Edwin Bennett, born Kilworth, Leicestershire

[Mike from Leicester]

 ..Seasonal Greeting’s Again.Folks ....

Transcript of Parish Burial Registers :~

1872.
St: Andrew’s Parish Church.
North Kilworth.

Parish Burial Register No’. 422.

George Bennett.
Abode. ….North Kilworth.
31st. May.
Aged. 68.

1878.
St: Andrew’s Parish Church.
North Kilworth.

Parish Burial Register No’. 464.

Martha Bennett.
Abode. ….Easenhall in the County of Warwickshire.
19th. December.
Aged. 75.

Easenhall ...11.8 Miles due west of North Kilworth.

Another George Bennett's Burial Details :~

1885.
St: Andrew’s Parish Church.
North Kilworth.

Parish Burial Register No’. 506.
George Bennett.
Abode. ….North Kilworth.
31st May.
Aged. 66.

MIKE.

[Bryo]

As promised I went to find George and Martha Bennett's grave today in North Kilworth and I've been lucky.

Here's the image of their gravestone tucked behind a tree to the rear of the church amongst all of the other Bennetts who are buried there. 

Donald, If you want the images of the other gravestones please PM me with your e-mail adress and I will send them to you.

Bryo.

[Bryo]

Just for completeness here is a picture of North Kilworth church that I took today. George and Martha Bennett's grave is behind the yellowy tree, centre left. The dark grey gravestones in front of this tree are mostly Bennetts as well.

Bryo.

 

[Donald NZ]

Absolutely fantastic is all I kept saying to myself when viewing the photos. As a team you are “tops”, particularly as what I have managed to unscramble from your inputs and of the little background I had to work on. All evidence shows this is the family I have been searching for, and to have these photos as well is a tremendous bonus. Not only to me, but to other researchers looking for the same information.
Hopefully some of them may add further information to this posting.
An extra thank you to Bryo for taking the time to visit and photograph the headstone and church.
Best wishes to the team and thank you all again.
Donald NZ
 

[tigtig]

Hiya, It's not going to help much with your research but Martha Bennett was my gt gt gt grandfather's next door neighbour in North Kilworth and was the informant on his (John Hammonds) death certificate on 30/12/1843.

[ChristineInHerts]

It's taken me nearly 6 years to make the leap to RootsChat (serious family tree research/addiction started Feb 2004) but, having registered at last, I have landed on a very promising thread for my tree.  I think that Mike from Leicester is almost certainly the person due an acknowledgment for setting me on my way with this part of the family, some time ago.

I reckon that Donald NZ, above, is someone whom I have contacted late last autumn - fruitfully.  Although Edwin is not in my direct ancestral line, George and Martha are there as my Gx2-grandparents.  I am delighted to see the beautiful photo, taken by Bryo, of the gravestone.  I hope it is acceptable to him that I have downloaded the image (including his name as copyright holder in the filename).  That also means that my ancestors were living next door to tigtig's.

George's PoB, according to the censuses, is Lutterworth, and his marriage record has Thomas & Susannah BENNETT as witnesses.  Unfortunately, my nice theory that George was the son of a Thomas BENNETT / Susannah ROBINSON Lutterworth marriage 3 July 1804 (IGI M061021) seems to have been demolished, since the Bishop's Transcripts (transcribed here, on another thread) show that Thomas to have had the surname MOUNT, and not BENNETT, as in the IGI.  I can see that I shall have to visit the RO at Wigston before too long.

Happy New Year to all.

Christine

[Bryo]

I hope it is acceptable to him that I have downloaded the image (including his name as copyright holder in the filename). 

No problem at all Christine. 

Bryo.

[ChristineInHerts]

Thank you.

I would hav sent you a PM, but that facility doesn't seem to be available here...

Or, rather, I hadn't spotted the correct link to do so, until just now!

Christine