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Author: Jocelyn1411 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/11051.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi again I just found Ben and family ( with second wife in Ireland 1901...he went bankrupt in 1897: Residents of a house 2 in Thomas Street (Waterford Urban No. 5, Waterford) Show all information Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Hepburn Benjamin 39 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland Scotland Cashier Read and write - Married - Hepburn Janet 35 Female Wife Church of Ireland Scotland - Read and write - Married - Hepburn Benjamin 15 Male Son Church of Ireland Scotland Clerk Read and write - Not Married - Hepburn Sibbly 13 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Scotland Scholar Read and write - Not Married - Hepburn James 11 Male Son Church of Ireland Scotland Scholar Read and write - Not Married - Hepburn Violet 9 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Scotland Scholar Read and write - Not Married THE COURT . Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, January 21, 1888 At Edinburgh Bankruptcy Court yesterday, the examination into the affairs of the Messrs Hepburn bros, Seedsmen, Dunbat and Reston,was continued. John Hepburn said he carried on part of his business through an agent in Fife. He kept horses certified as hunters, but not race horses and he never lost any money betting on horse racing. Benjamin Hepburn was also examined and therafter the statutory oath was administered to the bankrupts In an 1887 article on this bankruptcy, John H was living at Bellhaven, Dunbar, and Benjamin was living at Rescon an earlier article said Benjamin H was a seed Merchant at High St, Dunbar and residing at Rescon COURT OF SESSION . Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Wednesday, December 20, 1899; Issue 303. Benjamin HEPBURN, residing sometime Lanark, thereafter at North Berwick, thereafter at Roscrea, Tipperary Ireland and at present at Snow Hill,Waterford, Ireland- to be examined at Sheriff Balfours Chambers, County Buildings, Glasgow, 27 Dec at half past 2 O'Clock AGRICULTURE . Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Saturday, June 18, 1881 Benjamin HEPBURN of Preston Mains, Prestonkirk, took an exam for the Diploma and Certificate in Agriculture along with 19 other gentlemen The Newcastle Courant etc (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, April 8, 1881 this article says Benjamin passed his exams ................ I found the son Benjamin H HEPBURN in the USA- there are 3 arrivals and he says his nearest relative is Janet HEPBURN of 4 Gardner St Dunbar- his Stepmother Name: Benj H Hepburn Arrival Date: 2 Mar 1910 Birth Year: abt 1885 Birth Location: Scotland Birth Location Other: reston Age: 25 Gender: Male Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality: Scottish (Scotish) Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland; Moville, Ireland Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: ColumbiaCame out as a farm labourer - gave his Uncle John HEPBURN of Gateside Lochominoch (?) as relative. He was destined for Tuxedo USA Name: Benjamin Hepburn Arrival Date: 19 Feb 1912 Birth Year: abt 1884 Birth Location: Scotland Birth Location Other: Reston Age: 28 Gender: Male Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality: Scottish (Scottish) Stemother still at Gardner St Dunbar as of 1914 Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Carmania also: Name: Benjamin H Hepburn Arrival Date: 9 Mar 1914 Birth Year: abt 1890 Birth Location: Scotland Birth Location Other: Dundee, Scotland Age: 24 Gender: Male Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality: Scottish (Scotish) Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Cameronia his naturalisation: Name: Benjamin Hepburn Hepburn Birth Date: 11 Feb 1885 Birth Place: Coldingham, Scotland Petition Date: 14 Jan 1918 Petition Number: 1020 Spouse Name: Jessie Current Residence: Rhinebeck Volume: Vol. 09 #1001-1250 Ben originally arrived 01 Mar 1910 on the 'Columbia'. He declared his intention to become a citizen 03 Oct 1911 he married Jessie b 7 Jan 1898 in NY of Italian parents, and they had a son Benjamin H HEPBURN b 19 Aug 1915 in Rhinebeck NY who died in Oregon 1992 Name: Benjamin Hepburn SSN: 068-10-6560 Last Residence: 97005 Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, United States of America Born: 20 Aug 1915 Died: Feb 1982 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951) Name: Benjamin Hepburn Gender: Male Birth Date: 20 Aug 1915 Death Date: 3 Feb 1982 SSN: 068106560 Enlistment Date 1: 19 Jul 1944 Release Date 1: 15 Jan 1946 Name: Benjamin H Hepburn Age: 66 Birth Date: 20 Aug 1915 Death Date: 3 Feb 1982 Death Place: Multnomah Spouse: Margaret Certificate: 82-02835 Benjamin H H was a construction engineer in the censuses and lived Hempstead, Nassau, NY in 1940 .....................There are some articles in the Scottish newspapers for this family - eg Benjamin who married Agnes was at his father's death in 1888 - James HEPBURN died 1888 of Cerebral Softening and peritonitis ( 9 days)- he had been a faithful servant and factor to Baron Thomas Buchan HEPBURN, Baronet of Smeaton. James H died 17 July 1888 . He had married Sybella WATT. His father was Thomas HEPBURN, a sailor this is something for later: http://www.electricscotland.com/history/haddington/chapter31.htm and this is the cemetery record for Prestonkirk: http://www.scribd.com/doc/12737223/Prestonkirk-Churchyard-Survey more later Jocelyn Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.