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Hi Penne, our g.g.grandfather john bell bennett,[and there are a couple more john bell bennett's] whils't on a visit to adelaide at easter 1926 died. he was 91. he came out from irland as a lad.and successfully lived in adelaide,kadina,kapunda and then became one of the pioneer settlers of the south east. it is said he was the owner of mayurra station, now famous for wagoo beef i will go to state records and try to confirm this. wnen he was 90 he went back to ileland and he was still very with it. he also owned moy hall estate. his eldest daughter mary kain  lived in victoria,my g.g.mother became a barker and lived in narracoorte, william also lived in narracoorte,james in adelaide,edward in melbourne,patrick in naracoorte,[long story there] i'll tell you when we meet,ellen nash,millicent, and 5 others. what good breaders we catholics are.speaking of churches in mt. gambier,  most of the children where christened at the main church there, can't remember the name of the church.g john &g.maria were married at st.john's church kapunda  and a couple of their children were christened there. do you know of a christopher annear in mt. gambier? he is related to me. Regards Deanna

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