Elizabeth Anne (Janes) Benson (1827 - 1914)

Born 1827 in Grates Cove, Newfoundland Colony

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Biography

Marriage

Name Elijah Benson
Event Date 09 Oct 1850
Event Place Grates Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Ann Janes^[1]

Note

Elizabeth Jane" was a common name around Trinity Bay between approximately the dates of 1830-1865. There were several births of Elizabeth Jeynes, Jeans, or Janes in Trinity/Conception Bay in the 1820s. One RootsWeb profile suggests this Elizabeth is the daughter of a John Janes, b. 1791^[2], but it is difficult to be certain.

One book source^[3] states:

His wife, Elizabeth (Janes) Benson, also a native of Newfoundland, died January 1, 1914, aged eighty-seven years. They were the parents of six children:

1. William, lives at Grates Cove, Newfoundland.

2. Gideon, lives at Carbonear, Newfoundland.

3. Naomi, married Willis Moores, a carpenter, resides in St. John's.

4. Julia, married Joshua Benson, her fourth cousin, and resides in Saskatchewan, Canada.

5. Elisha, of whom further.

6. Eli, deceased; was a carpenter by trade.

Sources

1. ↑ "Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-GRYZ : accessed 21 August 2015), Elijah Benson and Elizabeth Ann Janes, 09 Oct 1850; citing Marriage, Grates Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
2. ↑ Rootsweb profile of Elizabeth Jane. Accessed 2015.
3. ↑ Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania Vol II (1915) by Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed New York, Lewis historical publishing company (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers02injord)