Individual Notes
Note for: Alice Mary Buck, 20 MAY 1879 - 14 NOV 1962
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Burial: Place: Havelock North Cemetery
Individual Note: Details and Name from B Bennett
Lived at Pepper Street, Hastings circa 1940 from Scholefield Papers
*Birth Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 1314, Area: Wellington, June quarter, Name: Alice Mary Buck*
The Evening Post 22nd December 1888 shows
TAITA SCHOOL.
The following is the list of prize-winners for the Taita School. The prizes were presented by the Chairman (Mr. John Clement) on Thursday afternoon :— Standard VI. — I. Ross. Standard V. — W. Death. Standard IV. — A. Brown, J. Tilbury, A. Death, A. Hancock, A. James, E. Mellow, M. Ross. Standard III. — K. Boulcott. J. Hooper, M. Adams, G. Peck, L. Petterson, M. Russell. Standard II. — H. Mahood, C. Pike, C. Avery, L. Avery, E. Drummond, E. Edwards, M. Hooper, H. Haywood, P. Johnson, L. Mellow, E. Pitt, R. Wright, A. Webb. Standard I.— N. Death, H. Hancock, T. Hancock, E. Mahood, H. Mellow, N. Russell, A. Buck, M. Hawkes, M. Terry, A. Walters, L. Webb, E. Edwards, L. Johnston, H. Petterson, M. Russell, J. Russell, S. Wright. Infant classes.— First Division — N. Daysh, K. Fraser, J. Hawkes, J. Walters. L. James. Second Division — C. Evenson, T. Mahood, B. Wright, N. Haywood, A. Pitt. Third Division — W. Buck, S. Campbell, F. Hancock, A. Mellow, G. Peck, E. Peck, A. Russell, H. Russell, P. Russell, J. Terry, A. Campbell, M. Daysh, L. Evenson, M. Fox, M. Haywood, L. Pike, L. Walters. Mr. T. Mason's prizes for attendance were gained by M. Hooper, J. Hooper, M. Ross, J. Tilbury, J. Walters, A. Brown.
School Records for Taita School show
Class Standard III
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Alice Buck, Taita, Date of Examination: 17/9/1890, 11 years, 3 months, Last Standard Passed: II, Attendance Record: 218, Absent on day, Very Nervous, Result: Passed
The Evening Post 19th December 1891 shows
TAITA SCHOOL.
The prizes were presented by Mr. Thomas Mason on the 17th inst., prefaced by a suitable address to the children. After the prize distribution, tea was provided by the School Committee in Mr. Mason's grounds, and races and sports were indulged in. The following is the prize list :—
St. 7, M. Ross, dux of school, 1; A. James, 2; A. Brown, 3.
St. 6. K. Boulcott, 1; M. Adams, 2; M. Hooper, E. Pitt.
St. 5, C. Pike, 1; H. Walters, 2; E. Edwards, L. Johnston, N. Cleland, T. Handcock.
St. 4, L. James, 1; K. Frazer (sic), 2; M. Daysh, A. Buck, S. Russell, W. Buck, E. Russell, A. Pitt, N. Daysh, E, Edwards, J. Walters.
St. 3, A. Russell, 1; R. Russell, 2; E. Benge, I. Daysh, A. Death, A. Fisk, R. Fisk, M. Hooper, M. Hawk, L. Walters, F. Hancock, H. Russell, B. Wright, W. Whittington.
St. 2, M. Craig, M. Frazer (sic), M. Fox, S. Hoar, E. Hoar, J. Harvey, C. Pescini, N. Pike, H. Russell, A. Credland, J. Hawk, A. Mellow, V. Mellow, P. Russell, C. Walters.
St. 1, preparatory — All these youngsters had a nice book presented to them. Head teacher's prizes for good attendance were won by M. Ross (dux), K. Frazer (sic), H. Farrington, all with full marks. Head teacher's prize for best kept exercise book, M. Adams.
Marriage Transcription shows When and Where Married: 20/5/1902, Christ Church, Taita, William Dacre Bennett, Aged: 23, Occ: Clerk, Bachelor, Birthplace: Crofton, Rangitikei, Residence: Present: Taita, Usual: Taita, Father: William Hebden Bennett, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Margaret Bennett nee Farmer, Alice Mary Buck, Aged: 22, Spinster, Birthplace: Taita, Residence: Present: Taita, Usual: Taita, Father: Alfred Buck, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Mary Ann Buck nee Whitewood, Witnesses: John Patrick Joseph Murphy, Clerk, Lower Hutt, Marjorie Buck, Taita, Minister: Joshua Jones
*Death Details Date: 1962, Folio No: 5554, Aged: 83, Area: Hastings, Name: Alice Mary Bennett*
Hastings Cemetery Record show Mary Alice Bennett, Date of Death/Burial: 14/11/1962, Date of Burial?: 10/1/1963, Aged: 83, Cremation, Address: 911 Heathcote Road, Hastings, Cemetery: Havelock North, Block: CRG, Plot: 63
The Hawkes's Bay Herald-Tribune 14th November 1962 shows
Bennett - On November 14, 1962, at Hastings, Alice Mary, dearly loved wife of William Dacre Bennett, of 911 Heathcote Avenue, Hastings, and loved mother of Myra (Mrs T. Windley, Levin), Hinemoa (Mrs H. Tracy, Auckland), Sylvia (Mrs J. Estcourt, Hastings), Hamilton (Napier), Cyril (Havelock North), Wilfred (Kaikohe) and Roger (Bay View). Aged 83 years.
A service will be held in St Matthew's Church, Hastings, on Friday, November 16, 1962, at 2 pm, the funeral the leaving for the Hastings Crematorium - Tong & Peryer Ltd, Funeral Directors, Hastings
Individual Notes
Note for: William Hebden Bennett, 3 DEC 1855 - 5 NOV 1929
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Burial: Place: Pahautanui Cemetery
Individual Note: Some details from B Bennett nee Pye
Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
Attended Manningham Grammar School in England
Returned to New Zealand in 1871 abroad the Queen Bee with his brothers George and Francis. Assumed he went to Otaki with his brother Francis, as he was aged 16 and shows up employed in a New Zealand survey party. In 1879 William took the position as assistant at Pencarrow Lighthouse. Five year later, the family moved to the Portland Island lighthouse off Mahia. After three years there the family again moved to Manakau, where the family brought a dairy farm.
*Marriage Details Date: 1878, Folio No: 1819*
Address noted as Te Waikopiro, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay in 1915 from son, Hubert Warwick Bennett being listed in The Evening Post as wounded
*Death Details Date: 1929, Folio No: 3718, Area: Wellington, December quarter, Name: William Hebden Bennett*
The Evening Post 6th November 1929 shows
Bennett - On 5th November, 1929, at his residence, Karehana Bay, Plimmerton, William Hebden, beloved husband of Margaret Bennett (late of Manakau); aged 74 years. No flowers. Private interment
Probate Record shows William Hebden Bennett, Place: Plimmerton, Occ: Retired Farmer, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 45631, Probate No: 45631, Date Filed: 25/11/1929, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
Headstone Reads
In loving memory of
William Hebden Bennett
beloved husband of
Margaret called home
5th Nov 1929
Aged 74
'Thy will be done'
In loving memory of
Margaret Bennett
beloved wife of
William Henden Bennett
died 23rd Jan 1940
Aged 82
At rest