Norah Newcomb

Generation: 1

1. Norah Newcomb was born on 6 Oct 1896 (daughter of Samuel Walter Newcomb and Edith Fanny Vidler).

Generation: 2

Samuel Walter Newcomb was born on 19 Apr 1862 in Chatham; died on 11 Sep 1926 in Longfield, Kent.

Samuel married Edith Fanny Vidler in 1887 in Rye. Edith (daughter of Thomas Collins Vidler and Amelia Gould Bennett) was born on 6 Dec 1864 in Paddington; died on 2 Nov 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith Fanny Vidler was born on 6 Dec 1864 in Paddington (daughter of Thomas Collins Vidler and Amelia Gould Bennett); died on 2 Nov 1953.

Children:

Eileen Newcomb was born on 22 Jun 1885.
Walter Mervyn Bennett Newcomb was born on 14 Mar 1890; died on 26 Apr 1977.
Winifred Ruth Newcomb was born on 22 Nov 1892.
1. Norah Newcomb was born on 6 Oct 1896.

Generation: 3

Thomas Collins Vidler was born on 16 Sep 1827 in Rye, Sussex; died on 10 Oct 1896 in Longfield, Kent.

Thomas married Amelia Gould Bennett in 1860. Amelia (daughter of Dr George Bennett, MD. FRCS and Julia Anne Luduvina da Silva Cameron) was born on 9 Dec 1840 in Sydney; died on 30 Nov 1870; was buried in Hanwell Cem., London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia Gould Bennett was born on 9 Dec 1840 in Sydney (daughter of Dr George Bennett, MD. FRCS and Julia Anne Luduvina da Silva Cameron); died on 30 Nov 1870; was buried in Hanwell Cem., London.

Children:

Marianne Amelia Vidler was born on 15 Nov 1860 in Paddington, London; died on 11 Nov 1947.
Annie Elizabeth Vidler was born on 16 Feb 1862 in Paddington.
Edward Alexander Vidler was born on 13 Aug 1863 in Paddington, London.
3. Edith Fanny Vidler was born on 6 Dec 1864 in Paddington; died on 2 Nov 1953.
Alice Mary Vidler was born on 14 Aug 1866 in Paddington.
Sydney James Vidler was born on 3 Mar 1868 in Paddington, London.
Flora Constance Vidler was born on 3 Jun 1870 in Paddington, London.

Generation: 4

14.

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]

15.

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.
7. 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.
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.