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Hello listers,
My great-grandmother was Amelia Priscilla BENSON, probably born about 1860 (estimated from husband's bith date). Family rumour has it that her family emigrated from Ireland (no further details) to South Africa. I don't know if she was born in Ireland or South Africa, nor do I know her parents' names.
If anyone has any information about any BENSON emigrating to South Africa in the 1800s, I'd be grateful.
Thanks very much,
John
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Benson information:
BENSON [BYGEWERK 8/11].
John Benson † voor 14.6.1863 x Richmond 28.12.1846 Elsje Jacoba Jacomina Carolina BOOYSEN (Barend-dg)
b1b1 Willem Joseph * 23.12.1847 Richmond 30.1.1848 x Hopetown 24.9.1877 Cornelia Johanna VENTER * c. 1861
c1 Susanna Catharina * 27.9.1877 Dutoitspan 14.4.1878
c2 Elsie Jacoba Jacomina Carolina * 27.8.1880 Kimberley, Mei 1881
c3 Francois Alwyn * 25.3.1882 Griekwastad 17.9.1882
c? Jan Valentyn * 23.11.1892 Griekwastad 11.6.1893
b2 Barend Adriaan * 11.9.1850 Richmond 3.11.1850 † Kakamas 29.7.1904 x Aletta Susanna BOOYSEN
c1 John Joseph * 1.12.1880 Britstown 8.5.1881
c2 Christiaan Johannes * c. 1886
c3 Aletta Susanna * c. 1888
c4 Susanna Aletta * c. 1890
c5 Christoffel Petrus * c. 1892 x Martha Elizabeth VAN ZYL
d1 Barend Adrian * 30.7.1920 Keimoes 26.8.1920
d2 Martha Elizabeth * 24.5.1923 Keimoes 29.6.1924
d3 Chritiaan Petrus * 1.10.1926 Keimoes 30.1.1927
d4 Christina Johanna * 3.8.1930 Keimoes 29.3.1931
d5 Andries Izak * 20.1.1935 Keimoes 24.3.1935
d6 Elizabeth Jacoba * 31.8.1937 Keimoes 30.1.1938
c6 Johanna * c. 1895
c7 Sara Magdalena * c. 1896
c8b2c8 Zacharya Petronella * c. 1900
b3 Jan Andries * 9.11.1852 Richmond 26.12.1852
b4 Adriaan Jacobus * 6.5.1855 Richmond 12.5.1855 x Victoria-Wes 3.4.1882 Wilhelmina Catharina Johanna BENADIE (ongekoppelde)
b5 Carel Cornelius * 14.3.1857 Richmond 30.3.1857
b6 Susanna Aletta * 16.8.1859 28.8.1859
b7 Jan Carel Christiaan * 15.7.1861 3.11.1861
b8 Johanna Jacoba Louisa 14.6.1863
William Benson * c. 1787 † voor 2.7.1839 x Anglikaanse Kerk, Kaapstad 27.3.1817 Johanna Elizabeth SWARTS † 2.7.1839 (42.-)
b1 William Lusebrink 2.8.1818
b2 Lydia Christina 9.4.1820
Ongekoppeldes
Samuel Benson x Mary WHITE
b? Maria Sylvesta * 23.1.1865 Pretoria 10.5.1865
William Richard Benson * 4.10.1873 † Zeerust 18.5.1954 x Salomina Johanna Maria BARWISE * 28.7.1878 † Zeerust 23.2.1959
Regards
David
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Hello Dave,
Many thanks for the Benson information. I know very little about this part of the family, but I should say I have since learned that her name was actually Amelia Anne Catherine Benson, born in 1857, with a brother Walter John born 1860 and a sister Rosina Selina born 1864. All three were baptised in Aliwal North in 1873, Amelia being noted illiegitimate, no father's name being given for any of them, and the mother Amelia Ann described in Trade/Profession as a Purveyor. The sponsor was Sarah Maria Nolan, who, when she married in Aliwal North in 1877 was 28, a widow, and when Rosa Selina married in 1881 one of the witnesses was Henrietta Nolan, so I wonder if there is some kind of relation there between Nolan and Benson.
Thanks again,
JOhn
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John
My wifes family line (through her maternal grandmother) goes back to Benson. The above is all I could get from GISA. I unfortunately still could not make the connection with the Benson's in her line. Was hoping it could help somebody else. :)
Regards
David