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jeanharris
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Where is Elizabeth Benstead nee Okey after 1881?
« on: Friday 02 January 09 09:56 UTC (UK) »
Elizabeth Benstead (nee Okey) born Ely 1856 (father Thomas Okey, mother Mary Annn Cross) was my husband's gg grandmother via her illegitimate  son Leonard Okey who was her only child (as far as we know). Her husband Reuben Benstead (married 1875) turns up as a lodger in the 1891 census as a widower! and 1901 census as married? We cannot find any information on Elizabeth in the 1891 or 1901 census or death index (searched detailed registers for for Benstead and Okey and someone looked up Ely HT parish register for me).

It appears Leonard was taken under the wing of Reuben's brother Benjamin as he turns up in 1891 in the Royal Marines in Chatham Barracks where  Benjamin is also a sergeant major so it seems likely something happened between 1881 and 1891 like Elizabeth's death.

There is a BMD death for an Elizabeth Okey in Sep 1886 Ely age 27 but it is not her!

Any ideas where to go from here?
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Illman-Sussex,Surrey and Kent. Marsh -Kent. Pack -Kent. Rolfe- Kent. MacClelland -Holywood Belfast, Harris- Norfolk. Oakey, Okey- Ely Camb. Mott -Suffolk. Twin- Essex,Topley- Kent,Filmer- Kent
bedfordshire boy
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Re: Where is Elizabeth Benstead nee Okey after 1881?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 02 January 09 12:30 UTC (UK) »
In 1891 what appears to be Reuben is actually shown as "S" - single, not widower. Perhaps Elizabeth had left him, or vice versa

In 1891 Leonard appears on the same census page in the same squad headed by Arthur Oakey sergeant, single 33 born Ely - was he the connection to the RM rather than a Benstead?

David
« Last Edit: Friday 02 January 09 14:51 UTC (UK) by bedfordshire boy » Logged
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
jeanharris
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Re: Where is Elizabeth Benstead nee Okey after 1881?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 03 January 09 09:09 UTC (UK) »
My mistake- it is S(single)!

Elizabeth Oakey had a brother Arthur born 1861 and it could be him (many lied about their age when joining up - Leonard did too!). Can't find Arthur in 1901 either?
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Illman-Sussex,Surrey and Kent. Marsh -Kent. Pack -Kent. Rolfe- Kent. MacClelland -Holywood Belfast, Harris- Norfolk. Oakey, Okey- Ely Camb. Mott -Suffolk. Twin- Essex,Topley- Kent,Filmer- Kent
bedfordshire boy
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Re: Where is Elizabeth Benstead nee Okey after 1881?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 03 January 09 09:13 UTC (UK) »
Perhaps he was in South Africa fighting in the Boer War

David
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
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