Family History, Bennett Chart 0500 Samuel Bennett and Elizabeth Mary Goodman

1841 Green, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1861 Census - Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1871 Chelmondiston, Suffolk - No road, name of house, etc shown on Census page. Mary Ann is shown as daughter but with the name LUCAS on this Census and as married. she has a son Robert LUCAS, aged 1, born Holbrook, Suffolk.
1881 Census - Chelmondiston, Suffolk.
On the IGI with a record submitted by a member of he LDS church the parents of Samuel are down as Samuel BENNETT and Sarah HADMAN

1841 Green, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1861 Census - Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1871 Chelmondiston, Suffolk - No road, name of house, etc shown on Census page. Mary Ann is shown as daughter but with the name LUCAS on this Census and as married. she has a son Robert LUCAS, aged 1, born Holbrook, Suffolk.
1881 Census - Chelmondiston, Suffolk.

1841 Green, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
The marriage details at present come from a family tree on Ancestry.com.
IGI Baptism, submitted by a member of the LDS church. Note that Elizabeth would have been 14 years old when baptised.

1841 Green, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1851 Not found
IGI Baptism, submitted by a member of the LDS church. Note that Sarah would have been 12 years old when baptised.

1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1881 Census - "Ivy" Vessels, Ramsgate, Kent. his wife and family were with him, there were four children. The mate was a Thomas Well BENNETT, aged 18 born London, Middlesex. Benjamin's wife was Elizabeth, aged 38 born Southampton, Hampshire, the children were Elizabeth Mary BENNETT, aged 11 born London, Middlesex, John BENNETT, aged 5 born London, Middlesex, Gwenllian Honor BENNETT aged 2 born London, Middlesex and Sarah Isabella BENNETT, aged 5 months born Barking, Essex
IGI Baptism, submitted by a member of the LDS church. Note that Benjamin would have been 11 years old when baptised.

1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
The marriage details at present come from a family tree on Ancestry.com. There are a more details to add for this family.
IGI Baptism, submitted by a member of the LDS church. Note that Eliza would have been 10 years old when baptised.
1871 Rope Walk, Ipswich St Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk. I am certain this is the correct couple although David William is show as William, but they did not marry until 1878. as shown. On the 1881 Census they had a daughter Alice E SIMPSON born in 1872, they appear on the BMD as married in the March quarter of 1878 in Ipswich, Suffolk. On Ancestry.com there is a Family Tree which shows the date of marriage.

1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1871 Chelmondiston, Suffolk - No road, name of house, etc shown on Census page. Mary Ann is shown as daughter but with the name LUCAS on this Census and as married. she has a son Robert LUCAS, aged 1, born Holbrook, Suffolk.
Additional information has come from a family tree on Ancestry.com. This shows on the 1881 Census they are living in Gedgrave, Suffolk and have three additional children.

1851 Census - Church Yard, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1861 Census - Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk

1861 Census - Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1871 Chelmondiston, Suffolk - No road, name of house, etc shown on Census page. Mary Ann is shown as daughter but with the name LUCAS on this Census and as married. she has a son Robert LUCAS, aged 1, born Holbrook, Suffolk.

