Caroline Rebecca Benton

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Caroline Rebecca Benton (Cattell)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: December 17, 1890 (56)
South Featherston, Wellington, New Zealand
Place of Burial: 71 Western Lake Road, Western Lake, Wellington, 5773, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Cattell and Mary Ann Watts
Wife of Thomas Benton and Thomas Benton
Mother of Charles Richard Benton; William Benton; Mary Grace Elizabeth Wakelin; Thomas Benton; James Benton and 6 others
Sister of Harriet Banks; James Cattell and Eliza Southee

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About Caroline Rebecca Benton

She emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "London" from the port of Gravesend, England: 2 Jan 1842-1 May 1842. She died in Kaiwaiwai, South Featherston. She was buried in Featherston Cemetery, Featherston.

Her maternal-line haplogroup is H9a according to the 23andMe test of Keith Stewart (mitochondrial DNA).

  • "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration of Caroline Benton, Death certificate 1891/1012.
  • "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FYQW : 10 August 2017), Caroline Cattell, 1842; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197441533/caroline-rebecca-benton: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for Caroline Rebecca Cattell Benton (12 Mar 1833–17 Dec 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197441533, citing Featherston Cemetery, Featherston, South Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand; Maintained by S. Melton (contributor 48360335).
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Caroline Rebecca Benton's Timeline

1834
March 12, 1834
Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
1842
May 1842
Age 8
New Zealand
1853
1853
1855
May 4, 1855
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand
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1858
1860
1860
1862
February 20, 1862
New Zealand
1863
1863
New Zealand
1865
1865