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Benjamin FRENCH

Male 1842 - 1909  (67 years)


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  • Name Benjamin FRENCH 
    Born 1842  Merrington Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1851 Census
    Gender Male 
    Died 1909 
    • Ancestry Civil Registration Death Index Mar 1909 Auckland 10a 155 aged 66
    Person ID I2356  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2018 

    Father James FRENCH,   b. 1820,   d. 1886, Sunk? Merrington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Anne STEPHENSON,   b. 1822, Merrington Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1854, Ferryhill Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 30 Oct 1841  St John the Evangelist Kirk Merrington Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Parish Records, County Hall, Durham No 64
      At the time of his marriage, he was of Coxhoe Ann was of Thrift House, Merrington
      Marriage was witnessed by James Gibbeson and Margaret Walker
    Family ID F165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah OSTLE,   b. 1847, Bishop Auckland Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 1865 
    • Ancestry Civil Registration Marriage Index Sep 1865 Auckland 10a 299
    Children 
     1. Ann FRENCH,   b. 1868, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary FRENCH,   b. 1870, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Jane FRENCH,   b. 1873, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth FRENCH,   b. 1875, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Joseph Bland FRENCH,   b. 14 Sep 1876, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. James FRENCH,   b. 1879, Shildon Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. William FRENCH,   b. 1883, Middlestone Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Alice FRENCH,   b. 1885, Middlestone Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Septimus FRENCH,   b. 1890, Middlestone Co Durham Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1851 HO107 2384 783 at Ferryhill son single aged 9 born Merrington
      1871 RG10 4928 31 at Engine House Eldon head married blacksmith aged 28 born Merrington
      1881 RG11 4918 46 at 85 Auckland Terrace Shildon head married colliery blacksmith aged 38 born Merrington
      1891 RG12 4074 82 at Hunwick head married blacksmith aged 48 born Merrington
      1901 RG13 4647 111 at 12 Strand Street New Shildon head married colliery blacksmith aged 58 born Merrington