Individual Notes

Note for:   Sarah Jane Unknown,   ABT 1842 - 17 APR 1926         Index

Burial:   
     Place:   Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch

Individual Note:
     1st Name from Passenger List for "Victory"

2nd Name from Cemetery Records

Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database Records show Sarah Jane Bennington, Date of Death: 17/4/1926, Date of Burial: 19/4/1926, Aged: 86 years, Occ: Widow, Address: 578 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch, Cemetery: Bromley Cemetery, Block: 29, Plot: 235, Birthplace: England, Years in New Zealand: 68 years

The Press 19th April 1926 shows
Bennington - On April 17th, at the residence of her son, Mr Wm. Bennington, 570? Barbadoes street, St. Albans, Sarah, widow of the late John Bennington; in her 87th year. Formerly of Lyttelton and Waimate. Private interment



Individual Notes

Note for:   John Bennington,   ABT 1838 -          Index

Individual Note:
     James Bennington's Obituary notes that his parents arrived on one of the first four ships into Canterbury and his Occupation was the same as his father's a bootmaker

Date of Birth and Place from NZSG

Found a John Bennington, Agricultural Labourer and his wife Ann and children arriving on the Randolph but it arrived 16/12/1850 so would not fit with James Bennington Birth Date of 1860 as states in Obituary he was born just after his parents arrived.
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Found another John Bennington and his wife Sarah arriving on the Victory in 1859
It sailed from Gravesend 20/1/1859 and arrived at Lyttelton 14/5/1859
Names as on Passenger List
John Bennington, Aged: 21, Kent, Cordweaver?
Sarah Bennington, Aged: 17
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This one fits much better with ages and dates

1878 - 1879 Wises shows John Bennington, Bootmaker, Lyttelton, C



Individual Notes

Note for:   Mary Ann Begg,    - BEF 1949         Index

Burial:   
     Place:   Ashburton Cemetery, New Zealand

Individual Note:
     Name from Harry Broomfield's Will Document

*Marriage Details Date: 1906, Folio No: 6772, Names: Harry Broomfield and Mary Ann Begg*

Probate Record shows Harry Broomfield, Place: Tinwald, Occ: Retired Farmer, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6031 2325/49, Probate No: 2325/49, Date Filed: 1/11/1949, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
- Will Document shows Harry Broomfield of Tinwald in the Provincial District of Canterbury, Retired Farmer, Died on 4/10/1949, Estate under the value of 690.00 pounds, Executor Public Trustee, Wanted to be buried in Ashburton Cemetery, same plot as late wife Mary Ann Broomfield, Estate left to
Son William Harry Benjamin Broomfield, Invercargill, Police Constable
Daughter Mary Joice Forbes
Daughter Helen Vera McPherson
Daughter Alice Lucinda Kircher
Will Signed 31/5/1946



Individual Notes

Note for:   William Harry Benjamin Broomfield,   ABT 1907 - ABT 1982         Index

Burial:   
     Place:   Invercargill Area, New Zealand

Individual Note:
     Name from Harry Broomfield's Will Document

*Birth Details Date: 1907, Registration No: 1907/11866, Name: William Harry Benjamin Broomfield, Father: Harry, Mother: Mary Ann*

*Marriage Details Date: 1933, Folio No: 98, Names: William Harry Benjamin Broomfield and Rita May Arnst*

Probate Record shows William Harry B Broomfield, Place: Invercargill, Occ: Police Constable, Court: Invercargill, Archives Reference: DAFG 9069 D328 261/82, Probate No: 261/82, Date Filed: 3/6/1981, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Dunedin



Individual Notes

Note for:   Mary Joice Broomfield,   17 JUL 1910 - ABT 1989         Index

Individual Note:
     1st and 2nd Names and Married Surname from Harry Broomfield's Will Document

*Marriage Details Date: 1934, Folio No: 10960, Names: Stewart Mitchell Forbes and Mary Joice Broomfield*

*Death Details Date: 1989, Registration No: 1989/28006, Date of Birth: 17/7/1910, Name: Mary Joice Forbes*



Individual Notes

Note for:   Stewart Mitchell Forbes,   26 MAY 1905 - ABT 1973         Index

Burial:   
     Place:   Christchurch Area, New Zealand

Individual Note:
     Name from Marriage Folio

*Marriage Details Date: 1934, Folio No: 10960, Names: Stewart Mitchell Forbes and Mary Joice Broomfield*

*Death Details Date: 1973, Registration No: 1973/27572, Date of Birth: 26/5/1905, Name: Stewart Mitchell Forbes*