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Trying to find Bennett

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Hazel

Hazel Report 14 Jan 2007 17:59

I am looking for any information on GEORGE BENNETT born in 1880 in Yorks, Loftus. He had 2 sisters, EMILY (1890) and ELIZABETH (B1875 - D1960) as well as a brother WILLIAM (BILLY) BENNETT (B1878)
EMILY was a cook and housekeeper in Burnside in Grangetown, ELIZABETH was in service too in London for the MOSS family in St James, Westminster. This was in 1901. Their parents were JOHN BENNETT and SARAH A BENNETT(possibly WYATT). JOHN was a labourer, in particular and iron and steel worker in Grangetown.
It is possible that there was one other sibling. Rumor has it that GEORGE was married before he met MARGARET COOPER. having seen the marriage cert I realise it is the wrong one and it is possible GEORGE nad MARGARET were never married, but she is recorded as his wife on his death certificate, their first child was born later IVOR (B1930). She was 18 he was 49 IVOR BENNET (married twice) was born 1930 and CRAIG ANTHONY BENNETT (my father) was born in 1933. (married MOLLIE MITCHELL, had 3 children TONY, CAROLYN and HAZEL in the 50s) Both brothers births were registered in GUISBOROUGH. GEORGE died in 1933 and MARGARET remarried. However, both ELIZABETH and EMILY lived in the Almshouses in KIRKLEATHEM until their deaths. EMILY had a niece in Redcar called SYLVIA BENNETT who possibly owned a hairdresser in station road in Redcar. Neither was married or (to our knowledge) had any children.
My father CRAIG said there was mention of another family, possibly Willis in Leeds (?), the name could also be ELLIOTT or WYATT but it was strictly forbidden to mention this by his mother. There is no connection to Leeds. MARGARET COOPER remarried GEORGE COLVIN in 1935 after GEORGES death and became COLVIN and had a daughter Pamela. MARGARET COOPER lived in Dormanstown before she met GEORGE and had 2 brothers, JAMES and GORDON WALTON who both fought in WW2. She worked as a chaimbermaid in the Swan Hotel in Redcar.
Can anyone help at all? We don't know where the 4 BENNETT siblings come from and cannot crack this!!!
We know there was a scandal or fall out of some sort that EMILY told CRAIG 'We never ever talk about that.'

Tracey

Tracey Report 11 Jan 2008 06:19

Hello. there's not direct link but some of the things you have said rings bells in our family tree. It may be worth checking our tree to see if a link. Kind Regards Tracey ([email protected])