There are plenty of William Bensons on the National Archives site. He 'may' be one of those. Otherwise you can also try the Times Digital Archives, and the London Gazette. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Benson" <christinebenson313@btinternet.com> To: "Ruth Appleby" <orange.wasps@live.co.uk>; <jlester@btinternet.com>; <london@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [LON] Occupation of William BENSON > Hi Ruth, Judy and All, > > Many thanks to Ruth and Judy. I did not mention I had him and what he did > in 1851 as I was not sure it was the same person but then noticed he was > living in the same place so that pretty well makes it certain. Yes Ruth, > something appears to have happened to set him back but he is described > later in life as an annuitant and later living on own means so it appears > he recovered. But what happened will probably forever remain a mystery. > > Thanks again, > > Christine > > From: Ruth Appleby > Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 2:18 PM > To: jlester@btinternet.com ; christinebenson313@btinternet.com ; > london@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [LON] Occupation of William BENSON > > I agree with Judy - on the 1851 he is a Stationer's Assistant, although he > appears to have had an Apprentice in 1841 so I wonder what happened? > > Ruth in Hampshire > > >> From: jlester@btinternet.com >> To: christinebenson313@btinternet.com; LONDON@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 14:13:59 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [LON] Occupation of William BENSON >> >> Hi Christine, >> >> I read his occupation as Stationer. >> >> HTH >> >> Judy >> London, UK >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: london-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:london-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Christine Benson >> >> I am trying to decipher the occupation of William (written as Willm) >> BENSON >> (birth year given 1806) with probable spouse Elizabeth on the 1841 >> census >> (piece 677, book 14(/6) page 5). >> >> Can anyone read it? >> >> Any guesses gratefully received. >> >> Christine > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list > on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for > matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Andy, Thanks for that. There are certainly plenty of William Benson's. I couldn't find anything in the National Archives or the London Gazette but there are so many entries in the Gazette I could not look through them all. It may be useful at a later date. Since you have to subscribe to get the Times archive I do not see any point at present. Thanks again, Christine -----Original Message----- From: Andy Hedgcock Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 4:33 PM To: Christine Benson ; Ruth Appleby ; jlester@btinternet.com ; london@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LON] Occupation of William BENSON There are plenty of William Bensons on the National Archives site. He 'may' be one of those. Otherwise you can also try the Times Digital Archives, and the London Gazette. HTH Andy