James Bennett (abt. 1839 - 1911)

Born about 1839 in Tavistock, Devon, England

Died 1911 at about age 72 in Tavistock, Devon, England

Biography

James was born about 1839. In 1851 he lived with parents at 2 Westbridge Cottages.^[1] In 1859 James married Mary Ann Marshall and 1861 James was a police constable in Marylebone, although this seems to have been short-lived. In 1871 he was in Bermondsey as a bricklayer and in 1881 he was a bricklayer in Derbyshire leaving Mary Ann and family in Brook Street, Tavistock. In 1891 James was back in Tavistock. He died there in 1911. In later years he had become a stone mason. We may well wonder at his range of jobs.

Sources

1. ↑ Repository: National Archives, Kew, HO107/1883/382/1