William BENNETTS of Cairn Entral
(1784-1823)
Elizabeth RICHARDS
(1781-)
Gilbert BENNETTS of Stennack
(1786-1818)
Mary DUNN
(1789-1815)
James BENNETTS
(1810-)
Mary BENNETTS
(1813-1858)
William BENNETT of Ravenswood
(1835-1922)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth KNUCKEY

William BENNETT of Ravenswood

  • Born: 1835, Cairn Entral, Camborne, Cornwall
  • Christened: 28 Feb 1835, Camborne, Cornwall 1
  • Married: 4 Jul 1861, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 2 4
  • Died: 23 Nov 1922, Railway Hotel, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia 3 4

  Orthographic variation: BENNETTS

  Research Notes:

William son of James Bennett of Cairn Entral, miner, and Mary (baptismal record)

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In 1851 William Bennetts (16) of Camborne, copper miner, was with his parents in Rosewarne Lane Camborne.

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William Bennett, 86 yrs, pensioner, died at Railway Hotel, Ravenswood.
Parents: James Bennett, miner & Mary Bennett.
Born: Cambcron, Cornwall. In Australia for 64 yrs. Married in Melbourne at age 25 yrs to Elizabeth Knuckey.
Children living - Eliza (60), Mary (58), Joseph (55), Ellen (50), Richard (48), John (46), James (44) & Edward (42). Children deceased - 2 males & 1 female. Notified by J Moran, son in law, Ravenswood. 4

  Marriage Information:

William married Elizabeth KNUCKEY, daughter of Richard KNUCKEY and Mary Ann THOMAS, on 4 Jul 1861 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. (Elizabeth KNUCKEY was born on 9 Jan 1845 in Gwennap, Cornwall and died on 29 Aug 1900 at 16 Railway Place, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Bennetts, 26 yrs, living at Carngham, born Cambourne, son of William Bennetts, miner, & Mary maiden name Bennetts.

William signed the register.

Witnesses: James Grose Bennetts & Matilda Bennetts who both signed their names. 4

Sources


1 Camborne Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 181, no. 1443.

2 Victoria BDM (marriages), Reg 1861/3381.

3 Queensland BDM, Deaths, reg. 000508, p. 106 (surname spelled Bennett), son of James Bennett & Mary Bennett.

4 Original research on this family was conducted and shared by Margaret Lewis, descendant.


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