unknown Hanlon1

M, #287531
Last Edited=23 Oct 2000
     unknown Hanlon married Patricia Bennett, daughter of Robert James Bennett and Natalie Burns.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Pamela Bennett1

F, #287532
Last Edited=9 Jul 2008
     Pamela Bennett is the daughter of Robert James Bennett and Natalie Burns.1 She married John Gates.1
     Her married name became Gates.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

John Gates1

M, #287533
Last Edited=23 Oct 2000
     John Gates married Pamela Bennett, daughter of Robert James Bennett and Natalie Burns.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Eric Bennett1

M, #287534
Last Edited=20 Jan 2001
     Eric Bennett was the son of William Bennett and Alice Corry.1 He died at Methven, Canterbury, New ZealandG.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Robert Bennett1

M, #287535, b. after 1865
Last Edited=22 Jan 2001
     Robert Bennett was born after 1865. He was the son of Robert Bennett and Maria Cummins.1 He died at Ashburton, New ZealandG.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.


Bessie Jane Bennett1

F, #287536
Last Edited=28 Mar 2020
     Bessie Jane Bennett is the daughter of Robert Bennett and Maria Cummins.1 She married Donald McAulay.1
     Her married name became McAulay.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Donald McAulay1

M, #287537
Last Edited=23 Oct 2000
     Donald McAulay married Bessie Jane Bennett, daughter of Robert Bennett and Maria Cummins.1

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.

Minnie Bennett1

F, #287538, b. 1873, d. 19 December 1896
Last Edited=18 Feb 2001
     Minnie Bennett was born in 1873.2 She was the daughter of Robert Bennett and Maria Cummins.1 She died on 19 December 1896 at Ashburton, New ZealandG.1,2 She was buried at Ashburton Public Cemetery, Old Section, Ashburton, New ZealandG, plot 106.2

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 161. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.
  2. [S2862] NZ Society of Genealogists, Ashburton Old Cemetery (Auckland, NZ: NZ Society of Genealogists, 1979), plot 106. Hereinafter cited as Ashburton Cemetery - Old Section.

John Moffat Hampton1

M, #287539, b. 1852, d. 21 June 1931
Last Edited=1 Dec 2008
     John Moffat Hampton was born in 1852 at Ballytrue, County Armagh, IrelandG.2 He was the son of John Hampton and Mary Ann Henderson.3 He married Ellen Jane Bennett, daughter of Henry Bennett and Margaret Bennett, on 26 January 1888 at St. Stephens Church, Ashburton, New ZealandG.1,4 He died on 21 June 1931.2 He was buried at Ashburton Public Cemetery, Ashburton, New ZealandG, plot 1499.2
     John immigrated to New ZealandG, arriving on January 1875.4 He was a farmer in 1887 at Tinwald, Ashburton, New ZealandG.5 He was member of the Ashburton A & P Committee at Ashburton, New ZealandG.4 He was a farmer from 1899 to 1931 at Ballytrue Farm, Hinds, Canterbury, New ZealandG.5,4 He held the office of Member of the Upper Ashburton Board.4 He was Chairman of the Hinds School Committee from 1901 to 1926 at Hinds, Canterbury, New ZealandG.4

Children of John Moffat Hampton and Ellen Jane Bennett

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 167. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.
  2. [S2863] NZ Society of Genealogists, Ashburton Public Cemetery (Auckland, NZ: NZ Society of Genealogists, 1978), plot 1499. Hereinafter cited as Ashburton Public Cemetery.
  3. [S136] Neil Hampton, The exodus of the Hamptons from Ireland to New Zealand (RD 8, Ashburton: author, August 1997), page 78a. Hereinafter cited as The Hamptons.
  4. [S136] Neil Hampton, The Hamptons, page 278.
  5. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 168.
  6. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 169.
  7. [S2863] NZ Society of Genealogists, Ashburton Public Cemetery, plot 6332.
  8. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 170.
  9. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 171.

John Moffat Hampton1

M, #287540, b. 1889, d. 5 October 1916
Last Edited=24 Feb 2001
     John Moffat Hampton was born in 1889 at Ashburton, New ZealandG.2,3 He was the son of John Moffat Hampton and Ellen Jane Bennett.1 He died on 5 October 1916 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG, wounds received during the Battle of the Somme.4,2 He was buried at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG, plot I1.61.5
     John served in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 1st NZEF on 16 October 1914 as a trooper 7/54.6

Citations

  1. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Life and Times of the Bennett Families of Canterbury 1862-1979 (Ashburton, NZ: author, 1979), page 169. Hereinafter cited as Bennett Families of Canterbury.
  2. [S259] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, online http://www.cwgc.org. Hereinafter cited as Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  3. [S2909] Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to Births Deaths and Marriages (Lower Hutt, NZ: Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, 1990), 4095/1888 Birth, says 1888. Hereinafter cited as Index to Births Deaths and Marriages.
  4. [S160] G.E. Bennett, Bennett Families of Canterbury, page 167.
  5. [S259] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, online http://www.cwgc.org, plot I1.61.
  6. [S2885] NZ Government, Rolls of the NZ Expeditionary Force, 1914-1915, Vol I (Wellington, NZ: Government Print, 1917). Hereinafter cited as Rolls of the NZEF, 1914-1915.