Benjamin FRENCH

1842 - 1909  (67 years)

• Name	Benjamin FRENCH
  Birth	1842	Merrington Co Durham
  	1851 Census
  Gender	Male
  Death	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 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Anne STEPHENSON,   b. 1822, Merrington Co Durham d. 1854, Ferryhill Co Durham (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1841	St John the Evangelist Kirk Merrington Co Durham
  	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 d. 1923 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1865
  	Ancestry Civil Registration Marriage Index Sep 1865 Auckland 10a 299
  Children	1. Ann FRENCH,   b. 1868, Shildon Co Durham   2. Mary FRENCH,   b. 1870, Shildon Co Durham   3. Jane FRENCH,   b. 1873, Shildon Co Durham   4. Elizabeth FRENCH,   b. 1875, Shildon Co Durham + 5. Joseph Bland FRENCH,   b. 14 Sep 1876, Shildon Co Durham d. 1947 (Age 70 years)   6. James FRENCH,   b. 1879, Shildon Co Durham   7. William FRENCH,   b. 1883, Middlestone Co Durham + 8. Alice FRENCH,   b. 1885, Middlestone Co Durham   9. Septimus FRENCH,   b. 1890, Middlestone Co Durham
  Family ID	F672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2025

  
  

• 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