Dorothy Benson grave monument details at Public Cemetery, Gisborne, Victoria,Australia

Dorothy Benson grave monument in Public Cemetery, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia

Dorothy Benson grave monument: legible names and details

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Dorothy Benson nee Blackburn
01/04/1903751828first name on monumentDorothy Blackburn born MARCH 1828, Papcastle, Cumberland, England. Married to William Benson 14 Aug 1860, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She died 1 Apr 1903, Coungalt, Victoria, Australia. Mother of 8 Children, Annie Blackburn Benson, John, Betsy, Mary Ellen, William, Darcy, Richard Blackburn, Joseph Blackburn, Martha Blackburn.
Annie Benson
30/07/1930791851daughter of Dorothy BensonAnnie Blackburn or Benson born 1851 at Bridekirk, Cumberland, England. Seems she never married and died a spinster at the age of 79 in Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia.
Martha Benson
04/12/1941691872daughter of Dorothy BensonMartha Blackburn Benson born 11 OCT 1872 at Gisborne, Victoria, Australia. Martha was William and Dorothy's youngest daughter. She never married and died 4 OCT 1941, Brighton, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia.
Richard Blackburn
father of Dorothy BensonRichard Blackburn or Blakeburn is noted on the 1841 English Census with his wife Ann (nee Musgrave) Occupation given as Drover. Children, Robert, John, Dorothy, Richard and Ann.
William Benson
92 husband of Dorothy BensonWilliam Benson husband of Dorothy Benson (nee Blackburn) was born 1 APRIL 1820 at Haile, Cumberland, England. William Benson died 27 Apr 1910 at Gisborne, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia. Came to Australia on the ship Ultima in the May of 1855 from Liverpool.
Ann Blackburn nee Musgrove
mother of Dorothy BensonAnn Benson (nee Blackburn) was Dorothy Benson's mother. Ann like her husband Richard was on the 1841 English Census with her husband and family Children, Robert, John, (Dorothy), Richard and Ann. Her husband Richard noted as a Drover.
Joseph Benson
28/09/1924541870son of Dorothy BensonJoseph Benson married Annie Robertson in 1908 at Kew, in Victoria, Australia. Joseph was born in Australia on the 30th of January 1871, at Gisborne, Victoria, Australia. Joseph and Annie had two daughters Dorothy May Benson and Thelma Louise Benson. Joseph died on the 28th of September 1924 and his wife Annie died on the 5th August 1945 at Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia.
Darcey Benson
03/01/1949821867son of Dorothy BensonDarcy Benson born on the 26 Sept 1866 at Gisborne, Victoria, Australia he married Julia Amy Martin in 1892 in Victoria. He died on the 22nd of June 1949 at Gisborne, Victoria, Australia. They had two children William Benson and Blanche Mossop Benson.

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For Family History purposes only Darcy Benson married Mary Mossop who is in my FT. the Mossops of Cumberland are a big part of my FT with many connections to my Walker family of St. Bees.
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Because they are in my Family Tree and I now want to trace the family in Australia.
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Public Cemetery, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia

Public Cemetery, Gisborne
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