Chatham Town, Kent, England
Gender: Female
Father's Name: James Pugh
Mother's Name: Ann
Record Number: 2269
GS Film Number 1469178
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