Samuel 2 Bennett

  Death Notes:

Died in hospital - contracted pneumonia after falling downstairs.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1882, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [5 Bertha Street]. ¹⁷

• Baptism, 19 Feb 1882, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [St. James]. ¹⁷

• Occupation: General labourer, 1901. ¹³

• Census, 1901, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [12 Methuen Street]. ¹³

• Residence, 1904, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [12 Methuen Street]. ¹⁷

• Occupation: Trimmer at sea, 1909. ¹⁷

• Occupation: Ship's fireman (stoker), Feb 1911. ¹⁷

Samuel married Ann Melbourne on 10 Sep 1904 in Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [Registry Office].⁹ (Ann Melbourne was born in 1881 in Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire,¹⁷ died on 4 Feb 1911 in Tranmere Wirral Cheshire [Union Infirmary] ⁹ and was buried on 6 Feb 1911 in Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [Flaybrick Hill Cemetery] ¹⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Residence, Apr 1909, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [33 Vulcan Street]. ¹⁷

• Residence, Feb 1911, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [53 Vulcan Street]. ¹⁷

• Residence, 1927, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [110 Conway Street]. ¹⁷

  Marriage Notes:

Ref: Birkenhead/Sep 1904/8a/1038
Previous Sep 1907 date cannot apply to this Samuel Bennett - they married in 1904.

After Ann died Samuel remarried Ruth Crean nee Whittaker. In 1931 110 Conway Street, Birkenhead, was occupied by Mrs Ruth Bennett, a china dealer, John Harding, Ruth Lowe and Thomas Lowe (electoral register).

Samuel next married Ruth Whittaker on 28 Jul 1927 in Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [Holy Trinity].¹⁷ (Ruth Whittaker was born in Dec 1884 in West Derby Liverpool Lancs ¹⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Residence, 1927, Birkenhead Wirral Cheshire [110 Conway Street]. ¹⁷

  Marriage Notes:

Bride a widow then called Ruth Crean, father Benjamin Whittaker, deceased, labourer. Witnesses H Newns (?), Edith Wells