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Mansley Mackay BENNETT (1881 - 1959)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Bonnie BENNETT Iris BENNETT Margaret BENNETT Joyce BENNETT (1915 - 1951)	Mansley Mackay BENNETT (1881 - 1959) + Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (1884 - 1943)	Nathaniel BENNETT (1833 - 1923)	Nathaniel BENNETT
			Tamar OSBORNE
		Charlotte MCKAY (1847 - 1918)	William MCKAY ( - 1899)
			Eliza GRIST (1818 - 1899)	Charles Lewis GRIST (1794 - 1867)
				Elizabeth WEBB ( - 1862)

b. 1881 at Clunes, Victoria, Australia

m. 12 Sep 1911 Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (1884 - 1943) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1959 at Sandford, Victoria, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of Mansley Mackay BENNETT (1881 - 1959)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Nathaniel BENNETT
Grandmother	Tamar OSBORNE
Grandfather	William MCKAY			bef 1899
Grandmother	Eliza GRIST	1818		1899	Richmond, Tasmania, Australia	81
Father in Law	Moses BULLAS	abt 1848	Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England	25 Jun 1939	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia	91
Mother in Law	Eleanor Isabella GRIFFIN	1851	New South Wales, Australia	04 Nov 1931	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	80
Father	Nathaniel BENNETT	1833		1923	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	90
Mother	Charlotte MCKAY	1847	Campbell Town, Tasmania	1918	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	71
Self	Mansley Mackay BENNETT	1881	Clunes, Victoria, Australia	1959	Sandford, Victoria, Australia	78
Wife	Minnie Eleanor BULLAS	abt 1884	Albany, Western Australia, Australia	1943	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	59
Daughter	Bonnie BENNETT
Daughter	Iris BENNETT
Daughter	Margaret BENNETT
Daughter	Joyce BENNETT	1915		1951	Victoria, Australia	36
Son in Law	Bruce BROWN
Nephew	Mervyn Albert BULLAS
Niece	Sylvia BULLAS
Niece	Jean Isabel Elizabeth BULLAS		South Australia, Australia	01 Jan 1946	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nephew	Norman Polglase BULLAS	20 Mar 1914	Payneham, South Australia, Australia
Nephew	Reginald Herbert LEE	1903	Tasmania, Australia
Niece	Elsie Verena LEE	1905	Tasmania, Australia
Sister in Law	Ethel Isabel BULLAS	1877	Merino, Victoria, Australia	1953	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Lilian Verena BULLAS	1878	Merino, Victoria, Australia	1946	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Albert David BULLAS	1880	Amherst, Victoria, Australia	1955	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	75
Sister in Law	Edith Elizabeth BULLAS	1882	Avoca, Victoria, Australia	aft 1953		71
Sister in Law	Elsie Marian BULLAS	abt 1886	Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia	1892	Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia	6
Sister in Law	Rosa Beatrice BULLAS	1887	Albany, Western Australia, Australia	1892	Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia	5

Events in Mansley Mackay BENNETT (1881 - 1959)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
		Birth of daughter Bonnie BENNETT		mothers funeral notice
		Birth of daughter Iris BENNETT		mothers funeral notice
		Birth of daughter Margaret BENNETT		mothers funeral notice
1881		Mansley Mackay BENNETT was born	Clunes, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
12 Sep 1911	30	Married Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (aged 27)	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
1914	33	Electoral roll	Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	37
1915	34	Birth of daughter Joyce BENNETT		mothers funeral notice
1918	37	Death of mother Charlotte MCKAY (aged 71)	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1923	42	Death of father Nathaniel BENNETT (aged 90)	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52, 60
1943	62	Death of wife Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (aged 59)	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1943	62	Electoral roll	Church St, Nhill, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	37
1951	70	Death of daughter Joyce BENNETT (aged 36)	Victoria, Australia	Note 8	60
1959	78	Mansley Mackay BENNETT died	Sandford, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52

Note 1: Reg No 22324 - parents Nathaniel Bennett and Charlotte Mackay died 1957 - age 77 = born 1882

Note 2: Reg No 1911/6280 - Victoria The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times - Tas. 16th Oct 1911 WEDDING BELLS. BENNETT-BULLAS. A marriage which excited a good deal of interest was celebrated in the Male Street Methodist Church, Bright on (Vic), on Tuesday, September 12 the contracting parties being the Rev Mansley M. Bennett (formerly stationed at Ulverstone), third son of Rev. R. Bennett, of Malvern, and Miss Minnie E Bullas, youngest daughter of Rev M Bullas, of Brighton. The beautiful little church was decorated with a taste and skill that left nothing to be desired, and was filled with an audience, many of whom had come from distant parts of Victoria and Tasmania The ceremony was performed by the respective fathers of bride and bride groom The bride was attended by Miss Ethel Bullas, Miss Lilian Bennett and Miss Elsie Leo (the bride's little niece). The numerous and valuable wedding presents displayed on the platform testified to the esteem in which the bride and bridegroom are held. Amid showers of confetti Rev. and Mrs. Bennett left for Lorne prior to going to their home at Wycheproof.

