Mary Hannah BENNETTS

   Research Notes:

Mary Ann Jacka, age 24, and William Jacka, age 30, sailed from Liverpool England per S. S. Circassian and arrived in Quebec 5 May 1888.

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935

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1891 Canada Census

Age given: 27 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Thorold Town, Welland, Ontario, Canada
Religion: Church of England

Present were husband William Jacka (32) of Australia, gardener, daughters Jane (2), Mary (1)

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1910 U.S. Federal Census (called Mary H.)

Age given: 46 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Danbury, Ottawa, Ohio, USA
How long married: 22 years
How many children: 8 (6 still living)

Present were husband William Jacka (52) of Australia, children: William (18) of Canada, salesman in a grocery store, and (the rest born in Ohio): Emily (16), Johnston V. (14), salesman in a grocery store, Charles H. (11)

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1920 U.S. Federal Census

Age given: 55 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Danbury, Ottawa, Ohio, USA

Present were husband William Jacka (61) of Australia, carpenter for a lumber co., daughter Emily (26) of Ohio and her husband Charles Robinson (26) of Ohio, mother Margaret Bennett (75) of England, widow

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1930 U.S. Federal Census

Age given: 66 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Danbury, Ottawa, Ohio, USA

Present were husband William Jacka (71) of Australia, son Charles H. (32) of Ohio.

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Mary Hannah Jacka, of Lahant [Lelant] Parish, Cornwall, Eng., daughter of Johnson V. Bennets and Margaret Richards, [late] wife of William Jacka, died aged 81 years.

Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953

   Marriage Information:

Mary married William JACKA, son of William JACKA and Mary GRYLLS, on 25 Mar 1888 in Uny Lelant, Cornwall. (William JACKA was born on 12 May 1858 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia and died on 5 Sep 1934 in Danbury, Ottawa, OH, USA.)

   Marriage Notes:

William Jacka, 29, market gardener of Higher Lariggun, Madron, son of Willam Jack, market gardener, and

Mary Hannah Bennetts, 24, of Lower Laity, S. Uny Lelant, daughter of Johnson Vivian Bennetts, farmer

Married by Banns

Witnesses: William Boundy, John Leacher