George Benstead
Smith
Born in Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa
Ancestors 
Son of John Josiah Smith
and Harriet (O'Connor) Smith
Brother of
Charles Bagot Smith, Edward Ward Smith, Letitia Elizabeth (Smith) Cock, Harriet Demaine (Smith) Blacker, Robert Ward Smith, Henry Alport Smith, John Smith, William Saunders Smith and Richard Shaw Smith
Husband of
Katherine Ann (Currie) Smith
— married
12 Nov 1878 in George, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa
Father of
Mabel (Smith) Every, Harriet Demaine (Smith) Thornton, George Bernard Smith, Helen Mildred (Smith) Kingwell, Walter Aubrey Smith, Charles Montague Smith and Kathleen Mary (Smith) Hensley
Died
at age 72
in Graaf-Reinet, Cape, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2015
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Biography
Sources
- My Heritage website
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SPJQ-ZBN : accessed 2016-05-08), entry for George Bensted /SMITH/.
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMH-BCNS : 27 June 2022), George Bensted Smith, 1914.
- "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8SDK-3MMM : 18 March 2022), George Beustead Smith, 1878.
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ6-1RN7?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S6M%3A1598092341 : 12 September 2017), 007845008 > image 129 of 1213; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George Benstead by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George Benstead:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George Benstead by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George Benstead:
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