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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 07 April 15 23:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Tom,

I think that your post is fine where it is. Border crossing was so frequent, that if we can't find
them in Canada, then on to the USA.

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 00:03 BST (UK) »
All good questions Pat. I think Herb was born in Leeds as he declares that on his US Naturalization application. I have not found any evidence on the Bennett/Richards or Bennett/Richardson marriage. Given the evasive answers as to birthdate, I think Jessie was pretty good liar and she in some cases substituted her ex-husband's details for her own. I have only seen references to Richards. I suspect that it is Richards since her daughter Doris, on her marriage licence application, indicates that her mother's name is Jennette Richards. Doris indicates her dad's name is John Manly Bennett.

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 00:13 BST (UK) »
To add on to Rosie's reply :) about Timothy Bennett's marriage, I think that father John's middle
name is Manuel. Perhaps someone else can have look and see what they think.

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=aa1ac4e0-e40a-4793-b6bd-9294cf389767

Timothy's death cert. says father is John Bennett and mother is Janette Richards
 
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=e0e47d0a-e13a-4dc1-bde4-cbbeb6d48377

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 01:00 BST (UK) »
Just to add on to chempat's reply :) Herbert's marriage to Laura Nellie Warner in 1919,
Herbert gives his place of birth as Seeds  ??? I think that should be Leeds.

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=871403d6-7466-47d4-ac52-f1982d9af010

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 07:03 BST (UK) »
Not finding any birth records for the children  ??? did come across this 1891 census record for a Herbert Bennett age 9 months in the District Babies Castle Home for Destitute Children
Civil Parish Hawkurst Kent England
I'm beginning to wonder if the couple did marry

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 07:05 BST (UK) »
There is a Leeds in Kent - does it actually say Leeds Yorkshire - or is everyone just assuming it is Yorkshire?

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 13:09 BST (UK) »
That 1911 census that has been posted has Emily, James and Gladys as ages 6, 4 and 3, but years of birth of 1895, 1897 and 1898.
As tomster is aware of her second marriage, perhaps he can comment on the births.
Initially I was looking for them as children of a first marriage of George.



I think we have all learned to be sceptical about birth years and months on census records. These must be  mistakes, either by the enumerator or wrong information from the informant regarding the birth years.  Randomly picked James and he was born 23 August 1905 Yoirk Toronto Ontario according to the birth record


https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMXB-P96

but the death record for James gives 21 st August 1904 - so another discrepancy

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11742-31019-48?cc=1538285

The death cert for Jeanette Fisher gives birth as 15 November 1870 England  ::)
Jeanette died 2 January 1917 Vancouver BC (although it does say 1916 on another part of the cert)
Name of father :- Bennett but no other details of Mother etc.,  - Had been in BC for 7 years.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26259624&ref=acom

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11566-121282-85?cc=1538285

Chempat - In your reply 14 - it was copy and paste entries - did you know copy and paste is not allowed on the site, it has to be your own transcription.  Just in case you post death record information on USA boards, the moderator does not like social security numbers been given in posts. Noticed you had only been a member since Oct 2014 so you may have been unaware of this rule, 

Chempat - There is a Leeds in Kent - does it actually say Leeds Yorkshire - or is everyone just assuming it is Yorkshire?

No I never assume anything in genealogy - so Leeds is an "open" ended place of birth.


Oops - sorry Tom - just noticed your ancestry tree with loads of info -

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 13:17 BST (UK) »
James Fisher is with step-sister Doris Wade in 1921 48-49th W Vancouver British Columbia.

Frederick Wade  33 Born NB
Dores Wade  29 Born England
Ruth Wade  7 Born BC
George Wade  6 Born BC
Jack Wade  3 Born BC
James Fisher  15 Born Ont. Brother-in-law.
May McPherson  50 Born Ont. Aunt.

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Re: Looking for info on John Bennett
« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 08 April 15 13:36 BST (UK) »
Have you thought about e-mailing Toronto Public Library to see if they can find you an obituary for John Bennett between 1901 and 1904  ???

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/

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