Ellison Joyce Bennett

Generation: 1

1. Ellison Joyce Bennett was born in 1915 (daughter of Sydney William Jamieson Bennett and Edith Hartley).

Generation: 2

Sydney William Jamieson Bennett was born on 22 Oct 1876 in Toowoomba (son of George Frederick Bennett and Amelia Matilda Jamieson); died in Nov 1938 in Indooroopilly, Qld.

Sydney married Edith Hartley on 23 Aug 1911 in Brisbane. Edith was born in ca 1885; died on 18 May 1919 in Emerald, Qld. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith Hartley was born in ca 1885; died on 18 May 1919 in Emerald, Qld.

Children:

Sydney William George Bennett was born on 19 Nov 1912 in Rockhampton, Qld; died on 1 Mar 1969 in St Leonards, NSW.
1. Ellison Joyce Bennett was born in 1915.

Generation: 3

George Frederick Bennett was born on 5 Mar 1844 in Sydney (son of Dr George Bennett, MD. FRCS and Julia Anne Luduvina da Silva Cameron); died on 12 Mar 1919.

Notes:

Public servant, Qld

George married Amelia Matilda Jamieson on 3 Jun 1871 in Brisbane. Amelia was born on 21 Apr 1852; died on 17 Jul 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia Matilda Jamieson was born on 21 Apr 1852; died on 17 Jul 1926.

Notes:

Dau. of Philip Jamieson and Eliza Matilda Hillas, of Bannaby, nr Goulburn

Children:

Amelia Euphemia Jamieson Bennett was born on 20 Nov 1872 in Toowoomba; died on 1 Dec 1943.
George Philip Jamieson Bennett was born on 12 Jan 1874 in Toowoomba; died on 9 May 1877.
2. Sydney William Jamieson Bennett was born on 22 Oct 1876 in Toowoomba; died in Nov 1938 in Indooroopilly, Qld.
Amy Rosalind Jamieson Bennett was born on 21 Sep 1878 in Toowoomba.
Herbert Stanley Jamieson Bennett was born on 4 Apr 1883 in Toowoomba, Qld; died on 8 Dec 1943.
Claude de Bell Jamieson Bennett was born on 24 Jan 1888 in Toowoomba, Qld; died in 1971.
Victor Owen Jamieson Bennett was born on 6 Apr 1891 in Toowoomba; died on 20 Jul 1892.

Generation: 4

Dr George Bennett, MD. FRCS was born on 31 Jan 1804 in Plymouth; died on 29 Sep 1893 in Sydney; was buried in Camperdown, NSW.

Notes:

son of William Lang Bennett, organist, and Elizabeth Debell.

As surgeon-naturalist aboard the "Sophia", Bennett visited Australia in 1829-32 and published "Wanderings in New South Wales...Journal of a Naturalist" (London 1834). He was the first person to find a specimen of a living Pearly Nautilus. He is also known for his work on the Platypus, possibly the first to capture one alive.
He returned to Australia permanently in 1836 as a medical practioner and became associated with the Zoological Society and the Australian Museum (as curator).

He had two further marriages.

George married Julia Anne Luduvina da Silva Cameron on 28 Nov 1835 in St James Church, Sydney. Julia (daughter of Lt. Colonel Charles Cameron, 3rd Regt (Buffs) and Ludovina Rosa da Silva) was born in 1818; died on 13 Jun 1846 in Sydney; was buried in Devonshire St Cemetery (C of E), later moved to La Perouse (No 112). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia Anne Luduvina da Silva Cameron was born in 1818 (daughter of Lt. Colonel Charles Cameron, 3rd Regt (Buffs) and Ludovina Rosa da Silva); died on 13 Jun 1846 in Sydney; was buried in Devonshire St Cemetery (C of E), later moved to La Perouse (No 112).

Notes:

Died:
Suicide, while depressed, by ingesting prussic acid. A full account is given in the Sydney Sentinel 18 June 1846, p. 2.

Children:

George Edward Owen Bennett was born on 14 Sep 1836; died on 27 Oct 1836.
Caroline Esther Bennett was born on 25 Dec 1838 in Sydney; died on 22 Mar 1840.
Amelia Gould Bennett was born on 9 Dec 1840 in Sydney; died on 30 Nov 1870; was buried in Hanwell Cem., London.
Luduvina Eliza de Bell Bennett was born on 16 Jul 1842 in Sydney.
4. George Frederick Bennett was born on 5 Mar 1844 in Sydney; died on 12 Mar 1919.
William Edmund Bennett was born on 7 Aug 1845 in Sydney.