1861 Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1871 23 Store Street, St Giles in the Fields, London. Servant to Stephen BELAH (60) Butcher
1875 2 Princes Street, Regent's Park, Middlesex
1881 27 Countess Road, St Pancras, Middlesex. Living in the same property as Thos DAVIES (26) married Barrister’s Clerk, born Paddington,
Middlesex, his wife, Mary Jane and two sons Thos Arthur Edw and W H T DAVIES.
1884 75 High Street, Barnet, Hertfordshire
1891 75 High Street, Barnet, South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Servants were Robert STRETCH (20) unmarried Butcher born Thames, Ditton, Surrey and Hannah HAWKINS (14) General Servant born Hadley, Middlesex
1895/6 75 High Street, Barnet, Hertfordshire
1901 75 High Street, Barnet, South Mimms, Hertfordshire Indexed on ancestry.com as BARNETT. Servants were Robert J STRETCH (30) single Butcher born Thames Ditton, Surrey and Emily GOULD (21) Domestic Servant born Bentley Heath, Hertfordshire
1911 75 High Street, Barnet, Hertfordshire
Information from Michael BENNETT 27th April 2000
"The Bennett Family and their association with Barnet
My grandfather George BENNETT arrived in Barnet in 1884 at the age of 31 years and opened a butchers shop at 75, High Street.
He was born in Pin Mill, Suffolk, the third son of Samuel BENNETT and Elizabeth Mary GOODMAN. Pin Mill is a small hamlet situated on the banks of the River Orwell just outside of Ipswich and is renowned for three things, its boatbuilding, its smuggling and the Butt and Oyster, a drinking house that has been on the site since at least 1530. Samuel and Elizabeth Mary spent all of their married lived in Pin Mill and had ten children. Samuel was a mariner by profession and some of his sons followed him to sea, indeed one son John, was listed in a census as a mariner at ten years of age.
George was the third son and as last listed as being in Pin Mill in the 1861 census when he was 7 years of age. Ten years later he had left and was not be be found anywhere in Suffolk, Norfolk or Essex. He was next located at the time of his marriage to Caroline COBB in 1875 when he was living in the Regents Park area of London and described as a butcher. His wife, Caroline COBB, came from East Stoke in Wareham, Dorset. How they met I have not discovered but Caroline did have a sister Elizabeth Arabella, who lived in Barnet. It is my belief that George left Suffolk and came to London to seek his fortune and probably first got work in Smithfield Meat Market which had been substantially rebuilt around 1867 when George was about 14 years of age.
Over the next nine years he and Caroline lived at three different addresses, all close to one another in Kentish Town, near to where the Underground station is now located. They had four children before coming to Barnet in 1884, George Samuel, Arthur James, Ernest Isaac and Florence Arabella. Unfortunately George Samuel was to die of Hydrocephalus in 1878 at the age of 1 year and 11 month old. By the 1891 census they had added to their family with the births of Samuel David and my father, John (Jack) Harold BENNETT. The business must also have been flourishing for they also had on the census as living-in, a servant girl and a man listed as a servant and a butcher. At the time of the census there were nine people living above the shop at 75, High Street. How they all packed in I cannot imagine. In 1894 George and Caroline had their last child, Alice Caroline, but tragedy was to strike yet again two years later when the child died of Membranous Croup.
It was in 1897 that the fishmongers shop came into the family. The fish shop was originally owned by a Samuel CONSTANT and was in fact situated at No. 71 High Street, which was the other side of the Rising Sun public house. Elizabeth Arabella COBB (Caroline's sister) married John CONSTANT, Samuel's son, and they all lived over the shop at No. 71. Poor John CONSTANT died in 1883 at the age of 36 years of age and Elizabeth Arabella continued to live with her father-in-law. Seven years later Samuel died and left the business to his daughter-in-law. The business was them moved from No.71 to No. 77 next door to the butcher's shop at some time between 1892 and 1896. In 1896 Elizabeth Arabella died at the age of 46 years and having no heirs, left the business to her sister Caroline COBB, wife of George BENNETT. And so the fishmongers came into the family business.
In 1901 the eldest son Arthur James was married to Ruth Matilda FRIDAY, the daughter of a well known Barnet family also engaged in the meat trade and they set up home above the fish shop. Arthur James was described as a Poulterer on his Marriage Certificate and I believe he was running the fishmongers business for his parents.
In 1903 the second son Ernest Isaac set sail for the New World to start a new life. Within 5 years he had written home to his older brother and invited him to go out to Albert, Canada to go into partnership with him in the hardware business, so in 1908 Arthur James with his wife and three children set sail, never to see his parents again. In just over 30 years George and Caroline had lost two infant children, their two eldest sons and their only grandchildren. Their tribulations were not, however, at an end for at the outbreak of WWI Samuel David was to enlist in the Army and on the 8th October 1916 was killed in the Battle of the Somme.
After a lifetime’s toil and bearing seven children, all they had left around them were two of their children, my aunt Florence Arabella and my father John (Jack) Harold BENNETT. They both suffered ill health and never got over their loss. Both died in 1918 and are buried in Christ Church Cemetery."
