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Choccy

Choccy Report 5 Jun 2010 14:18


and here he is !


New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
Name: W Benham
Estimated birth year: abt 1895 (born Acton)
Age: 16
Port of Departure: New York Via Melbourne
Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date: 18 Sep 1911
Vessel Name: Camphill



Source Information:

Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.


He is a member of the crew.

Dianne

Dianne Report 5 Jun 2010 14:27

Hi Choccy

What can I say, you are a gem.
I have looked at a number of sites re crew lists, but I could not find him. I have to admit I am new to this addiction, so I will state the skills are not the best.

Interesting that it has port of departure New York. Pop told the family that he left from southhampton. I wonder if there was another trip - England to America and then onto the camphill to Australia.
I must admit that we have established that pop did a fair amount of embelishment about his life.
Once again thanks

Di

Choccy

Choccy Report 5 Jun 2010 14:37


You're very welcome.


(Not sure which way ships travelled, but he possibly left England for New York and on to Australia).

Dianne

Dianne Report 5 Jun 2010 14:43

My next job is to let his son know and the rest of the family.
Email time!!!

DI

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 5 Jun 2010 14:45

Superb Choccy! Great detective work!

Now isn't interesting that Rose named her next son Thomas Alfred and had a daughter named Ruth! Looks like she kept in touch with the Ayres family.

Researching:

Dianne

Dianne Report 5 Jun 2010 15:21

She also called her 1st born girl Alice Mary Benham (Lewis) after her sister Alice and mother Mary.
I also checked Ancestry - 1901 census re William Herbert Benham, no luck, but when I tried Alfred Ayres it shows on the preview page, Alfred, Ann, Reginald and William H Benden, when you look at the writting it looks like Benham.
I will have to reseach the Ayres family as well.

Thanks to you both

Di

D

D Report 18 Sep 2012 14:17

I found a listing for Caterer
Rosanna ( Rose) Lewis (born Benham) B-1878 D-1944
She was apparently married 2s
first to a Lewis then to a Caterer.
That's all I know
GC

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 18 Sep 2012 14:18

D - Dianne's last post was over 2 years ago so I doubt she's looking back on here.

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