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Bridget Elizabeth Maria RAPELL RUSSELL (1840 - 1924)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Basil B BENNETT (1862 - 1912)	Bridget Elizabeth Maria RAPELL RUSSELL (1840 - 1924) + Barnett Basil BENNETT (1838 - 1929)

b. abt 1840

m. 1861 Barnett Basil BENNETT (1838 - 1929) at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

d. 1924 at Waverley, New South Wales, Australia aged 84

Children (1):

Basil B BENNETT (1862 - 1912)

Events in Bridget Elizabeth Maria RAPELL RUSSELL (1840 - 1924)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1840		Bridget Elizabeth Maria RAPELL RUSSELL was born
1861	21	Married Barnett Basil BENNETT (aged 23)	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
1862	22	Birth of son Basil B BENNETT	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
1912	72	Death of son Basil B BENNETT (aged 50)	Ardlethan, New South Wales, Australia
1924	84	Bridget Elizabeth Maria RAPELL RUSSELL died	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Personal Notes:

Adelong and Tumut Express 2 Jan 1925 The death of Mrs. Bridget Elizabeth Bennett, which occurred in Sydney on Sunday last, removes another of the early pioneers of the Riverina. She, with her husband, Mr. Basil B. Bennett, will be remembered by the old generation as the owners of Brucedale Park, near Wagga. Mrs. Bennett was a sister of the late Mr. Matthew Sawyer, of Ironbong Station. She had been in the Wagga district from her girlhood until she was nearly 70 years of age. When she died she was 85 years old, and her husband, still in good health, is the same age. The couple were married in Wagga, and from their home at Brucedale Park, he managed properties in other parts of the State. Her family name might be SAYWER. Her marriage index has RAPELL or RUSSELL Death has parents John & Margaret

Source References:

63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

- Reference = Adelong and Tumut Express 2 Jan 1925 (Name, Notes, Death)

- Notes: The death of Mrs. Bridget Elizabeth Bennett, which occurred in Sydney on Sunday last, removes another of the early pioneers of the Riverina. She, with her husband, Mr. Basil B. Bennett, will be remembered by the old generation as the owners of Brucedale Park, near Wagga. Mrs. Bennett was a sister of the late Mr. Matthew Sawyer, of Ironbong Station. She had been in the Wagga district from her girlhood until she was nearly 70 years of age. When she died she was 85 years old, and her husband, still in good health, is the same age. The couple were married in Wagga, and from their home at Brucedale Park, he managed properties in other parts of the State.

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