Born in Aberdeen, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of
[private father (1880s - 1960s)]
and Maggie Belle (Mitchell) Bennett
Sister of
[private brother (1910s - 1980s)], Henry Bennett, [private sister (1920s - unknown)] and Joey Bennett
Wife of
Norman Victor Smith
— married
14 Sep 1942 in Aberdeen, Sct
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private son (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 79
in Sioux Ste Marie, Ontario, Cda
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2014
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Biography
Victoria Bennett was born to Harry Bennett and Maggie Belle Mitchell Bennett 21 Nov 1917 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Vickie went to the Skene Street Geammer School in Aberdeen. She married my Uncle Norman Smith in Aberdeen, Scotland. This was during WW2 whilst he was serving overseas. She came to Canada aboard the boat HMS Sumaria as a war bride with her small son arriving in December 1946. This woman had to make a long trip from the Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia to Winnipeg, Manitoba on the train. When they arrived my Aunt Ada had a large dinner for them & recall she had frozen "corn on the cob". My "new" Aunt Victoria looked at it and "thought they eat food like we feed our cows". Of course she learned to love "corn on the cob". It had to be very difficult for her to come to a new country & meet the rather imposing SMITH clan. She was a great lady. Her sister Isobel Bennett came out a few years later & married a man from the district.
The photographs were supplied by her son, Norman Jr., whose family sent them from Scotland. I took the photo of the gravesite.
Sources
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/images/B1917_168_01_0381Z Marriage: See photo of her marriage - it is not certificate but proof of their marriage. See Norman's site for her gravestone.
- Mum's family:
Ella Bennett (Mother died 1972) Harry Bennett (Father died 1960) Rueben (brother died 1979) Victoria (died 1997) Henry (brother died 1974) Isabel (sister born Dec. 17, 1926 living) Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Joey (brother born Sept. 25, 1930 living) Aberdeen, Scotland***
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