Thompson / Corporaal Family History

Andrew Bennett (Circa 1793-1876)

Jane Alexander (Circa 1804-1871)

John Wilson (1824-1870)

Georgina Eleanor Hampton (1822-1857)

William Bennett (1837-1913)

Georgina Katherine Wilson (1852-1930)

William Bennett, Jn. (1876-1954)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Harriett Alice Lawrence William Edwin Irwin Bennett William Bennett, Jn. 2 Born: Oct 26, 1876, Bannockburn, Central Otago, New Zealand 2 Marriage (1): Harriett Alice Lawrence on May 21, 1902 in Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand 1 Died: Dec 3, 1954, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand at age 78 2 3   Some of his life's milestones were: William was living at Middlemarch Strath Taieri, Otago, New Zealand in 1911 4 5 He was working as Butcher in Strath Taieri, Otago, New Zealand in 1911 4 William married Harriett Alice Lawrence, daughter of James Lawrence and Francis Marsh Rogers, on May 21, 1902 in Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand.1 (Harriett Alice Lawrence was born on Nov 5, 1877 in Quartzville, Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand,5 6 died on Oct 15, 1962 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand 5 and was cremated on Oct 17, 1962 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.)   Marriage Notes: BENNETT - LAWRENCE - On the 21st May, at St. Andrew's Church, Cromwell, by the Rev. Wm. H. Browne, William, the second son of W. Bennett, Winfield stastion,Rock and Pillar, to Harriett, the third daughter of the late James Lawrence, of Bannockburn. 1

1 "Marriages; Bennett - Lawrence," <i>Otago Witness</i>, Jun 4, 1902, online archives (accessed Oct 26, 2018), p. 43, col. 4.

2 Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Provo UT. USA, <i>Ancestry Family Trees</i> (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree : accessed Jun 14, 2017), "Bennett Family" by Neville Bennett.

3 New Zealand - Auckland Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, death certificate 458 (1954), William Bennett Jn; New Zealand - Dept of Internal Affairs (Births, Deaths & Marriages), Auckland.

4 NZ Electoral Commission, "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981," database (https://search.ancestry.com.au/ : accessed Feb 25, 2018), William Bennett Jn; Otago Central district of Otago electorate.

5 Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA. database and images, <i>Ancestry Family Trees</i> (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/ : accessed Aug 15, 2019); Harriett Alice Lawrence; Bennell Family Tree bu Neville Bennett.

6 Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand, birth certificate no. 519 (1877), Harriett Alice Lawrence; New Zealand - Dept of Internal Affairs (Births, Deaths & Marriages), Auckland.