Joseph Bennett (1877 - 1960)

Born 11 Sep 1877 in Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Mary (Jones) Bennett — married 1 Jun 1901 in Cleggs Lane Methodist Chapel in Little Hulton, Lancashire

Descendants

Died 1960 at about age 82 in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Joseph was born on 11 Sep 1877 in Warrington, Lancashire.

Joseph married Mary Jones on 1 Jun 1901 at Cleggs Lane Methodist Chapel in Little Hulton, Lancashire. Joseph was 24 and a coal miner; he was widowed and was living at 98 Market Street, Kersley. Mary was 22, and hadn't been married before; she was a card room hand, and was living at 30 Croft Street, Little Hulton. Their fathers were named as Henry Bennett (pavior) and Henry Jones (coal miner). The witnesses were Edward Langford and Susannah Edwards.

Mary passed away in 1951 in St Helens, aged 72, and was buried on 15 May 1951 in St Helens Cemetery.

Joseph died in 1960 in St Helens, aged 84. He was buried on 20 Jul 1960, with his wife.

Research Notes

Buried together in grave STHELCEM / 49 / 433, St Helens Cemetery:

  Mary Bennett 15/05/1951 aged 72

  Joseph Bennett 20/07/1960 aged 84

  Stephen Francis Briscoe 22/08/1961 aged 8 hours

  Thomas Bennett 12/02/1993 aged 72

  Mary Bennett 10/05/2001 aged 81 (d. 1 / 05 / 2001)

Sources

• family information

• Birth registration: listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp (Joseph Bennett, first quarter 1877, Warrington district, mother Tomlinson)

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27G-4K9P : 13 December 2017), Joseph Bennett in household of Henry Bennett, Warrington, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 33, Piece/Folio 3797/63, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,089.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWY5-MD6 : 13 August 2019), Joseph Bennett, Little Hulton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.