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From: "Stephanie Cocks" <>
Subject: Fw: [AUS-SAGEN] John BENSON death
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:42:43 +0930


Replied to Karen off list, but happy to share if you are interested in this
name. Let me know.
Steph.



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From: "Karen Groeneveld" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:37 PM
Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] John BENSON death


> Hi everyone
>
> Could SKS please do a lookup for me - death of John BENSON, possibly 17
> Oct
> 1899 (aged 69?).
>
> I don't know whether he married in SA or was already married when he
> emigrated (as his sister was). Any indication of wife and family would be
> lovely. All I have is a photo of a slender, handsome, dark-haired,
> dark-eyed young man (from a locket that belonged to his sister, my gg
> grandmum).
>
> I'm not sure how to find what ship he came on (from Biggleswade,
> Bedfordshire), but most likely early 1850s. He doesn't appear in the 1861
> census of Biggleswade. His sister Mary Ann Mitton (nee Benson) apparently
> came on the 'Albermarle', arriving in 1852, but all the Google results
> that
> list the Albermarle point to the same website, which seems to be down - I
> haven't seen the full passenger list.
>
> Cheers
> from cold Queanbeyan (lots of snow on the hills today!)
>
>
> Karen Groeneveld
>
>
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