BENSLEY Family Tree

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info from rodney robinson rodney.robinson@libertysurf.fr

EVA IDA VERNIEUX BENSLEY is my paternal granmother, she died when I was ten years of age, from my researches I have found a HENRY WALTER BENSLEY in Thackers Directory for 1895 as a second clerk in the Cin C's office at Simla, there is also a Mrs BENSLEY working for a firm of tailors and outfitters in Simla and Calcutta and this seems to go with the fact that ARCHIBALD MILLER ROBINSON was a tailor and cutter. I would very much like to contact anyone with information about the family BENSLEY or VERMIENE, the name VERNIEUX should be included

 

John BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. John Charles Bensley (b 1815)

Next Generation

John Charles BENSLEY (b1815) at 28yrs on 22 May 1843 in Allahabad married 14yr Charlotte FRIZZLE, (b 1830, d 18 Jan 1899 Calcutta, 69yrs, daughter of James & Elizabeth Frizzle) children:

  1. Edmund Alphrey Augustus Bensley (b 1845, d Aug 1845 Allahabad)

  2. Amelia Clarissa Bensley (b 27 Mar 1846)

  3. Lavinia Elevina Bensley (b 10 May 1847 Barrackpore)

  4. William Eldred Ewen Bensley (b 1849, d 13 Sep 1849 Cawnpore)

  5. Rose Bensley (b 1851)

  6. Henry Walter Bensley (b 18 Jan 1852 Cawnpore, d 4 Mar 1895 Calcutta)

  7. Evelyn Olivia Bensley (b 1 Feb 1854 Fort William)

  8. Arthur Cecil Bensley (b 1856)

  9. Edward Adolphus Bensley (b 27 Nov 1858 Calcutta)

  10. Edward Sydney Bensley (b 19 Dec 1860 Fort William)

  11. Matilda Augusta Bensley (b 9 Aug 1862 Fort William)

  12. Alice Mabel Bensley (b 22 Nov 1867 Calcutta)

Next Generation

Amelia Clarissa Bensley (b 27 Mar 1846) at 17yrs on 1 Jul 1863 in Calcutta married Braithwayte Beevor FORD (son of William Ford)

 

Amelia Clarissa FORD nee Bensley (b 27 Mar 1846) widow, at 23yrs on 12 Feb 1869 in Calcutta married 42yr Robert CANTOPHER (b 1827 son of Robert Cantopher)

 

Rose Bensley (b 1851) at 20yrs on 18 Feb 1871 in Trivandrum married 28yr William COTTON (b 1843 son of J J Cotton)

 

Henry Walter BENSLEY (b 18 Jan 1852 Cawnpore, d 4 Mar 1895 Calcutta) at 24yrs on 29 Nov 1876 in Calcutta married 21yr  Eva Ida VERMIENE (b 1855, daughter of Lawrence Prudence Vermiene, d 2 Jul 1884 Simla), Children:

  1. EVA IDA VERNIEUX BENSLEY (b 6 Jan 1878 Calcutta)

  2. Helen Vernieux Bensley (b 18 Nov 1879 Simla)

  3. Walter Vernieux Bensley (b 27 Aug 1881, d 3 Aug 1942 Calcutta)

  4. IVY VERNIEUX BENSLEY (c18Aug 1883)

  5. MARK GEORGE VERNIEUX BENSLEY (b 2 Jul 1884 Simla, c 6 Sep1884)

Henry Walter BENSLEY (b 18 Jan 1852 Cawnpore, d 4 Mar 1895 Calcutta) widowed on 5 Jan 1889 in Lahore married widow Susannah Hester PERREN nee Barton (daughter of Charles Barton)

 

Evelyn Olivia BENSLEY (b 1 Feb 1854 Fort William) at 15yrs on 2 Aug 1869 in Calcutta married Robert John BELCHAMBERS (b 1848, d 18 Aug 1903 daughter of James Harlan Belchambers), children:

  1. Evelyn Gerard Belchambers (b 18 Mar 1887 Calcutta)

Arthur Cecil Bensley (b 1856) widowed at 26yrs, on 16 Jul 1883 in Calcutta married 17yr Eva Mary SCOTT (b 1866 daughter of George William Scott)

 

Edward Adolphus Bensley (b 27 Nov 1858 Calcutta) at 26yrs on 13 Jun 1883 in Calcutta married 22yr  Florence Catherine SCOTT (b 1861 daughter of George William Scott), children:

  1. John Charles Bensley (b 7 May 1886 Calcutta, d 2 Jan 1936)

Arthur Cecil Bensley (b 1856) at 23yrs on 11 Oct 1880 in Calcutta married 20yr Amelia Charlotte MORIARTY (b 1860 daughter of Edward Moriarty)

 

Arthur Cecil Bensley (b 1856) widowed at 40yrs, on 28 Nov 1896 in Calcutta married 32yr widow Florence Catherine Bensley nee SCOTT (b 1864 daughter of George William Scott)

 

Matilda Augusta Bensley (b 9 Aug 1862 Fort William) at 19yrs on 8 Feb 1882 in Calcutta married 29yr Walter Charles Bryar ROBINSON (b 1853 son of Charles Bryar Robinson)

 

Alice Mabel Bensley (b 22 Nov 1867 Calcutta) at 17yrs on 22 Mar 1884 in Calcutta married 24yr John Evelyn SMITH (b 1860 son of John Donald Smith)

 

