Bennett, Henry Michael

1864 - 1918  (54 years)

• Name	Bennett, Henry Michael
  Born	10 Jul 1864	Amherst, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Hospital	From 7 May 1871 to 15 Jun 1871	Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  an injured elbow joint, from an accident
  Age: 6y
  The admission register noted that "He obtained relief as far [as] the acute inflammation was concerned, but the arm remained bent at a right angle, & immobile"
  Occupation	7 May 1871  [1]
  digger
  Although Henry Michael Bennett was described in the hospital register as a digger, it seems probable that this occupation related to his father rather than to himself
  Residence	7 May 1871	Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Education	20 Mar 1877  [2]
  was a schoolboy
  Hospital	From 20 Mar 1877 to 24 Apr 1877	Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  a contused wound
  Age: 12y
  "Contused" means an injury that doesn't break the skin, for example bruising. The hospital register doesn't indicate how he obtained the injury which lead to his 35 day hospital stay.
  Residence	20 Mar 1877	Bung Bong, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  Occupation	Feb 1885  [3]
  labourer
  Residence	3 Jun 1898	North Prentice, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia   [8]
  Residence	16 Oct 1900	North Prentice, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia   [9]
  Occupation	1903  [10]
  miner
  Occupation	14 May 1905  [5, 6, 11]
  miner
  Occupation	1909  [12]
  miner
  Occupation	1914  [12]
  miner
  Residence	Jun 1918	Navarre, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Died	28 Jul 1918	Albert Ward, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia   [5, 7, 13, 14]
  	His death certificate gives his cause of death as "Leucaemia Exhaustion", after a week of illness. However, he was likely to have been unwell for longer than that. Leucaemia appears to be another word for Leukemia (cancer of the blood), while term "exhaustion" on death certificates usually means that it was an illness that the person had suffered from for some time. His death notice noted that he had been ill for six weeks before he passed away.
  Buried	30 Jul 1918	Brighton General Cemetery, South Caulfield, Victoria, Australia   [5, 7]
  Person ID	I9	Shelley's Tree | Descendants of James Bennett and Catherine Darcy
  Last Modified	28 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Bennett, James Uxbridge,   b. 13 Jun 1831, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England ,   d. 14 Oct 1900, Corowa Hospital, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Darcy, Catherine Lucy,   b. 23 Jun 1823, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland ,   d. 7 Feb 1896, Maryborough Road, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  (Age 72 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1884	The Manse, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	McMahon, Mary Josephine,   b. Abt 8 Dec 1866, Lying-in Hospital,,North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 9 Sep 1948, District Hospital, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1885	St George's Church, Carlton, Victoria, Australia   [3, 5, 15]
  	Henry Michael Bennet and Mary McMahon were married with the written consent of Mary's father, Francis McMahon. Witness Role: Witness Name: Francis McMahon Witness Role: Witness Name: Mary McLeod [3]
  Children	+ 1. Bennett, Francis James,   b. 1887, Bung Bong, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 27 Apr 1953, Deep Lead, Stawell, Victoria, Australia  (Age 66 years)   2. Bennett, Agnes Mary,   b. Abt Nov 1888, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1889, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 0 years) + 3. Bennett, John Henry,   b. 1890, Carlton, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 18 Sep 1944, 159 Napier Street, Essendon, Victoria, Australia  (Age 54 years) + 4. Bennett, Mary,   b. 1892, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1977, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia  (Age 85 years)   5. Bennett, Myrtle,   b. 1895, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 3 Jun 1898, North Prentice, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia  (Age 3 years) + 6. Bennett, Catherine Ellen,   b. 1897, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 19 Mar 1988  (Age 91 years) + 7. Bennett, George Edward,   b. 1900, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 3 Oct 1983, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia  (Age 83 years)   8. Bennett, Henry Michael (Junior) + 9. Living
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Jul 1864 - Amherst, Victoria, Australia  Hospital - an injured elbow joint, from an accident - From 7 May 1871 to 15 Jun 1871 - Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Victoria, Australia  Residence - 7 May 1871 - Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia  Hospital - a contused wound - From 20 Mar 1877 to 24 Apr 1877 - Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Victoria, Australia  Residence - 20 Mar 1877 - Bung Bong, Victoria, Australia  Married - 4 Feb 1885 - St George's Church, Carlton, Victoria, Australia  Residence - 3 Jun 1898 - North Prentice, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia  Residence - 16 Oct 1900 - North Prentice, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia  Residence - Jun 1918 - Navarre, Victoria, Australia  Died - 28 Jul 1918 - Albert Ward, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia  Buried - 30 Jul 1918 - Brighton General Cemetery, South Caulfield, Victoria, Australia   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Henry Michael Bennett face.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1885] Amherst Hospital Register, Entry for Henry Bennett, page 53, No. 529.126, 7 May 1871. [S1885] Amherst Hospital Register, Entry for Henry Bennett, page 162, No. 1402, 20 March 1877. [S2] Marriage certificate: Henry Michael Bennett and Mary McMahon, 1885, (Henry Michael Bennett and Mary McMahon, 1885), 2430. [S93] Death certificate: Catherine Lucy BENNETT, 1896, (Catherine Lucy BENNETT, 1896), 130. [S14] Death certificate: Henry Michael Bennett, 1918, (Henry Michael Bennett, 1918), 10455. [S452] Birth certificate: Annie Bennett, 1905, (Maldon, Victoria, Australia: Annie Bennett , 14 MAY 1905), 11886. [S102] Burial register: Brighton General Cemetery, Brighton General Cemetery, Call No. McN 779., Church of England Division, fiche 5, entry 11851, Henry Michael Bennett. Church of England, Fiche No. 5, Reg. No. 11851 [S1682] Death notice: Death of Myrtle Bennett, 1908. [S1683] Death certificate: James Uxbridge Bennett, 1900. [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Victoria, Grampians division, Raglan: Bennett entries, 1903. [S98] Marriage certificate: Richard John French and Annie Bennett, 1930, (Richard John French and Annie Bennett, 1930). [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Victoria, Grampians division, Dunolly: Bennett entries, 1909 and 1914. [S1582] News: Death of Henry Bennett. [S1880] Death notice: Henry Michael Bennett, 1918. [S104] Death certificate: Mary Bennett, 1948, (Mary Bennett, 1948), 21128.