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Thanks Jodie, much appreciated.

Hi Jodie,

Surname: Williams
Given Names: Harold Hector
Event: Brith
Fathers Name: Henry Thomas
Mothers Name: Caroline Head
Birthplace: Arma[dale]
Year: 1887
Reg No: 16357

Surname: Head
Given Names: Edith beatrice
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Margt Priest
Deathplace: East Malvern
Age: 69
Year: 1952
Reg No: 6472

Surname: Williams
Given Names: Caroline Eliza
Fathers Name: Wm Head
Mothers Name: Ann Margt
Deathplace: C[aul]field
Age: 85
Year: 1950
Reg No: 12118

That's amazing, I really appreciate you looking them all up :)

Jodie,

I am finding them on Victorian Digger BDM cd's, he's another one

Surname: Head
Given Names: Rowland Henry
Event: Death
Fathers Names: Wm
Mothers Names: Margt Priest
Deathplace: E[lstern]wick
Age: 86
Year: 1949
Reg No: 11787

If you want more let me know.

Surnames: Head
Names: Walter William
Event: Marriage
Spouses Surname: Riley
Spouses Given Names: Caroline (born Hobart)
Year: 1883
Reg No: 1827

children born to above couple

Given Names: Walter Charles
Fathers Name: Walter William
Mothers Names: Caroline Riley
Birthplace: Coww
Year: 1883
Reg No: 22833

Surname: Head
Given Names: Carol Eliza
Event: Marriage
Spouses Surname: Williams
Spouses Given Names: Henry Thomas (born Mulgrave)
Year: 1887
Reg No: 3274

Children born to the above couple

Given Names: Beatrice Hannah
Fathers Names: Hy Thos
Mothers Names: Carol Head
Birthplace: Armadale
Year: 1889
Reg No: 8924

Given Names: Gladys Muriel
Fathers Names: Hy Tho
Mothers Names: Carol Elizth Head
Birthplace: Caulfield
Year: 1891
Reg No: 10825

>>>death of Gladys
Given Names: Gladys Muriel
Fathers Names: Hy Thos
Mothers Names: Carol Elizth Head
Age: 3 mths
Deathplace: Armadale
Year: 1891
Reg No: 8768

Given Names: Hy Thos
Fathers Name: Hy Thos
Mothers Names: Carol Eliza Head
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1892
Reg No: 36327

Given Names: Doris Carol
Fathers Names: Thos Hy
Mothers Names: Carol Eliza Head
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1897
Reg No: 31100

Given Names: Phyllis Elizth
Fathers Names: Thos Hy
Mothers Names: Carol Eliza Head
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1901
Reg No: 29881

Surname: Head
Given Names: Rowland
Event: Marriage
Spouses Surname: Dinsdale
Spouses Given Names: Isabella
Year: 1888
Reg No: 4830

children born to above couple

Given Names: Fawcett Dinsdale
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Birthplace: Box Hill
Year: 1890
Reg No: 19997

Given Names: Rowland Hy Jack
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1892
Reg. No: 17364

Given Names: Wm Walt Jas
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isbla Dinsdale
Birthplace: Scorsby
Year: 1894
Reg No: 6839

Given Names: Deborah Pratt
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1895
Reg No: 32580

Given Names: Richd Fred
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1898
Reg No: 14172

>>>>death of Richard
Given Names: Richd Fredk
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Age: 1 mth
Deathplace: Scoresby
Year: 1898
Reg No: 9704

Given Names: Gordon Alick
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1899
Reg No: 29723

Given Names: Isabella
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: Rowland Hy
Mothers Names: Isabella Dinsdale
Birthplace: Scoresby
Year: 1903
Reg No: 21174

thank you! Where are you looking these up from?

Some more siblings of Frances Sarah

Surname: Head
Given Names: Walter William
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Marga Priest
Birthplace: Mulg[rave]
Year: 1862
Reg No: 4320

Surname: Head
Given Names: Rowland Henry
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Margar Priest
Birthplace: Mulg[rave]
Year: 1863
Reg No: 16436

Surname: Head
Given Names: Caroline
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Priest

Surname: Head
Given Names: Florence Myrtle
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Margaret Priest
Birthplace: Oakleigh
Year: 1867
Reg No: 23753

Surname: Head
Given Names: Alfred Joseph
Event: Birth
Fathers Names: William
Mothers Names: Ann Margaret Priest
Birthplace: Oakleigh
Year: 1869
Reg No: 17667

Surname: Head
Given Names: Isaac James
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Name: Ann Margaret Priest
Birthplace: Oakl[eigh]
Year: 1871
Reg No: 18512

Surname: Head
Given Names: David Edward
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Margaret Priest
Birthplace: Oakleigh
Year: 1873
Reg No: 18882

Surname: Head
Given Names: Edith Beatrice
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Names: Ann Margaret Priest
Birthplace: Scor[esby]
Year: 1883
Reg No: 5404