Note 3: BENNETT Mansley Mackay - minister, Minnie Eleanor - hd

Note 4: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Chtte Eliza Bennett Name: Chtte Eliza Bennett Death Place: Malvern, Victoria Age: 71 Father's Name: McKay Wm Mother's Name: Eliza Registration Year: 1918 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 5576 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 The Mercury 21 June 1918 DEATHS. BENNETT.-On June 20. 1918, at her late residence Horsburg road, Malvern, Victoria, Charlotte, the beloved wife of Rev Nathaniel Bennett, formerly of New Town, Tasmania. The Register (Adelaide) 7 Aug 1923 OBITUARY The Rev. Nathaniel Bennett, who about 30 years ago was in charge of the Warr nambool Methodist Circuit, has died at the age of 91 years. He was born in Eng land, and he entered the Methodist ministry when he was 19 years of age. At the time of his death he was the oldest minister in the denomination. He has left a family of five daughters and four sons. Two of the latter are clergymen (Rev Leslie Bennett, M.A., BD., master of King's College, Brisbane University, and Rev. Mansley Bennett, of .Shepparton). Mrs. Bennett died in 1918.

Note 5: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Nathaniel Bennett Name: Nathaniel Bennett Death Place: Malvern, Victoria Age: 90 Father's Name: Nathaniel Bennett Mother's Name: Tamar Osborne Registration Year: 1923 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 11147 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 28 July 1923 The Rev. Nathaniel Bennett, Methodist minister, died on Thursday at his residence, Malvern, Victoria, at the advanced ago of 90 years. He entered the Methodist ministry at Clarendon, South Australia, in 1854, came to Hobart in 1865, and was superintendent of Melville street Church for three years. In 1876 he was appointed to New Town, and while there married Miss McKay, a sister of Mr. Charles Mc Kay of Cambridge, and Mrs. Alexander, of New Town. In 1888 he was elected president of the Wesleyan Conference. He was a very popular and gifted preacher, and did well in all his circuits, which included Hawthorn, Toorak, and Armadale. He became a supernumerary in 1892, residing at Malvern until his death. He leaves four daughters and three sons, two of whom are ministers, the Rev. Leslie Bennett, M.A., principal of King's College, Brisbane, and the Rev. Mansley Bennett, of Victoria. The former was minister of the Swan street Church, Hobart, for five years. The Register (Adelaide) 7 Aug 1923 OBITUARY The Rev. Nathaniel Bennett, who about 30 years ago was in charge of the Warrnambool Methodist Circuit, has died at the age of 91 years. He was born in England, and he entered the Methodist ministry when he was 19 years of age. At the time of his death he was the oldest minister in the denomination. He has left a family of five daughters and four sons. Two of the latter are clergymen (Rev Leslie Bennett, M.A., BD., master of King's College, Brisbane University, and Rev. Mansley Bennett, of .Shepparton). Mrs. Bennett died in 1918.

Note 6: Ref No 6026 - Minnie Ellanor BENNETT - age 59 - parents Moses Bullas and Eleanor Isabel Griffin Williamstown Chronicle 25 June 1943 Mrs. M. E. BENNETT. We extend our sympathy to Rev. Mansley Bennett, in the death of his wife, Minnie Eleanor, who passed away at a private hospital on the 21st June. The deceased was born at Albury, Western Australia, and besides her husband, leaves a family of four daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral, which was private, took place on Tuesday, the remains being cremated at the Springvale Crematorium. Revs. Norman Smith, W. J. Smith, H. A. Keck and Gordon Williams were the officiating clergymen. Nelson Bros. carried out the funeral arrangements. The Argus (Melbourne) 22 June 1943 BENNETT.-On June 21, Minnie Eleanor, dearly loved wife of Rev. Mansley M. Bennett, 39 Bay road, Sandringham, loving mother of Joyce, Bonnie (Mrs. Bruce Brown), Iris, and Margaret, and loving grandma of Bruce Maxwell. - Happy are the pure in heart, they shall see God.

Note 7: BENNETT Mansley Mackay - minister, Minnie Eleanor - hd, Iris Ethelwyn - clerk

Note 8: Advocate (Burnie) 10 Dec 1951 Road victim dies. after 68 days MELBOURNE.-A young woman died on Saturday after being unconscious since she was involved in a road accident on October 68 days ago. She was Miss Joyce Bennett, chief of staff of the Elsternwick Methodist Ladies' College and daughter of the Rev. Mansley Bennett, of Sandringham. Miss Bennett. who was 36, had been a teacher at the college for 16 years. Miss Bennett was struck by a utility truck in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, and suffered injuries to her brain, leg and back. She was operated on three times after the accident. Her companion at the time, Miss Adeline Black' burn, of Caulfield, was fatally injured.

Note 9: Ref No 7039 - age 77 - Mansley Mackay Bennett - parents Nathaniel Bennett and Charlotte Mackay

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

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52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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- Notes: Reg No 1911/6280 - Victoria

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times - Tas. 16th Oct 1911 WEDDING BELLS. BENNETT-BULLAS. A marriage which excited a good deal of interest was celebrated in the Male Street Methodist Church, Bright on (Vic), on Tuesday, September 12 the contracting parties being the Rev Mansley M. Bennett (formerly stationed at Ulverstone), third son of Rev. R. Bennett, of Malvern, and Miss Minnie E Bullas, youngest daughter of Rev M Bullas, of Brighton. The beautiful little church was decorated with a taste and skill that left nothing to be desired, and was filled with an audience, many of whom had come from distant parts of Victoria and Tasmania The ceremony was performed by the respective fathers of bride and bride groom The bride was attended by Miss Ethel Bullas, Miss Lilian Bennett and Miss Elsie Leo (the bride's little niece). The numerous and valuable wedding presents displayed on the platform testified to the esteem in which the bride and bridegroom are held. Amid showers of confetti Rev. and Mrs. Bennett left for Lorne prior to going to their home at Wycheproof.

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