Turning to look at a possible background for Susanna Bennett in that October 1879 marriage to James McCreanor... I have a theory.
Part 1Susanna's age in the 1879 marriage registration (at Reply #2) indicated birth c. 1857, her residence was Low Road in Lisburn and her father was Hugh Bennett a gardener (alive). Her age in the relevant 1901 census return placed her birth c. 1860:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Clifton/Newport_Street/962417/ And the relevant 1911 census return (at Reply #2) placed her birth c. 1858. So all birth years for her are relatively consistent.
As an aside, I noticed that 10 months before their October 1879 marriage, James McCreanor and Susanna Bennett were witnesses to the marriage of a Hugh Bennett and Alice Neill of Lisburn, critically, Hugh's father was recorded as Hugh Bennett a gardener:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1879/11055/8044329.pdfHugh junior's stated age ('full') in that marriage registration indicated birth c. 1858 or before. The relevant 1901 census return indicated his birth c. 1856:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Lisburn/Church_Street/1000913/So not surprisingly, I'm thinking that Susanna and Hugh Bennett, both born (best guess) in the second half of the 1850s, were siblings. I couldn't readily find baptisms for them, but in looking at marriages for possible parents, the following one caught my eye for reasons which will follow. In the following record of marriage that took place at Lisburn in May 1849, 21 year old Hugh Bennett of Glasdrumman townland, Magheradrool parish, married 18 year old Barbara Moore of Saintfield parish, Hugh was described as a labourer (no sign of the 'gardener' occupation at this stage), the two fathers were William Bennett and James Moore:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1849/09372/5394277.pdfI can see transcripts online for the following baptisms of children for that named couple (Hugh Bennett & Barbara Moore):
- Elizabeth Bennett baptised 1850 in St. Anne's Church of Ireland, Belfast;
- Samuel John Bennett baptised 1860 in Donacloney Presbyterian Church;
- William Bennett baptised 1862 in Donacloney Presbyterian Church;
- Emma Bennett baptised 1864 in Donacloney Presbyterian Church;
- James Bennett baptised 1867 in Gilford Presbyterian Church;
- Henry Bennett baptised 1869 in Gilford Presbyterian Church.
The striking thing in that timeline of baptisms, is the big gap between 1850 and 1860 - gardening was sometimes a peripatetic job, so I'm wondering if Hugh and Barbara moved to live somewhere in that 1851-1859 'gap' (associated with Hugh's work), during which they had children including Hugh junior and Susanna, for which the church baptismal records simply aren't online?