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Note for: Ann Collier, ABT 1777 -
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Individual Note: Name from B Bennett nee Pye
*Date and Place of Marriage from Latter Day Saints IGI Individual Record Source, Batch No: M069691, Dates: 1783 - 1812, Source Call No: 0592625, Type: Film, Printout Call No: None*
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Note for: George Kemp, ABT 1810 -
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Individual Note: Some details and Name from B Bennett nee Pye
Year of Birth from K High
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Note for: Caroline Amelia Drelforse, ABT 1820 -
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Individual Note: Some details and Name from B Bennett nee Pye
Year of Birth from K High
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Note for: Edward Edwin Known As Eddie Johns, 17 JUN 1880 - 25 JUL 1961
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Burial: Date: 27 JUL 1961
Place: Karori Lawn Cemetery
Individual Note: Was a free-lance carrier with his father William Henry Johns and had a draft horse named "Dick". Changed "vehicles" to a Model T Ford Truck and upgraded as more modern vehicles became available.(Some details from Clarence (Clarrie) Johns. Was Roy Alfred Kelly Godfather
2nd name from Marriage Folio
*Birth Details Date: 1880, Folio No: 4147, Area: Ashburton, December quarter*
Date of Birth and place from Clarence(Clarrie) Johns
School Inspector Returns show Johns Edward, School: Thorndon, Education Board: Wellington, Year: 1891, Ref: EB-W8/11, 1892, Ref: EB-W8/14, Where: Archives NZ, Wellington
*Marriage Details Date: 1903, Folio No: 3996*
Building Permit issued 10/7/1917 for 96 Derwent Street, Island Bay, Legal Description: Section 50, Applicant: E E Hendriksen, Owner: E E Johns, Wellington City Council Reference Plans No.: 00043:88:4307
1919 Wellington Suburbs Electoral Roll shows Edward Edwin Johns, 96 Derwent Street, Island Bay
1928 Wellington South General Roll shows Johns, Edward, 38 Derwent Street, carrier
1931 Wellington North General Roll shows Johns Edward, 4 Devon Street, carrier
1943 Wellington South General Roll shows Edward Johns, 38 Derwent Street, Carrier
1955 Wises shows Johns, Edward, carrier, 38 Derwent St, Wellington
1959 City of Wellington Elector's Roll shows Johns Edward, Carrier, Residential 1, Derwent Street
Place of Death from Clarence (Clarrie) Johns
Karori Cemetery Record shows Edward, Johns, Date: 27/7/1961, Plot: Karori 17Z/1 Lawn, Aged: 81, Address: 38 Derwent St, Occ: Retired, Buried with Mary Margaret Johns(wife)
The Evening Post 26th July 1961 shows
Johns-On July 25, 1961, at Wellington, Edward, beloved husband of Minnie Johns, 38 Derwent St., Island Bay, and father of Jim, Mona and Clarrie and brother of Fred, Emma, and Alf; in his 82nd year. R.I.P. The Funeral will leave the Church of St. Francis de Sales, Island Bay, Tomorrow (Thursday), July 27, 1961, at the conclusion of Requiem Mass, which will be celebrated at 9am, for the Lawn Cemetery, Karori
Headstone Reads
In loving memory of Edward Johns
Died 25th July 1961
Aged 81 years
Mary Margaret Johns
Died 28th June 1977
Aged 94 years
RIP
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Note for: William Dacre Known As Will Bennett, 25 JAN 1879 - 14 SEP 1968
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Burial: Place: Havelock North Cemetery
Individual Note: Details and Name from B Bennett nee Pye
Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
William was eight when he first attended school at Manauau and then stayed on as a pupil teacher. He also taught at Taita School. He married Alice Buck. He then taught at various schools including Thames and Picton and retired as headmaster at Upper Hutt after 43 years of teaching. He then moved to Hastings to lived and he died in 1968.
EP 1/3/1900
The Education Board has approved of the transfers of pupil teachers as follows:-
Mr. W. D. Bennett, from Manakau to the Taita;
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EP 25/2/1902
Result of Teachers' Examinations
The following are the names of the successful Wellington district candidates at the recent examinations for teachers' certificates:-
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Passed Class E
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Ethel Ruth Cooper,
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Partial Pass for Class D
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Ethel Ruth Cooper,
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Hannah Elizabeth Feist,
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Partial Pass for Class E
Katherine Napier Armit, William Dacre Bennett,
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Birth Certificate Transcription shows, Place of Registration: Rangatikei, No: 26, When and Where: 25/1/1879, Crofton, William Dacre Bennett, Father: William Hebden Bennett, Occ: Surveyor, Aged: 22, Birthplace: Wellington, Mother: Margaret Marion Bennett nee Hughes, Aged: 21, Birthplace: Wellington, When and Where Married: 16/7/1878, Wellington, Informant: W. H. Bennett, Father, Crofton
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
Hastings Cemetery Record show William Dacre Bennett, Date of Death/Burial: 14/9/1968, Aged: 89, Cremation, District: Napier, Cemetery: Havelock North, Block: CRG, Plot: 63, Plot Purchaser: H Nth CRG
The Daily Telegraph 17th September 1968 shows
Veteran bowlers death
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Hawke's Bay's best known veteran bowler, Mr William Dacre (Bill) Bennett, died in Napier on Saturday, aged 89. Mr Bennett was born at Crofton near Marton, and he received his education at the Manakau School, Otaki, when he father moved to that area to take up farming.
Mr Bennett stayed on at the school as pupil teacher after completing his own education and taught at a number of schools in the district during his 43 years as a teacher. He retired from teaching in 1937 and moved to Hastings with his wife, formerly Miss Alice Buck.
Professional Runner
Always keen on sport, Mr Bennett was a professional runner in his youth and played cricket in the Wellington area until he was 50.
But bowling was his favourite sport and as a member of the Hastings Bowling Club he won the New Zealand singles title in 1938 and gained the Hawke's Bay Bowling Centre's gold star award for winning five centre titles.
He won the Hastings' club singles title seven times and also had successes in pairs and fours events.
Tireless Figure
With his three sons he made up one of Hawke's Bay's most successful four teams, and this combination won a Webber Shield Tournament.
On another occasion Mr Bennett also skipped a winning combination in this event.
Despite his years, Mr Bennett was a tireless figure on the bowling green and up till the time of his death maintained a keen interest in the sport. He had been a member of Port Ahuriri Club for the past five years.
Mr Bennett was predeceased by his wife. He leaves four sons, Messrs Hamilton (Napier), Cyril (Havelock North), Roger (Bay View) and Wilfred Bennett (Waiotira), and three daughters Myra (Mrs Windley, Levin), Hinemoa (Mrs Tracey (sic), Auckland) and Sylvia (Mrs Estcourt, Hastings). He also leaves 29 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren