I’m looking for any information on Benjamin ODGERS and his wife Ann (Ana) THOMAS in Chile after 1825.
I think Benjamin ODGERS might have been a copper miner or smelter. His brother in law Mauris THOMAS worked in the copper industry in Chile in the late 1820s-40s and in South Australia from 1848.
Benjamin ODGERS married Ann THOMAS on 12 Feb 1825 in Gwennup, Cornwall. Ann’s brother Mauris THOMAS and his wife Mary Ann THOMAS nee PERKINS were witnesses on the marriage licence.
Benjamin and Ann had 3 children born in Chile, Juan, David and Elizabeth. On David’s death cert his nationality is recorded as English but probably born in Chile.
Juan ODGERS, born, married and died in Chile.
Information from Juan’s death cert (Oct 1887)
Age at death 53 ie born about 1834, nationality Chilean, residence Tongoy, occ herrero - blacksmith? , wife Faustina ALVAREZ, parents Benjamin ODGERS and Ana THOMAS
David ODGERS, probably born in Chile, married and died in Chile.
Information from David’s Chilean death cert (1894)
Age at death 56 ie born about 1838, nationality English, residence Coquimbo, occ unclear, wife Carmen VALDEBENITO, parents Benjamin ODGERS and Ana THOMAS
Elizabeth Jane ODGERS, born in Chile, married and died in Australia.
Information from Elizabeth’s marriage cert (Melbourne, Australia 1866)
Age at marriage 25 ie born about 1841, birthplace Chile South America, residence St Kilda Melbourne, husband Alfred COLEMAN, parents Benjamin ODGERS and Ann THOMAS
Information from Elizabeth’s memorial stone (died Dec 1919)
Elizabeth COLEMAN, age at death 80 ie born about 1839, death place Glen Innes NSW Aust
