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James BENNETT

James BENNETT

Male 1815 - 1896  (81 years)

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  • Name James BENNETT  [1, 2] 
    Alt. Birth 1812  Churchtown, St Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Born 1815  St. Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Christened 14 Jan 1815  St Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 14 Jan 1815  Churchtown, St Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Census 1841  Water Cottages, St Merryn, Co. Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Emigration Aft Feb 1842  USA(Penn.)Then Canada(Ontario) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1851  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1861  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Land 1865  Lot 9, Con 6 Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario Purchased For $35.00 Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1871  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1881  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census 1891  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    1851 Census Not Found Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Carpenter Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Farmer Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 10 Nov 1896  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Buried Forester's Falls, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Person ID I38808  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2016 

    Father William BENNETT,   b. 12 Mar 1780, St. Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1865, St. Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BREWER,   b. 1780, St. Ervan, Co. Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1861, St Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 23 Apr 1803  St. Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F9704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane GREGOR,   b. 1815, St. Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1898, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1837  St. Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Alt. Marriage 12 Aug 1837  Saint Merryn, , Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Henry BENNETT,   b. 1839, Shop, St Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1897, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     2. James BENNETT,   b. 4 Jan 1842, St Merryn, St. Merryn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1922, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. William BENNETT,   b. 22 Jun 1846, Litchfield Twp., Pontiac Co., Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1907, Portage Du Fort, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     4. John BENNETT,   b. 18 May 1846, Litchfield Twp., Pontiac Co., Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1912, Forester's Falls, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     5. Elizabeth Jane BENNETT,   b. 10 Apr 1848, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1918, Bancroft, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     6. Joseph BENNETT,   b. 16 Sep 1851, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1920, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     7. Andrew BENNETT,   b. 1 Sep 1855, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1933, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     8. George BENNETT,   b. 14 Sep 1858, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1939, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     9. Mary Ann BENNETT,   b. Dec 1862, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1889, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
    Last Modified 19 May 2010 
    Family ID F8290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    016-Bennett, James    		016-Bennett, James
    01617-Bennett, James & Jane nee Gregor    		01617-Bennett, James & Jane nee Gregor
    01617-St. Merryn Church, inside view    		01617-St. Merryn Church, inside view
    01617-St. Merryn Church    		01617-St. Merryn Church
    Bennett family church in County Cornwall, England

    Documents
    01617-St. Merryn Church Sunday School Roll    		01617-St. Merryn Church Sunday School Roll
    lists James Bennett & Jane Gregor in Sunday school
    01617-Parish of St. Merryn, Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database    		01617-Parish of St. Merryn, Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database
    01617-Bennett Letter # 1    		01617-Bennett Letter # 1
    A letter written to James and Jane Bennett from Jane’s brothers Wm and Richard Greggor, Feb 21, 1864.
    016-Bennett, James death notice    		016-Bennett, James death notice
    Newspaper Clipping Nov 27 1896, Renfrew Mercury

    Headstones
    Gravestone-Bennett plots    		Gravestone-Bennett plots
    Howard Cemetery
    Stones -
    bk row - George D; John
    ft row - Joseph; James; George; James
    taken by Fay Bennett
    Gravestone-Bennett, James & Jane Griggor     		Gravestone-Bennett, James & Jane Griggor
    Howard Cemetery, Forester's Falls, Ontario
    taken by Fay Bennett

    Albums
    EF-Bennett Family Album    		EF-Bennett Family Album (686)
    Photos, documents and histories pertaining to the descendants of James and Jane (nee Gregor) Bennett

  • Sources 
    1. [S231] Gregor and Bennett Family Information, Susan Old, Wadebridge, Co. Cornwall, England, (Transcription of St. Merryn Parish Records) (Reliability: 3).
      Date of Import: Feb 15, 2000

    2. [S865] Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1851, Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Census database, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/5/o3160000.htm).

    3. [S177] Bennett File of Pam Spencer, Pam Spencer, Yately, Hampshire, England, (received by F. Bennett Apr 1999).

    4. [S697] Bennett Ancestral File, Pat Evans, Australia.

    5. [S702] Bennett Family History, Mary Eady and Joseph Bennett, (1962-1964).

    6. [S231] Gregor and Bennett Family Information, Susan Old, Wadebridge, Co. Cornwall, England, (Transcription of St. Merryn Parish Records).

    7. [S115] Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1861, Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Database, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/7/o082e000.htm updated 2005-12-03).

    8. [S696] Ross Township Land Records, (Land Registry Office, Pembroke, Ontario).

    9. [S242] Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1871, Transcription draft by Weller, Harry.

    10. [S372] Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1881, LDS, Family History Resource Fil e, (2002).

    11. [S480] Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1891, Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Census database, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o113i101.htm#100).

    12. [S575] Vital Statistics of Ontario - Death Certificate of James Bennett, Reg # 017776 Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3).
      Death Registration of James Bennett d. Nov 10 1896 age 84 yrs, farmer; b. Co. Cornwall, England; died of old age; Dr Geo Forbes reg Nov 11 1896; Church of England; Wm Grant, Registrar

    13. [S257] Newspaper - Index to Births, Marriages, & Deaths in the Pembroke Observer and Upper Ottawa Advertiser 1867-1898, OGS Sault Ste Marie Branch, (July 1991).

    14. [S508] Ross Twp Register, BMD.

    15. [S248] Cemetery Record - Howard Cemetery Gravestones, Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario, (Pletsch, Murray, Webmaster of Renfrew County, Ontario Gravemarker Gallery, Digital Images at http://nocgg.maddoc.net/renfrew/).

    16. [S698] Death Notice of James Bennett, (Renfrew Mercury Nov 27, 1896).

    17. [S255] IGI.


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