Edward Bennett

  General Notes:

Could only sign Margaret's birth certificate with his mark
In 1861 census was living at 13 Hook St Chad.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Earthenware dealer & farmer.

• fact. Could only sign Margaret's birth certificate with his mark X
In 1861 census was living at 13 Hook St Chad.

• question. Possibly had sister Elizabeth Bennett who married David Anderson in 1833 in Shropshire. Source: IGI IO 28613

• Residence. Living at 13 Hockagate St Chad, County of Scalop in 1855 when Margaret was born & in 1861 census

• connection. ⁸³⁷ Julie Holden (Ancestry) links to me are as follows:
Julie Ball (c1950) married ? Holden
Her father was Stanley Ball (1913)
His father was Luke Ball (1893) who married Ethel Harrison (1896)
Her father was William Harrison (1855)
His father was William Harrison (1820) who married Eliza Bennett (1829)
Her father was Edward Bennett (1897) & he also had Edward Bennett (1823)
He had Margaret Bennett (1855) who married Joseph Davies (1852)
They had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• fact: St Chads, Shrewsbury, Shropshire England. St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury occupies a prominent position in the county town of Shropshire. The current church building was built in 1792, and with its distinctive round shape and high tower it is a well-known landmark in the town.

Edward married Anne Thorley, daughter of William Thorley and Cicely Day, 1845 ?. (Anne Thorley was born in 1828 in Childs Ercal, Shropshire England, christened on 13 Jan 1828 in Dilhorne, Staffordshire England, died in Jul 1866 in Wellington, Shropshire England and was buried on 25 Jul 1866 in Nottinghamshire England.)

Edward next married Jemima Jones in Jun 1876 in Wrexham, Cheshire England. (Jemima Jones was born in 1835 in Pontesbury, Shropshire England and died in 1907 in Oldham, Lancashire England.)