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Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (1884 - 1943)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Bonnie BENNETT Iris BENNETT Margaret BENNETT Joyce BENNETT (1915 - 1951)	Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (1884 - 1943) + Mansley Mackay BENNETT (1881 - 1959)	Moses BULLAS (1848 - 1939)	David BULLAS (1806 - 1890)	Joseph (BULLOSE)BULLAS (1779 - 1849)
				Ann (TOMINGLY) TONNINGLY (1780 - 1856)
			Elizabeth (Hammon) (Hammers) HAMMOND (1813 - 1880)	Thomas HAMMOND
				Unknown MALD
		Eleanor Isabella GRIFFIN (1851 - 1931)	Albert George GRIFFIN (1830 - 1885)	James GRIFFIN
				Eleanor (GRIFFIN)
			Isabella ANDREWS (1830 - 1906)	Jno Roote ANDREWS (1801 - 1884)
				Sarah DAWSON (1803 - 1865)

b. abt 1884 at Albany, Western Australia, Australia

m. 12 Sep 1911 Mansley Mackay BENNETT (1881 - 1959) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1943 at Sandringham, Victoria, Australia aged 59

Near Relatives of Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (1884 - 1943)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	David BULLAS	24 Feb 1806	Arksey, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England	10 Aug 1890	Raglan St, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	84
Grandmother	Elizabeth (Hammon) (Hammers) HAMMOND	22 Nov 1813	Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England	22 Dec 1880	Spring Mount, Creswick, Victoria, Australia	67
Grandfather	Albert George GRIFFIN	1830	Axmouth, Devon, England	1885	Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia	55
Grandmother	Isabella ANDREWS	1830	Finsbury, London, England	1906	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia	76
Father in Law	Nathaniel BENNETT	1833		1923	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	90
Mother in Law	Charlotte MCKAY	1847	Campbell Town, Tasmania	1918	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	71
Father	Moses BULLAS	abt 1848	Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England	25 Jun 1939	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia	91
Mother	Eleanor Isabella GRIFFIN	1851	New South Wales, Australia	04 Nov 1931	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	80
Self	Minnie Eleanor BULLAS	abt 1884	Albany, Western Australia, Australia	1943	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	59
Husband	Mansley Mackay BENNETT	1881	Clunes, Victoria, Australia	1959	Sandford, Victoria, Australia	78
Daughter	Bonnie BENNETT
Daughter	Iris BENNETT
Daughter	Margaret BENNETT
Daughter	Joyce BENNETT	1915		1951	Victoria, Australia	36
Sister	Ethel Isabel BULLAS	1877	Merino, Victoria, Australia	1953	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	76
Sister	Lilian Verena BULLAS	1878	Merino, Victoria, Australia	1946	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	68
Brother	Albert David BULLAS	1880	Amherst, Victoria, Australia	1955	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	75
Sister	Edith Elizabeth BULLAS	1882	Avoca, Victoria, Australia	aft 1953		71
Sister	Elsie Marian BULLAS	abt 1886	Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia	1892	Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia	6
Sister	Rosa Beatrice BULLAS	1887	Albany, Western Australia, Australia	1892	Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia	5
Son in Law	Bruce BROWN
Uncle	John BULLAS	19 Oct 1828	Woodhouse, Yorkshire,England	01 Aug 1887	Spring Mount, Creswick, Victoria, Australia	58
Aunt	Mary Hannah MILLS	abt 1849		15 Mar 1884	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	35
Aunt	Fanny DEAL
Aunt	Ellen (Helen) BULLAS	Jan 1831	Woodhouse, Yorkshire,England	29 Jun 1919	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	88
Uncle	Charles WOOD	abt 1826	Arksey, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Uncle	George MELLOR	01 Oct 1827	Ashover, Derbyshire, England	29 Aug 1913	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	85
Uncle	William BULLAS	May 1833	Woodhouse, Yorkshire,England	1893	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	60
Aunt	Elizabeth NEWSOME	abt 1833	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England	1893	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	60
Uncle	Charles BULLAS	Apr 1835	Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
Aunt	Ann BULLAS	abt 1836	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England	14 Jul 1926	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	90
Uncle	William SMITH	29 Dec 1833	Ashover, Derbyshire, England	11 Jun 1896	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	62
Aunt	Mary (May) BULLAS	abt 1838	Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England	1924	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	86
Uncle	Henry MOSS			1888	Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Uncle	David BULLAS	1842
Uncle	Joseph BULLAS	abt 1844	Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England	05 Apr 1879	Victoria, Australia	35
Uncle	Thomas BULLAS	1846	Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England	1935	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Aunt	Mary Ann COATES	abt 1854		1939	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	85
Uncle	James BULLAS	1850	Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England
Aunt	Elizabeth BULLAS	abt 1852	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England	1884	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	32
Uncle	William Henry STRIBLEY	abt 1850	St Enoder, Cornwall, England	1921	Balmain South, NSW, Australia	71
Uncle	(Unknown) BULLAS	abt 1854
Aunt	Esther BULLAS	1854	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England	1949	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	95
Uncle	Henry Edward GREY	1854	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	08 Aug 1935	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	81
Uncle	William BLACKWELL	abt 1835	Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England	23 Oct 1858	Victoria, Australia	23
Cousin	Mary BULLAS	1884	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	1884	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	John WOOD	abt 1853	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England	1931	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	78
