Joseph Benham (1850 - 1940)

Born 27 Sep 1850 in Campbell St, Hobart, TAS

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Britton) Benham — married 6 Mar 1879 in St Barnabas' CE, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Husband of Mary Sybina (Lord) Benham — married 1886 in Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

Died 16 Dec 1940 at age 90 in Marshall St, Kogarah, NSW, Australia

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Note

BIRTH:

BENHAM, M[ale]

JAMES

CURTIN BRIDGET

HOBART

27 SEP 1850

2689

33

BIRTH:

1850 birth no.2689 Hobart TAS

when born - 27 Sep 1850

name - [none], male

father - James BENHAM, laborer

mother - Bridget CURTIN now BENHAM

informant - John MATTHEWS x his mark, inmate(?) Campbell St

when reg - Oct 1

BURIAL:

gravestone in CE section Rookwood, section DD plots 1098-99

Joseph BENHAM, d.16 dec 1940 aged 90 years

BURIAL: SMH Tue 17 December 1940 p.7

BENHAM.— The Relatives and Friends of late Mr. and Mrs. G.J. ALLEN (deceased), Mr. and Mrs. D. DUNCAN, Mr. and Mrs. V. BOWYER, Mr. and Miss I. BENHAM, Mr. and Mrs. H. WRIGHT, and Mr. and Mrs. F. ROSS and FAMILY are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their dearly loved FATHER, GRAND-FATHER, GREAT-GRANDFATHER, BROTHER-IN-LAW, and UNCLE, Joseph Benham, to leave his daughter's residence, Halloween, Marshall Street, Kogarah, THIS DAY, after service commencing at 1.45 p.m. for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.

THE WORKERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS

(C.H. Parker and son)

Phone L2109, 40 Brown Street, Newtown.

.

BENHAM. N.I.O.O.F. LOYAL UNITY, No. 1144. Officers and Members of the above Lodge are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late Bro. JOSEPH BENHAM. For full particulars see family notice.

Bro. BROMINGTON, N.G.

Bro. J.A.B. WALKER, Sec.

DEATH:

BENHAM, JOSEPH

JOHN JAMES

BRIDGET

KOGARAH

1940

24766

DEATH: SMH Tuesday 17 December 1940 p.8

BENHAM.—December 16, 1940, at his daughter's residence, Mrs. Duncan, Halloween, Marshall Street, Kogarah, Joseph Benham, beloved husband of the late Mary Sybina Benham, and father of Edith (Mrs. Allen, deceased), Ethel (Mrs. Duncan), Louisa (Mrs. Bowyer), Joseph, and Violet (Mrs. Wright). At rest.

OCCUPATION:

Mariner - arrived in Sydney several times in the 1870s as a seaman (Trimmer)

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