Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameHannah Bennett 
84, 2C4R, F
84, 2C4R, FMemoage 19 on 1851 census; Oct from 1901 census which stated year of birth as 1836
Death20 May 1910, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada51
FatherJohn Bennett , M (ca1805-1888)
MotherCharlotte Jones , F (ca1806-)
Spouses
ChildrenGeorge B. , M (ca1860-1883)
Marriage2 Jun 188651
Notes for Hannah Bennett
She’s listed with her husband Dewolfe Spurr in the 1901 census in Saint John City.5
The following marriage record from the New Brunswick Archives site creates some confusion:
Date: June 3 1886
County: Saint John
Place: Saint John
Newspaper: The Daily Telegraph
“m. Holy Trinity Church, Anerley, London, England, 2nd inst., by Rev. Thomas Scott, Vicar, James DeWolfe SPURR, Esq., Saint John, N.B. / Hannah ROBERTSON d/o James ROBERTSON, Esq., Moncton (West. Co.)”51
This suggests James DeWolfe Spurr married a Hannah Robertson instead of Hannah Bennett, but we know from various announcements regarding Hannah Bennett’s father John Bennett that his daughter was Mrs. James DeWolfe Spurr [cf: John Bennett 1805-1888]. Could Hannah have been a widow of James Robertson? As it turns out, there was a James Robertson of Moncton who died in 1883 leaving a widow Hannah of precisely the right age to be Hannah Bennett, and son George. It seems most likely therefore that Hannah was married twice and the marriage announcement should have read “widow of” rather than “d/o”. James DeWolfe Spurr’s second wife Eleanor had died in 1885.
In 1881, we see Hannah living with husband James Robertson and son George B. (Bennett perhaps?) Robertson in Moncton.9
The following marriage record from the New Brunswick Archives site creates some confusion:
Date: June 3 1886
County: Saint John
Place: Saint John
Newspaper: The Daily Telegraph
“m. Holy Trinity Church, Anerley, London, England, 2nd inst., by Rev. Thomas Scott, Vicar, James DeWolfe SPURR, Esq., Saint John, N.B. / Hannah ROBERTSON d/o James ROBERTSON, Esq., Moncton (West. Co.)”51
This suggests James DeWolfe Spurr married a Hannah Robertson instead of Hannah Bennett, but we know from various announcements regarding Hannah Bennett’s father John Bennett that his daughter was Mrs. James DeWolfe Spurr [cf: John Bennett 1805-1888]. Could Hannah have been a widow of James Robertson? As it turns out, there was a James Robertson of Moncton who died in 1883 leaving a widow Hannah of precisely the right age to be Hannah Bennett, and son George. It seems most likely therefore that Hannah was married twice and the marriage announcement should have read “widow of” rather than “d/o”. James DeWolfe Spurr’s second wife Eleanor had died in 1885.
In 1881, we see Hannah living with husband James Robertson and son George B. (Bennett perhaps?) Robertson in Moncton.9
Notes for James DeWolfe & Hannah (Family)
The following marriage record from the New Brunswick Archives site creates some confusion:
Date: June 3 1886
County: Saint John
Place: Saint John
Newspaper: The Daily Telegraph
“m. Holy Trinity Church, Anerley, London, England, 2nd inst., by Rev. Thomas Scott, Vicar, James DeWolfe SPURR, Esq., Saint John, N.B. / Hannah ROBERTSON d/o James ROBERTSON, Esq., Moncton (West. Co.)”51
This suggests James DeWolfe Spurr married a Hannah Robertson instead of Hannah Bennett, but we know from various announcements regarding Hannah Bennett’s father John Bennett that his daughter was Mrs. James DeWolfe Spurr [cf: John Bennett 1805-1888]. Could Hannah have been a widow of James Robertson? As it turns out, there was indeed a James Robertson of Moncton who died in 1883 leaving a widow Hannah of precisely the right age to be Hannah Bennett, and son George. It seems most likely therefore that Hannah was married twice and the marriage announcement should have read “widow of” rather than “d/o”.
Date: June 3 1886
County: Saint John
Place: Saint John
Newspaper: The Daily Telegraph
“m. Holy Trinity Church, Anerley, London, England, 2nd inst., by Rev. Thomas Scott, Vicar, James DeWolfe SPURR, Esq., Saint John, N.B. / Hannah ROBERTSON d/o James ROBERTSON, Esq., Moncton (West. Co.)”51
This suggests James DeWolfe Spurr married a Hannah Robertson instead of Hannah Bennett, but we know from various announcements regarding Hannah Bennett’s father John Bennett that his daughter was Mrs. James DeWolfe Spurr [cf: John Bennett 1805-1888]. Could Hannah have been a widow of James Robertson? As it turns out, there was indeed a James Robertson of Moncton who died in 1883 leaving a widow Hannah of precisely the right age to be Hannah Bennett, and son George. It seems most likely therefore that Hannah was married twice and the marriage announcement should have read “widow of” rather than “d/o”.