Cousin	Ellen Jane MELLOR	1864	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	19 Oct 1938	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	74
Cousin	Henry MELLOR	1866	Spring Hill, Victoria, Australia	1958	South Preston, Victoria, Australia	92
Cousin	Anne (Annie) Maria MELLOR	1868	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1937	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	69
Cousin	George MELLOR	1873	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1914	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	41
Cousin	Unknown BLACKWELL	abt 1858
Cousin	Unknown BLACKWELL	abt 1858
Cousin	Emily SMITH	26 Feb 1859	Spring Hill, Victoria, Australia	1895	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	36
Cousin	Annie SMITH	06 Jun 1861	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	1956	Clayton, Victoria, Australia	95
Cousin	William John SMITH	04 May 1863	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	17 Jun 1940	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	77
Cousin	David Enoch SMITH	26 Apr 1865	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	07 Feb 1921	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	55
Cousin	George Henry SMITH	09 Aug 1867	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Nov 1928	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	61
Cousin	Richard Herbert SMITH	22 Jun 1869	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	07 Mar 1928	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	Frank Ernest SMITH	08 Nov 1871	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	30 Apr 1954	Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia	82
Cousin	Florence Seymour SMITH	01 Sep 1873	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	13 Dec 1947	Regent, Victoria	74
Cousin	Joseph Albert SMITH	03 Sep 1875	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1937	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	62
Cousin	Charles Howard SMITH	19 Jul 1877	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	19 Mar 1963	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	85
Cousin	Agnes Evelyn (May) SMITH	29 Nov 1879	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1961	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	82
Cousin	Ada Merinda BULLAS	07 Feb 1879	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1924	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	45
Cousin	Arthur Thomas BULLAS	1880	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1967	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	David William BULLAS	1882	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1952	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	70
Cousin	George Herbert BULLAS	1883	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1975	Hastings, Victoria, Australia	92
Cousin	Alfred John BULLAS	1885	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1977	Nunawading, Victoria, Australia	92
Cousin	Grace Ethel BULLAS	1887	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1957	White Hills, Victoria, Australia	70
Cousin	Frederick Moses Leslie BULLAS	1889	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	17 Jun 1971	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	82
Cousin	Ernest James BULLAS	1890	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1944	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	54
Cousin	Harold Stanley BULLAS	1893	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	1967	Victoria, Australia	74
Cousin	Hester Ellen STRIBLEY	1875	Kingston, Victoria, Australia	1876	Victoria, Australia	1
Cousin	John David STRIBLEY	1877	Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia	1878	Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia	1
Cousin	William Henry STRIBLEY	1880	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	04 Aug 1916	Suez Canal, Egypt	36
Cousin	Ellen (Nellie) Philip STRIBLEY	1882	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Sarah Lucinda Eveline STRIBLEY	1885	Carlton, Victoria, Australia	1886	Carlton, Victoria, Australia	1
Cousin	James Reginald STRIBLEY	1887	Carlton, Victoria, Australia	1887	Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Priscilla Bertha Jane STRIBLEY	1888	Eltham, Victoria, Australia	1948	Victoria, Australia	60
Cousin	John Archibald STRIBLEY	1890	Kingston, Victoria, Australia	1958	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	68
Cousin	Ethel Rosella STRIBLEY	1891	Kingston, Victoria, Australia	1971	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	80
Cousin	Marion (Mirriam) Elsie STRIBLEY	1893	King, Victoria, Australia	1895	Clunes, Victoria, Australia	2
Cousin	James Thompson STRIBLEY	1895	Clunes, Victoria, Australia	1962	Lake Bolac, Victoria, Australia	67
Cousin	Alma Adeliza STRIBLEY	1897	Clunes, Victoria, Australia	1968	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	71
Cousin	Albert David STRIBLEY	1901	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1963	Victoria, Australia	62
Cousin	Henry Albert GREY	1886	Allandale, Victoria, Australia	11 May 1926	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	40
Cousin	Elizabeth Priscilla GREY	1888	Allandale, Victoria, Australia	1981	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	93
Cousin	Joseph Stanley GREY	1890	Allandale, Victoria, Australia	1993	Olinda, Victoria, Australia	103
Cousin	Esther Octavia GREY	1891	Allandale, Victoria, Australia	1971	Pasc, Victoria, Australia	80
Cousin	David James GREY	1893	Kingston, Victoria, Australia	1893	Kingston, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Mary Lilian GREY	1894	Kingston, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Herbert Charles GREY	1896	Kingston, Victoria, Australia	1981	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	85
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
Brother in Law	Alfred Holmes WOODFULL	1875	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1954	Victoria, Australia	79
Sister in Law	Edith May POLGLASE	13 May 1876	Kapunda, South Australia, Australia	26 Jun 1950	Prospect, SA, Australia	74
Brother in Law	Herbert William LEE	1877	Campbell Town, Tasmania

