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Note for: Francis Bennett, 30 JUL 1848 - 12 JUN 1930
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Burial: Place: Otaki Cemetery
Individual Note: Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
Returned to New Zealand in 1871 abroad the Queen Bee with his brothers George and William.
Settled at Otaki and set up as a surveyor, due to being befriended by a Mr D'Ath, on the voyage to New Zealand. He worked on the survey of Palmerston North and also did survey work in Wellington and Marlborough. He married Catherine D'Ath, daughter of his benefactor Mr D'Ath. He turned Catholic which caused repercussions amongst his family. In later years he developed diabetes and became a semi invalid. He died in 1930. He is buried at Otaki.
Date of Death of 30/6/1930 from Will Documents
Date of Death of 9/6/1930 from The New Zealand Surveyor
Date of Death of 12/6/1930 from his Death Notice in The Dominion
*Marriage Details Date: 1887, Folio No: 1990*
The Dominion 7th June 1930 shows
Otaki Notes
Mr Frank Bennett, J.P., is seriously ill
*Death Details Date: 1930, Folio No: 1432, Area: Otaki, June quarter, Name: Francis Bennett*
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*Death Details Date: 1930, Registration No: 1930/12061, Aged: 77 years, Name: Francis Bennett - Date of Death 12/6/1930 from Death Registration*
The New Surveyor, The Journal of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, June 1930 issue, page 227
Mr Frank Bennett - One of our older surveyors, of whom not much has been heard for some time, Mr. Frank Bennett, died at Otaki on 9th June, aged 77. We have no particulars. He was not a member of the Institute
The Dominion 13th June 1930 shows
Bennett - On June 12, 1930 at his residence, Otaki, Francis, dearly beloved husband of Katherine Bennett, in his 78th year
Probate Record shows Francis Bennett, Place: Otaki, Occ: Surveyor, Court: Palmerston North, Archives Reference: AAOY W3298 329/59, Probate No: 329/59, Type: Intestate (Letters of Administration), Date Filed: 22/9/1954, Archives NZ, Wellington
Individual Notes
Note for: Eliza Bennett, ABT 1850 - 6 DEC 1852
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Burial: Place: By Pencarrow Lighthouse
Individual Note: Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
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Note for: Never Married, -
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Individual Note: Details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
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Note for: Catherine Known As Kate D'Ath, -
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Individual Note: Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
Occ: Widow and lived in Otaki in 1933 from Norman George Bennett's Will Document
*Marriage Details Date: 1887, Folio No: 1990*
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Note for: Francis Hebden Known As Hebden Bennett, 28 JUN 1888 - 20 AUG 1978
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Burial: Date: 22 AUG 1978
Place: Otaki Cemetery, Otaki
Individual Note: Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
Attended Otaki Convent School, his occupation was a woolclasser before World War I. He visited his English relatives while stationed overseas. He was badly wounded in France and had extensive facial surgery in England at the hands of Charles McIndoe, a pioneer in this work. He also had further operations at Rotorua when he returned. After the war he worked as a liftman at the Government Life Office, Wellington. After a few years, Hebden was taken home by his mother for a holiday and never returned to work. He lived with his mother in the family home in Otaki and remained there after she died. He never married.
Occ: Clerk and lived in Otaki in 1933 from Norman George Bennett's Will Document
*Birth Details Date: 1888, Folio No: 2543, Area: Otaki, September quarter, Name: Francis Hebden Bennett*
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Bennett Francis Hebden Reg No 41725 World War I Veteran. On August 20, 1978, at War Veterans' Home, Levin (formerly of Waeranga Road, Otaki) dearly loved brother of Vera (Mrs D. Corrigan, Paraparaumu Beach), Mary (Mrs McIntyre, Paraparaumu Beach), Arthur (Te Horo) and the late Joseph, Norman, Athol, William and Madge (Mrs Dillon); in his 91st year. May he rest in peace. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St Mary's Catholic Church, Otaki, Today (Wednesday), August 22, 1978, at 11 am, thereafter to the Catholic Cemetery, Otaki. Messages to J McIntyre, 6 Colway St, Ngaio, Wellington. I C Mark FDANZ Levin