Siblings of William Head b 1839 are:
Edward Head b 1841 died 1927
Henry Head b 1842 died 1844
Alfred Head b 1884 died 1935
Eliza Head b 1846 died 1919
Charles Head b 1848 died 1931
James Head b 1850 died 1933
Elizabeth Head b 1852 died 1854
Mary Ann Head b 1854 died 1855
Sarah Jane Head b 1856 died 1925
Emma Head b 1858 died 1859
Hannah Maria Head b 1859 died 1884
John Thomas Head b 1861 died 1863
Alice Head b 1863 died 1948

Siblings of Frances Sarah Head:
Frederick Head b 1877 died 1929
Louise Head b 1879 died 1956
Ada?? Head b 1881 died 1960

Jodie,

As there were 2 Walter Bennett Woods, to distinguish between them maybe they added Bennett & hyphenated the surname!!

I have looked on free UK BDM, there are a number of marriages between Woods & Bennett.

Do you have details on siblings of William Head and Frances Head?

Well I really appreciate you looking that up for me, it's all starting to slowly make sense.

People did things to make them look posh. So Bennet-Wood was a whole lot posher than Wood.

My husband is (oops I'm not supposed to give names of living people), so one of his middle names (he has three!) is Mudhurst, and his Surname is Wilson. His mother, I know, desperately wanted his name to be double-barrelled as her Mudhurst side had no males, but Father Wilson dug his heels in and refused. So it stayed as a middle name. But quit easily mght not have done.

Well, you can all check him out now. Go hang the consequences! I've given up.

EDIT, perhaps I should change his names.

Trudianne: WOW - thanks for looking all that up, really appreciate it! Afterthought - so could the "Bennett" bit really be the middle name? Or could it just be an input error. I know that occasionaly various organisations have thought the "Bennett" was my middle name. And why would they suddenly change their name from Wood to Bennett-Wood? Any ideas?

Hi Jodie,

Reg No: 13479/1874
Surname: Wood
Given Names: Walter Bennett
Fathers Name: Walter Bennett
Mothers Name: Eliza
District: Maitland

Surname: Head:
Names: Frances Sarah
Event: Marriage
Spouses Surname: Wood
Spouses Given Names: Walt Bennett
Year: 1897
Reg No: 4054

Surname: Head
Given Names: Frances Sarah
Event: Birth
Fathers Name: William
Mothers Name: Ann Margaret Priest
Birthplace: Oakleigh
Year: 1875
Reg No: 11244

On Victorian Digger BDM name is spelt Frances not Francis

Information on Walter Bennett Wood family

Reg No: 3425/1874
Surname: Wood
Given Names: Walter Bennett
Spouses Last Name: Winchester
Spouses Given Names: Eliza
District: Newcastle

Reg No: 14029/1876
Surname: Wood
Given Names: Eleanor Harriet
Fathers Name: Walter Bennett
Mothers Name: Eliza
District: Maitland

Reg No: 14262/1878
Surname: Wood
Given Names: Richard Winchester
Fathers Name: Walter Bennett
Mothers Name: Eliza
District: Hartley

Note - Richard Winchester is named after his mothers surname!!

Madmeg - Yes, very true, however I was hoping that it was more along the lines of a very rich, famous person who just couldn't drop her name :)

Bruce:
I have changed thread name, I didn't realise it had cut half of it off.
I know 4 of the 5 Bennett-Wood's in the phone directory - just don't know the one in WA.
I'm not sure where Glady's and George fit into the tree.... they aren't known relatives. Most of my side of the family have always been in the phone book as simply "Wood", except for my Uncle up in QLD - his family all go by Bennett-Wood.
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Jodie

It could be as the result of an illegitimate birth, to a Miss or Mrs Wood and a Mr Bennett.

Here is the marriage you mentioned, it might give a clue to where Sarah Ellis was from

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/igi/search_igi.asp

WILLIAM HEAD
Father: WILLIAM HEAD
Marriages:
Spouse: SARAH ELLIS
Marriage: 24 APR 1838 Etchingham, Sussex, England
Source Information:
Batch No.: M148031


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and it was registered, you probably have all this of course

Marriages Jun 1838
Ellis Sarah Ticehurst 7 573
HEAD William Ticehurst 7 573
Weston Samuel Ticehurst 7 573

Do you know all five Bennett-Wood-s in the Australian telephone directory, maybe your siblings, lol? The deaths in Australia were Gladys Miranda Bennett-Wood and George Herbert Bennett-Wood, I expect that Gladys Miranda was his wife and a Bennett-Wood by marriage.

I only know how to search for births etc in NSW but maybe others can help with other states.

Right now your subject line says

Trying to find the origins of the last name "Benne

so as you can see the complete name isn't even there, it would be a good idea to change it using the edit link in your first post to make it something like

Surname Bennett-Wood, Australia

and then people here who know those things might be able to help, most people who read posts here are in England, but the Australians come out to play at night, well, English night, lol.