I have no idea if my family is related but my cousin is Leigh Bennett, son of Katrina Fourie and Stephen Bennett (I don't know what Stephen's fathers name is) I know my cousin's grandfather lives in Pinetown and I know that Stephen was adopted by them. Stephen lives in the Durban area now I think. I also know that the grandfather is from the United Kingdom as they all have British Passports. If you come across their names in your searches please let me know so I can pass it on to my cousin, if you want I can ask him a bit more about his grandfather? Regards Tammy Wellbeloved -----Original Message----- From: sybil banisterjones Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:28 AM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Bennett Family. Hi Cheri Please would you sendd me a copy of the Bennett info, offline. Many thanks Sybil sybilbj@gmail.com On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Cheri Marshall <cherim@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Hi Cliff > In 2007 Ellen Published a lot of Bennett info from databases ...I have > forwarded the email to you offlist so you can go through the BENNETT info. > Regards > Cheri > > -----Original Message----- > From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of cliff > bennett > Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 8:21 AM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ZA-EC] Bennett Family. > > Hi Sybil, > My Great Grandfather was a Joseph Bennett and travelled out > here from the UK with a brother Sidney. From what I can establish it must > have been around 1860. He had twin sons who were subsequenly also named > Joseph{my granfather} and Sidney. My eldest Uncle was also Joseph and his > eldest son Joseph. Both GGF and Sidney settled in the Graaf Reinet area > and > farmed. ButGGF soon realised that he was not cut out to be a farmer. He > moved to East London and became a shop keeper. With the death of his first > wife he remarried in 1884. at that time he was 42. He died there in 1912 > and > is buried there. My GGM Anna Bennett nee Pommet was of Hugenout > extraction > and ended up in a DR. Bernardo Home in Essex. She was sent out here to > look > after my GGF family after the death of of his wife. She was only 16 at the > time. Dr Bernado gave her an inscribed Bible when she left the Home. It is > in the safe keeping of my cousin Mark in East London. > My cousins and I are also trying to trace our family. From what we know we > originated from Austrey near Tamworth which is in Staffordshire. We have a > cousin , Julian Bennett {from the Sidney side} still farming in Graaf > Reinet. Unfortunately he is not even interested in discussing the family > and > mearly refered me to the archives in the Old Prison in Cape Town. As with > most of these searches you never have much to go on when you start. I do > not > know if it a mere coincidence with first names, as I know at that time > Joseph was a very popular boys name. My maternal GF was also named Joseph. > My cousins, Irene and Helen have far more info than I have. The birth > date > that Tessa King is mentioning for Sidney is very close to that of my GF. > Would it be possible if we shared info? We might be able to fill some of > the > gaps. > Regards, > Cliff Bennett. > > >

Hi Tammy I am away at the moment so dont have my records with me. My grandmother was a Bennett and my mother told me that there were Fourie's in our family, so just perhaps we can work out a connection. I will contact you when I get back in about 3 weeks time, In the meantime, what is the grandfathers name? Regards Sybil On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Tammy <tammyw@mweb.co.za> wrote: > I have no idea if my family is related but my cousin is Leigh Bennett, son > of Katrina Fourie and Stephen Bennett (I don't know what Stephen's fathers > name is) I know my cousin's grandfather lives in Pinetown and I know that > Stephen was adopted by them. Stephen lives in the Durban area now I think. > I > also know that the grandfather is from the United Kingdom as they all have > British Passports. If you come across their names in your searches please > let me know so I can pass it on to my cousin, if you want I can ask him a > bit more about his grandfather? > > Regards > Tammy Wellbeloved > > -----Original Message----- > From: sybil banisterjones > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:28 AM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Bennett Family. > > Hi Cheri > > Please would you sendd me a copy of the Bennett info, offline. > Many thanks > Sybil > sybilbj@gmail.com > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Cheri Marshall <cherim@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi Cliff > > In 2007 Ellen Published a lot of Bennett info from databases ...I have > > forwarded the email to you offlist so you can go through the BENNETT > info. > > Regards > > Cheri > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > cliff > > bennett > > Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 8:21 AM > > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ZA-EC] Bennett Family. > > > > Hi Sybil, > > My Great Grandfather was a Joseph Bennett and travelled out > > here from the UK with a brother Sidney. From what I can establish it must > > have been around 1860. He had twin sons who were subsequenly also named > > Joseph{my granfather} and Sidney. My eldest Uncle was also Joseph and his > > eldest son Joseph. Both GGF and Sidney settled in the Graaf Reinet area > > and > > farmed. ButGGF soon realised that he was not cut out to be a farmer. He > > moved to East London and became a shop keeper. With the death of his > first > > wife he remarried in 1884. at that time he was 42. He died there in 1912 > > and > > is buried there. My GGM Anna Bennett nee Pommet was of Hugenout > > extraction > > and ended up in a DR. Bernardo Home in Essex. She was sent out here to > > look > > after my GGF family after the death of of his wife. She was only 16 at > the > > time. Dr Bernado gave her an inscribed Bible when she left the Home. It > is > > in the safe keeping of my cousin Mark in East London. > > My cousins and I are also trying to trace our family. From what we know > we > > originated from Austrey near Tamworth which is in Staffordshire. We have > a > > cousin , Julian Bennett {from the Sidney side} still farming in Graaf > > Reinet. Unfortunately he is not even interested in discussing the family > > and > > mearly refered me to the archives in the Old Prison in Cape Town. As with > > most of these searches you never have much to go on when you start. I do > > not > > know if it a mere coincidence with first names, as I know at that time > > Joseph was a very popular boys name. My maternal GF was also named > Joseph. > > My cousins, Irene and Helen have far more info than I have. The birth > > date > > that Tessa King is mentioning for Sidney is very close to that of my GF. > > Would it be possible if we shared info? We might be able to fill some of > > the > > gaps. > > Regards, > > Cliff Bennett. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >