The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Alfred Albert Bensted (1848-1916)

Personal data Alfred Albert Bensted 

  • He was born on 3RD Q 1848 in Stalisfield, Kent, England.
    First name(s) Alfred Albert
    Last name Bensted
    Birth year 1848
    Birth quarter 3
    Registration month -
    Mother's maiden name -
    District Faversham
    County Kent
    Country England
    Volume V
    Page 190
    Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
  • He was christened on July 29, 1848 in Stalisfield, Kent, England.
    Name: Alfred Albert Bensted
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 29 Jul 1848
    Baptism Place: Stalisfield, Kent, England
    Father:
    Daniel Bensted
    Mother:
    Sarah Bensted
    FHL Film Number: 1835740
    Reference ID: item 3 p
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1871 Blacksmith.
    • in the year 1901 Butcher then Blacksmith.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Stalisfield, Kent, England.
      Name: Alfred Bensted Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Relation: Son Father's Name: Daniel Bensted
      Mother's Name: Sarah Bensted Gender: Male Where born: Stalisfield Civil Parish: Stalisfield County/Island: Kent
      Country: England Registration District: Faversham Sub-registration District: Boughton ED, institution, or vessel: 6
      Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 50 Piece: 1626 Folio: 485 Page Number: 15 Household Members: Name Age Daniel Bensted 42 Sarah Bensted 39 John Bensted 13 Sally Bensted 5
      Alfred Bensted 2 James Bensted 2 Mo
    • in the year 1861: Valley Street, Stalisfield, Kent.
      Name: Alfred Bensted Age: 13 Estimated Birth Year: 1848 Relation: Son Father's Name: Daniel Bensted
      Mother's Name: Sarah Bensted Gender: Male Where born: Stalisfield, Kent, England Civil Parish: Stalisfield
      County/Island: Kent Country: England Registration District: Faversham Sub-registration District: Teynham
      ED, institution, or vessel: 3b Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 58 Piece: 527 Folio: 35
      Page Number: 11 Household Members: Name Age Daniel Bensted 51 Sarah Bensted 49 Sarah Bensted 16
      Alfred Bensted 13 James Bensted 10
    • in the year 1871: Forge House, Wichling, Kent.
      Name: Alfred Bensted Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: 1849 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Stalisfield Kent England Civil parish: Wichling County/Island: Kent Country: England Registration district: Hollingbourn
      Sub-registration district: Lenham ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Household schedule number: 23 Piece: 947 Folio: 111
      Page number: 5 Household Members Age Relationship Alfred Bensted 22 Head Emma Bensted 24 Wife
    • in the year 1881: Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent. England.
    • in the year 1891: Ware Street, Thurnham, Kent.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Ware Street, Thornham, Hollingbourne, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      Albert Bensted Head Married Male 42 1849 Kent, England Blacksmith
      Mary Bensted Wife Married Female 46 1845 Marden, Kent, England -
      James Bensted Son Single Male 14 1877 Sevenoaks, Kent, England Labourer
      Mabel Bensted Daughter Single Female 12 1879 Seal, Kent, England Scholar
      Florrie Bensted Daughter Single Female 10 1881 Seal, Kent, England Scholar
      Albert Bensted Son Single Male 9 1882 Seal, Kent, England Scholar
      Lottie Bensted Daughter Single Female 3 1888 Kemsing, Kent, England -
      Alice Bensted Daughter Single Female 1 1890 Molash Faversham, Kent, England
    • in the year 1901: The Mission Room, The Weald, Sevenoaks Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent.
      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      The Mission Room, The Weald, Sevenoaks Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      Albert Bensted Head Widower Male 53 1848 Stansfield, Kent, England Butcher
      Lottie Bensted Daughter Single Female 13 1888 Kemsing, Kent, England -
      Alice Bensted Daughter - Female 11 1890 Kent, England -
      Julie Coomber Servant Single Female 50 1851 Faversham, Kent, England Houskeeper
    • in the year 1911: Stone Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Stone Street Sevenoaks, Seal, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      Albert Alfred Bensted Head Widower Male 63 1848 Statesfield Kent Blacksmith
      Julia Elizabeth Coomber - Single Female 60 1851 Faversham Kent House Keeper
      Alice Maria Bensted Daughter Single Female 21 1890 Molash Kent -
  • He died on 4TH Q 1916 in Sevenoaks, Kent. England, he was 68 years old.
    First name(s) Albert A Last name Bensted Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1847
    Age 69
    Death quarter 4
    Death year 1916
    District Sevenoaks
    County Kent
    Volume 2A
    Page 1076
    Country England
    Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
  • This information was last updated on September 27, 2021.

Household of Alfred Albert Bensted

(1) He is married to Emma Gibson.

They got married on 4TH Q 1869 at Hollingbourne, Kent. England, he was 21 years old.

Name: Albert Alfred Bensted Registration Year: 1869 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Hollingbourn
Inferred County: Kent Volume: 2a Page: 937 Records on Page: Name Albert Alfred Bensted Thomas Constable
Thomas John Constable
Emma Gibson
Lucy Gibson

(2) He is married to Mary Ann Cook.

They got married on July 11, 1875 at Sevenoaks, Kent. England, he was 27 years old.

First name(s) MARY ANN Last name COOK Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1875 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ MARY ANN COOK married one of these people William Smithers, Albert Bensted District Sevenoaks District number -
County Kent Country England Volume 2A Page 825

First name(s) Mary Ann Last name Cook Name note - Marriage year 1875 Marriage date 11 Jul 1875 Marriage place Sevenoaks
Spouse's first name(s) Albert Spouse's last name Bensted Spouse's age 0 Spouse's father's first name(s) Daniel Spouse's father's last name Benstead Residence Sevenoaks, Kent, England County Kent Country England Record set England Marriages 1538-1973

Child(ren):

  2. Alice Maria Bensted  1890-????
  3. Annie Jane Bensted  1875-1952


Notes about Alfred Albert Bensted

Parents Daniel Bensted 1809–1865 Sarah Neaves 1812–1869

Spouse Emma Gibson 1846–1873

Spouse & Children Mary Ann Cook 1845–1897

Annie Jane Bensted 1875–1952 Alfred James Bensted 1877– Sarah Mabel Bensted 1879–1937 Florrie Charlotte Bensted
1880–1968 Albert Richard Daniel Bensted 1882–1937 Lottie Maria Jubilee Bensted 1887–1969 Alice Maria Bensted
1890–

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alfred Albert Bensted

Alfred Albert Bensted
1848-1916

(1) 1869

Emma Gibson
1846-1873

(2) 1875

Mary Ann Cook
1856-????

Lottie Maria Jubilee. Bensted
1887-1969
Alice Maria Bensted
1890-????
Annie Jane Bensted
1875-1952

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Historical events

Christening day July 29, 1848

  • The temperature on July 29, 1848 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
    • May 29 » Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
    • June 21 » In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.
    • July 3 » Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.
    • December 2 » Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
    • December 5 » California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Day of marriage July 11, 1875

  • The temperature on July 11, 1875 was about 16.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
    • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
    • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
    • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
    • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
    • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

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