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Message 1 of 18 in Discussion

From:

ConnemaraKate (Original Message)

Sent: 7/4/2007 11:49 AM

From: <NOBR>

TameCindy</NOBR> (Original Message)

Sent: 2007/07/04 03:01 AM

Im looking for information on my great-great grandparents...James Benham and his wife, Francis Caroline Rachel Currell. James was born 1835 and Francis, in 1836. They married in England in 1863. They came to Canada and settled in Beaverton Ontario in 1869 from Kent, England, with 4 children, and had 4 more in Canada. One of the 4 born here was my great grandmother, Jane Sarah.

Cindy

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Message 4 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:14 PM

Hi Cindy

This is Kay and I will be helping to search for your ancestors.

Firstly I've checked to see what children I can find for James Benham and Frances Currell. Here is what I've found:

	1. ALICE BENHAM - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 14 JUN 1871 Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5000377703582FRANCES JANE BENHAM*Gender: Female Christening: 17 JUL 1864 Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent, England" name=r1-2>	2. FRANCES JANE BENHAM - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 17 JUL 1864 Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5000377925122ARTHUR THOMAS BENHAM*Gender: Male Christening: 14 JUN 1871 Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent, England" name=r1-3>	3. ARTHUR THOMAS BENHAM - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 14 JUN 1871 Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent, England

1. Charlotte Kethorah Benham - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 22 DEC 1878 Thorah Twp, Ontario, Ontario

<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="100364735715*11*Jane Sarah Benham*Gender: Female Birth: 28 MAR 1874 Thorah Twp, Ontario, Ontario" name=r1-2> 2. Jane Sarah Benham - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 28 MAR 1874 Thorah Twp, Ontario, Ontario

(Apologies for the layout of the above). We can see five of their children from this.

Then I have searched further for James Benham's birth and found this record:

James Benham Pedigree

Male

Event(s):

Birth:
Christening:

01 JAN 1837 Chatham, Kent, England

Death:
Burial:

Parents:

Father: Thomas Benham Family

Mother: Keturah Town

See my next message for details of Frances' birth.

Kay

Manager

Message 5 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:20 PM

Here is the birth record of Frances Caroline Rachel Currell:

FRANCES CAROLINE RACHEL CURRELL			Pedigree
	Female

Event(s):

Birth:

20 JUL 1836

Christening:

07 AUG 1836

Saint Paul, Deptford, London, England

Death:

Burial:


Parents:
	Father:	GEORGE HENRY CURRELL	Family
	Mother:	SUSAN CHARLOTTE

Having found the above I went on to locate a marriage for George Henry Currell and Susan Charlotte Whatman, as follows:

GEORGE HENRY CURRELL Pedigree

Male Family

Event(s):

Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:

Spouse: SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN Family

Marriage:

25 DEC 1827 All Saints, Poplar, London, England

You may be interested Cindy in this old picture I have found:

Kay

Manager

Message 6 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:23 PM

Cindy, this is St Pauls Church, Deptford where Frances was christened - 7.8.1836.

Message 7 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:30 PM

I have now looked at other children of George Currell & Susan Whatman and found the following:

JANE ESTHER CHARLOTTE CURRELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 1833 Of, London, London, England

HENRY ROGER CURRELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 03 NOV 1825 Of, London, London, England

Furthermore I found a marriage of Jane (above):

JANE ESTHER CHARLOTTE CURRELL			Pedigree
	Female		Family

Event(s):

Birth:

Christening:

Death:

14 DEC 1872

Burial:


Parents:
	Father:	GEORGE HENRY CURRELL	Family
	Mother:	SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN

Marriages:

Spouse:

WILLIAM JOHN NUGENT

Family

Marriage:

25 MAR 1855

Lee, Kent, England

Kay

Manager

Message 8 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:34 PM

This is the marriage of Thomas Benham and Keturah Town:

Keturah Town			Pedigree
	Female		Family

Event(s):

Birth:

1803	Chatham, Kent, England

Christening:

Death:

Burial:

Marriages:

Spouse:

Thomas Benham

Family

Marriage:

01 MAY 1825

Frindsbury, Kent, England

And now the birth of Keturah:

Keturah Mary Town Pedigree

Female

Event(s):

Birth:
Christening:

16 APR 1802 Chatham, Kent, England

Death:
Burial:

Parents:

Father: John Town Family

Mother: Keturah

Obviously this shows John Town and Keturah as the parents. I will see if I can find a marriage of these two in the hope of find a maiden name.