Events in Minnie Eleanor BULLAS (1884 - 1943)'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
abt 1884		Minnie Eleanor BULLAS was born	Albany, Western Australia, Australia	Note 1	52
18 Feb 1902	18	Other Event	Campbell Town, Tasmania	Note 2
30 Dec 1902	18	Other Event	Tasmania, Australia	Note 3
12 Sep 1911	27	Married Mansley Mackay BENNETT (aged 30)	Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1914	30	Electoral roll	Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	37
1915	31	Birth of daughter Joyce BENNETT		mothers funeral notice
04 Nov 1931	47	Death of mother Eleanor Isabella GRIFFIN (aged 80)	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
25 Jun 1939	55	Death of father Moses BULLAS (aged 91)	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52, 60
1943	59	Minnie Eleanor BULLAS died	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1943	59	Residence	Church St, Nhill, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	37, 60

Note 1: died 1943 age 59 = 1884 Reg No 1883/24261 - Albany, WA - parents Moses Bullas and Eleanor Issabella Griffin

Note 2: attended her sister Edith Elizabeth at her wedding - see notes

Note 3: brides attendant at her sister Lilian's wedding - see marriage notes

Note 4: 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 5: BENNETT Mansley Mackay - minister, Minnie Eleanor - hd

Note 6: Reg No 14993/1931 aged 80. The Argus (Melbourne) 5 Nov 1931 BULLAS-On the 4th November at her late residence, 113 Finch street East Malvern Eleanor Isabella, dearly loved wife of Rev M Bullas in her 81 year (Private interment.) (Tasmanian papers please copy )

Note 7: Ref No 6088/1939 The Argus - Victoria - 27 June 1939 Obituary THE REV. M. BULLAS There was a very large attendance of Methodist ministers and ' others at the funeral yesterday of the Rev. M. Bullas, the oldest minister in the Victoria and Tasmania Methodist Conference, who was in his 92nd year. The service at the house in Park road, South Camber- well, was conducted by the Rev. R. E. Hooper, superintendent of the Malvern Methodist circuit, assisted by the President of the Methodist Conference of Victoria and Tasmania (the Rev. R. L. McDonald), the Rev. Charles Angwin, and the Rev. L. B. Smith. The service at the St. Kilda Cemetery was conducted by the Rev. R. E. Hooper, assisted by the Rev. R. L. McDonald, by the President-General of the Methodist Church of Australasia (the Rev. Professor A. E. Alblston), and by the Rev. Charles Angwin, the Rev. H. W. Frederick, the Rev. J. W. Rowse, and the Rev. David Lewis, chairman of the Melbourne South district. Funeral arrangements were by B. Matthews Pty. Ltd The Mercury - Hobart 26 June 1939 THE REV. M. BULLAS Veteran : Methodist Minister MELBOURNE. June 25. The Rev. Moses Bullas, the oldest minuter in the Victorian and Tasmanian Methodist Conference, died at his home in Camberwell (V.) yesterday, in his 92nd year. Mr. Bullas, who came to Australia from England at the age of nine years, was ordained to the Methodist Ministry in 1872, and began his work at Bairnsdale. He was transferred to West Australia in 1883. and 18 years later returned to Victoria. After a period in Tasmania he was appointed to the Methodist Church at Brighton, from which he retired in 1912 because of failing health

Note 8: 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 9: BENNETT Mansley Mackay - minister, Minnie Eleanor - hd, Iris Ethelwyn - clerk

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Other Event)

- Reference = (Other Event)

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Reg No 1883/24261 - Albany, WA - parents Moses Bullas and Eleanor Issabella Griffin

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Reg No 1911/6280 - Victoria

- Reference = (Death)

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.

- Reference = (Other Event)

- Notes: 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 Sprinvale 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.

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