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Title: Gibraltar Birth Records
Post by: theledge51 on Wednesday 07 August 13 23:55 BST (UK)
Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding the above?

I am trying to trace my great,great, great grandmother's birth.According to the 1851 and 1861 England census she was a British Subject born in Gibraltar in about 1785-1790

I think she was either Ruth Rennison or possibly Ruth Bensusan.

Many thanks
Title: Re: Gibraltar Birth Records
Post by: Fide et Fortitudine on Sunday 18 August 13 13:10 BST (UK)
Hi Ledge,

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/bmdatseaorabroad.htm
or
http://www.familyrelatives.com/information/info_detail.php?id=100

Bensusan surname origins:  http://surnames.enacademic.com/5956/Bensusan
As her first name was Ruth, I would say Bensusan is a strong possibility. 

Or Rennison:  http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Rennison

Also this:  http://www.looking4kin.com/group/gibraltargenealogy/page/gibraltar-genealogy-links-resources


Title: Re: Gibraltar Birth Records
Post by: Fide et Fortitudine on Sunday 18 August 13 13:36 BST (UK)
Book: Abecassis, Jose Maria: "Genealogia Hebraica. Portugal e Gibraltar".   Lisboa 1990
4 volumes detailing Jewish family trees in Gibraltar.  Vol. II contains information on the Gibraltarian Bensusan family.  http://www.jewishgen.org/sephardic/names.htm
Available on Amazon.  The book is in Portuguese, but you might be able to decipher the names. 
http://www.amazon.com/Genealogia-hebraica-Portugal-Gibraltar-Portuguese/dp/9729542902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376828878&sr=8-1&keywords=Abecassis%2C+Jose+Maria%3A+%22Genealogia+Hebraica.+Portugal+e+Gibraltar%22
Title: Re: Gibraltar Birth Records
Post by: theledge51 on Monday 19 August 13 19:19 BST (UK)
Many thanks for all the links.Thanks for taking the time.

Loads to look at.

I will keep eveyone posted with any progress.
Title: Re: Gibraltar Birth Records
Post by: kevininlondon on Tuesday 23 August 16 15:51 BST (UK)
Bensusan a very Moroccan Jewish Name...
Title: Re: Gibraltar Birth Records
Post by: Annette McSherry on Sunday 04 February 18 10:46 GMT (UK)
Hello , did you get any further with Ruth Rennison? Or Bensusan? She was my great great great grandma going back down the shepherd line, the Gibraltar birth was a good avenue to follow but you may have got this information by now as it’s an old post . Thanks