"And so my father inherited the family business in 1918 when he was 30 years of age and still single. Business wise I don't think it made a great change to his life for he had been working for his father since he was 15 years of age and in recent years had been managing it on his father's behalf.
He was educated at the National Schools in Wood Street at the top of Hillside Gardens and on completing his education there he went on the the Silesia College in Bells Hill and left when he was 15 years old to start working with his father. At 18 years of age he joined the Herts Yeomanry, the Territorial Army of the day. He was later to join the RNVR towards the end of WWI.
At the time of his parent’s death in 1918 his sister, Florence Arabella, had just married and moved out of the family home. She married Harry ABRAHAMS who came originally from Lincolnshire but had travelled down to London to seek work when he was very young. They lived all their lives in Barnet mostly in Leicester Road, but never had any children. They are both buried in Christ Church Cemetery.
By 1920 my father was 32 years of age, single and the owner of a flourishing business. I think it can be said that he was in possession of an affluent lifestyle at this time. As will be seen from his obituary he took a keen interest in sport and the public life of the town. In 1924 he married my mother, Doris Victoria JACKAMAN, the daughter of another old Barnet family who had arrived in Barnet before the BENNETT family. They were tailors and at one time carried on their business at No. 214 at the Hadley end of the High Street and later at No.94. At the time of her marriage my mother's family were living at No. 94 in the bottleneck opposite the church and the family story goes that on her wedding day a red carpet was placed from her front door across the High Street to the door of the church for her to walk upon.
Obituary taken from copies of The Barnet Press of George Bennett who died on 10th July 1918 at Barnet, Hertfordshire. Mr. Geo. Bennett of 75, High Street, Barnet, master butcher, passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 64, after a prolonged illness. He had been in business over 30 years but for a long time past, owing to ill-health, he took very little part in the management, which was left to his son, Mr. John Bennett, who is joining the Army shortly. Quite and unassuming, he proved himself a worthy townsman. The funeral takes place tomorrow (Saturday) THE LATE MR. G. BENNETT - The funeral of the late Mr. Geo. Bennett, of High Street, Barnet, whose death was reported in our columns last week, took place on Saturday last, at Christ Church, Barnet. The Rev. Wm. Griffith (curate of the Parish Church) officiated both at the church and at Christ Church Burial Ground, where the body was laid to rest. The chief mourners were: Mr. J. Bennett, Mrs. Abraham, Mr. Abraham, Mrs. List, Miss Day, Mr. & Mrs. Stringer. Tradesmen drew their blinds as a mark of respect. Many beautiful flowers were sent by:- Jack, Florrie & Harry, "In loving memory of our dear dad"; Jim and Ern "In affectionate remembrance", From his dear sister and Ada, "In ever loving memory"; Mr. & Mrs. Lane and Tom, "With deepest sympathy"; Mr. & Mrs. Stringer, Alice & Jack, "In loving memory"; Dolly and Tom, "With deepest sympathy"; Mr. and Mrs. Nichols and Winnie, "With deepest sympathy"; Elsie and Jack, "With deepest sympathy"; Mr. and Mrs. Shotter, "In affectionate remembrance"; Mr. and Mrs. Ware and family, "With deepest sympathy"; Mr. and Mrs. W. Friday, "With deepest sympathy"; Mrs. R. H. Friday and family, "A tribute of sincere sympathy"; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Friday, "With deepest sympathy"; Barnet Tradesmen Association, "With deepest sympathy"; Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, "With deepest sympathy", Mr. and Mrs. Crook, Amy and Cecil "With deepest sympathy"; Barnet District Butchers Association, "With deepest sympathy"; Mr. and Mrs Goodman and Mr. and Mrs. Mabbett, "With deepest sympathy"; Messrs. Harland and Son, "With respectful sympathy"; Mrs. Bradbrook and Harold J. Creed, "With sincere sympathy". The family of the late Mr. Bennett wish to convey their sincere thanks to all who sent messages of sympathy, and for the beautiful flowers received.
1918 BENNETT George of 75 High-street Barnet Hertfordshire died 10 July 1918 Probate London 23 August to John Harold Bennett R.N.V.R. and Florence Arabella Abraham (wife of Harry Abraham). effects £775 2s. (National Probate Register)

1861 Census - Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk
1871 Census - Chelmondiston, Suffolk - No road, name of house, etc shown on Census page. Mary Ann is shown as daughter but with the name LUCAS on this Census and as married. she has a son Robert LUCAS, aged 1, born Holbrook, Suffolk.
1881 Census - 22 Willingham Terrace, Kentish Town, London, Middlesex
The marriage details at present come from a family tree on Ancestry.com

1861 Census - Cottage, Chelmondiston, Suffolk

	married 4th July 1837 Shotley, Suffolk
	married 4th July 1837 Shotley, Suffolk
1 SAMUEL BENNETT born about 15th January 1812 Trimley St Mary, Suffolk occupation 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 Mariner 1881 Ag Lab died 29th April 1889 Chelmondiston, Suffolk		2 ELIZABETH MARY GOODMAN born about 1817 Gillingham, Kent died 2nd March 1900 Chelmondiston, Suffolk

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