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 >