Next Generation

Eva Ida Vernieux BENSLEY  (b.06 Jan 1878 Calcutta,) on 1 Jan 1903 at Wesleyan Methodist Church, Sudder St, Calcutta married Archibald Miller ROBINSON  (b ?.died. 1942 Pocklinton, Yorkshire.), children:

  1. Charles Herbert Robinson (b 7 Sept 1908 Calcutta ?)

Helen Vernieux Bensley (b 18 Nov 1879 Simla)

 

Walter Vernieux BENSLEY (b 1881) at 25yrs on 21 Mar 1906 in Calcutta married 32yr Elizabeth Isabel Mary HAND (b 1874, daughter of John Charles Hand), children:

  1. Kenneth George Bensley (b & d 6 Nov 1909 Calcutta)

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?? BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. John James Rock BENSLEY

Next Generation

John James Rock BENSLEY married Clara ?, children:

  1. Mary Bensley (b & d 3 May 1848 Madras)

  2. John Bensley (b 27 Mar 1849 Palamcottah, d 27 Mar 1849 Palamcottah)

  3. Clara Rose Bensley (b 2 Apr 1850 Palamcottah)

  4. Edith Bensley (b 18 Jan 1852 Palamcottah, Madras)

  5. Oliver Henry Bensley (b 21 Aug 1853 Madras)

  6. Arthur Hamilton Bensley (b 13 Mar 1855 Palamcottah)

  7. Flora Louisa Bensley (b 10 Nov 1859 Palamcottah)

  8. Roland Bensley (b 28 Mar 1863 Ootacamund)

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?? BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. Charles Egbert Winnard BENSLEY

Next Generation

Charles Egbert Winnard BENSLEY on 19 May 1855 in Fort William married 16yr Emma Louisa De FEGRADY (b 1839 daughter of Anthony De Fegrady), children:

  1. Charles Ervin Bensley (b 25 Mar 1858 Raipore)

  2. Louisa Mary Bensley (b 21 Jun 1861 Raipore, Madras)

  3. Charles Norman Bensley (b 20 Oct 1863 Raipore)

  4. Edwin Edward Bensley (b 8 Nov 1865 Dacca)

  5. ? Grace Ella Bensley (b 1866)

  6. Emma Agnes Bensley (b 2 Oct 1871 Burrisaul, Bengal)

Next Generation

Charles Norman Bensley (b 20 Oct 1863 Raipore) at 29yrs on 6 Jan 1893 in Akyab, Bengal married 25yr Blanche PIGOT (b 1868 daughter of Edmund R Pigot)

 

Grace Ella Bensley (b 1866) married ? HALE.

 

Grace Ella HALE nee BENSLEY (b 1866) at 20yrs on 4 Mar 1886 in Mean Meer, Bengal, married Thomas William Robert BOODRIE (b 27 Aug 1856 Bareilly, son of Owen Frances & Catherine Boodrie)

 

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info from wbenslc659@rogers.com & Sharon Bensley sbensley@soroc.com

?? BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. Warren Bensley (Wally) (studied in Montfort Boys Boarding School, Yercaud, South India, 1952-57) now in Canada. 

  2. Errol Bensley ( studied in Montfort 1948-1952)

  3. Rawdon Bensley (studied in Montfort 1957-61)

Next Generation

Errol Bensley (Montfort 1948-1952) married Christina ??, children:

  1. Alan Bensley married Jocelyn ??

  2. Sharon Bensley is engaged to Paul Hale

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?? BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. Reginald Bensley

Next Generation

Reginald BENSLEY  married ??, children:

  1. Baldwin Bensley

Next Generation

Baldwin BENSLEY married Pamela Patience PEREIRA, children:

  1. Gary Bensley

  2. Sarah Bensley engaged to Victor Perera

Next Generation

Gary Bensley married Zena ?, children:

  1. Stephen Bensley

  2. Zoe Bensley

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info from  ibensley1@rogers.com

?? BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. Ivan Maxwell Bensley (St. John's Vestry High School, Trichy 1949-54.Worked for Dunlop Tires in Ambatur, Madras, South India from 1957-65. )

Next Generation

Ivan Maxwell BENSLEY in 1961 married Cynthia Marina DIMNEY, left for Canada in 1965, children:

  1. Shawn Bensley.

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Info supplied by Glenys Savage  glenys.savage@internode.on.net & Ian Shea ipshea@yahoo.com.au

?? BENSLEY married ??, children:

  1. Helen Bensley (b. 15 Feb 18?? d. 3 Dec 1968 bd. Ilford, ESS)

Next Generation

Helen BENSLEY (b. 15 Feb 18?? d. 3 Dec 1968 bd. Ilford, ESS), married Thomas AUSTIN (b. 24 Oct 1870 or 1874 bd. 24 Sept 1957, Khanapore, IND, issue:

  1. Thomas Oliver AUSTIN Occ: Railway Inspector (b. 9 Apr 1903 IND d. 21 Apr 1987, Adelaide, South Aust) on 18 May 1927 in Vepery married Catherine Elizabeth BERGIN (daughter of Joseph James Bergin), children: Randolph Henry Bergin Austin

  2. Barnes AUSTIN marr. 3 sons, 2 daughters,

  3. Alistair Charles Lionel Austin Occ: Inspector of Telephones, b. 18 Mar 1906 d. 03 Mar 1982,

  4. Ivy Austin,

  5. Rita Austin unmarried,

  6. Sheila (Sunshine) Austin,

  7. Dorothy Hope Austin, (b ? d 1992)

  8. Alda Austin,

  9. Eunice/Ursula (Blossom) Austin

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