Richard BENNETTS

   Research Notes:

1861 U.K. Census for Perranuthnoe, Cornwall

Dwelling: Trevabyn Lane, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall
Age given: 23
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Miner

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"BENNETTS.—On the 8th December, at Kadina, after a long and painful illness, Richard Bennetts, aged 68 years and 7 months. Also, on August 4, Mary, wife of the above, of paralysis, aged 62 years, leaving three sons, five daughters, and nine grandchildren to mourn their sad loss.

Lonely the house, and sad our hearts.

Now our dear ones are gone;

But, oh, a brighter home than ours

In heaven is now their own.

—Inserted by their children. "Kalgoorlie Miner"

please copy."

The Advertiser (Adelaide), Thursday 13 December 1906

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"Mr. Richard Bennetts, died at his residence, Wallaroo Mines, on Saturday, after a protracted illness. The deceased, who lost his wife last August, was a colonist of over 40 years. He left a grown-up family of seven children."

The Advertiser (Adelaide), Thursday 13 December 1906

   Marriage Information:

Richard married Mary JAMES, daughter of Joel JAMES and Unknown, on 25 May 1867 in Residence of William Hollow, Wallaroo Mines, S.A., Australia. (Mary JAMES was born about 1844 and died on 4 Aug 1906 in Kadina, S.A., Australia.)

   Marriage Notes:

Richard Bennetts, son of Samuel Bennetts, and Mary James, daughter of Joel James.