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Of Opaki, Wairarapa, New Zealand. He was the twin son of William Dorset and Charlotte Matilda Bennett.
In 1872 he married Jessie Elizabeth Renall, with issue seven children.
He was killed whilst felling trees in 1888, aged 44. His widow remarried in 1897 to Thomas Barker, and died in 1927.
Marriage reg 1872/5010; death 1888/2941 age 44, NZBDM: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search?Path=querySubmit.m%3fReportName%3dMarriageSearch%26recordsPP%3d30#SearchResults.
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