Kay

Manager

Message 9 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:42 PM

Very disappointed there is no marraige record immediately forthcoming. However, I've found some more children for John Town & Keturah, as follows:

<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="1003234610172Ann Town*Gender: Female Christening: 10 FEB 1819 Chatham, Kent, England" name=r1-1>	1. Ann Town - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 10 FEB 1819 Chatham, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="1003234610202Elizabeth Ann Town*Gender: Female Christening: 10 FEB 1819 Chatham, Kent, England" name=r1-2>	2. Elizabeth Ann Town - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 10 FEB 1819 Chatham, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="1003234505432Jane Thamar Ivey Town*Gender: Female Christening: 19 AUG 1812 Chatham, Kent, England" name=r1-3>	3. Jane Thamar Ivey Town - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 19 AUG 1812 Chatham, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="1003234372062Keturah Mary Town*Gender: Female Christening: 16 APR 1802 Chatham, Kent, England" name=r1-4>	4. Keturah Mary Town - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 16 APR 1802 Chatham, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="1003234575792Mary Ann Town*Gender: Female Christening: 04 JAN 1815 Chatham, Kent, England" name=r1-5>	5. Mary Ann Town - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 04 JAN 1815 Chatham, Kent, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="1001298857552ESTHER <TOWN>*Gender: Female Christening: 19 MAR 1824 Chatham, Kent, England" name=r1-6>	6. ESTHER <TOWN> - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 19 MAR 1824 Chatham, Kent, England

Happy to follow up anything you'd like me to check on the above siblings of Keturah.

Kay

Manager

Message 10 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 8:52 PM

There are two churches I have found in Frindsbury, Kent. One is St Philip & St James but wasn't built until 1878 so we can exclude this as being the place of Thomas Benham & Keturah Town's marriage. However, the other is All Saints where the original registers date back to 1669 so I imagine we can (reasonably safely) assume this to be the correct church:

Hope this is of interest.

Kay

Manager

Message 11 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 9:15 PM

I've been looking for entries on the censuses for George and Susan Currell but so far to no avail. However, I've checked death records and come up, so far with this:

Deaths Mar 1851 (97%)
CURRELL	Susan Charlotte		Greenwich	5	14[38]
CURRELL	Susan Charlotte		Greenwich	5	148

and

Deaths Sep 1864 (>99%)

CURRELL George Henry Greenwich 1d 387

Kay

Manager

Message 12 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 9:21 PM

Searching for Susan Charlotte Whatman's birth the only record I'm coming up with this is one:

SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN			Pedigree
	Female

Event(s):

Birth:

Christening:

13 JUL 1801

Wimbledon, Surrey, England

Death:

Burial:


Parents:
	Father:	ROGER WHATMAN	Family
	Mother:	JANE

Therefore the only marriage record I could find for Roger Whatman and Jane was as follows, showing a maiden name of Webb:

ROGER WHATMAN Pedigree

Male Family

Event(s):

Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:

Spouse: JANE WEBB Family

Marriage:

1794 St Georges Hanover Sq, Westminster, London, England

Kay

Manager

Message 13 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 9:21 PM

Checking out St George, Hanover Square I have found this, which you will probably be interested to see. The church was built 1721-1724.

Kay

Manager

Message 14 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 9:23 PM

Children I could find of Roger Whatman and Jane Webb are as follows:

<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5001360432132SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN*Gender: Female Marriage: 25 DEC 1827 All Saints, Poplar, London, England" name=r1-1>	1. SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Marriage: 25 DEC 1827 All Saints, Poplar, London, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5001349497332RACHEL WHATMAN*Gender: Female Christening: 15 FEB 1795 Allhallows London Wall, London, London, England" name=r1-2>	2. RACHEL WHATMAN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 15 FEB 1795 Allhallows London Wall, London, London, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5001524921002CHARLOTTE WHATMAN*Gender: Female Christening: 13 NOV 1798 Wimbledon, Surrey, England" name=r1-3>	3. CHARLOTTE WHATMAN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 13 NOV 1798 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5001524901772SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN*Gender: Female Christening: 13 JUL 1801 Wimbledon, Surrey, England" name=r1-4>	4. SUSAN CHARLOTTE WHATMAN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 13 JUL 1801 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5001524872502WILLIAM RICHARD WHATMAN*Gender: Male Christening: 16 SEP 1804 Wimbledon, Surrey, England" name=r1-5>	5. WILLIAM RICHARD WHATMAN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 16 SEP 1804 Wimbledon, Surrey, England
<INPUT onclick=onClickRecord(this) type=checkbox value="5001524945802FANNY WHATMAN*Gender: Female Christening: 05 FEB 1797 Wimbledon, Surrey, England" name=r1-6>	6. FANNY WHATMAN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 05 FEB 1797 Wimbledon, Surrey, England

Kay

Manager

Message 15 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/4/2007 9:26 PM

The only Roger Whatman I could find in birth records would be the correct one because we have Jane Webb as his spouse is:

ROGER WHATMAN			Pedigree
	Male		Family

Event(s):

Birth:

About 1772

Of, London, London, England

Christening:

Death:

Burial:

Marriages:

Spouse:

JANE WEBB

Family

Marriage:

1794

It doesn't give a huge amount of information but it's an indication for us.

Kay

Manager

Message 16 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/9/2007 12:57 PM

Hi Cindy

I was just wondering if you've had chance to browse through the things I've found for you on your Benham ancestor? If so, has it been of any help to you??

Kay

Manager

Message 17 of 18 in Discussion

From:

TameCindy

Sent: 7/10/2007 11:23 PM

yes it has, very much so..thank you so much, greatly appreciate!!

Cindy

Message 18 of 18 in Discussion

From:

Chloe-Cat

Sent: 7/12/2007 8:23 PM

You're very welcome Cindy

Glad this has been of help to you. Please let us know if we can search further on this Ancestor or if there is any particular area you are needing help looking into.

Kay

Manager

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