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Ruben CORBEN (1833 - 1897)
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Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Albert CORBEN (1854 - )
George CORBEN (1856 - )
Hubert Bower CORBEN (1857 - 1907)
 Ruben CORBEN (1833 - 1897)

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Sarah BENFIELD (1833 - 1885)
 George CORBEN (1806 - 1891)











Susannah Smith BOWER (1803 - 1880)











Ruben CORBEN Sarah BENFIELD
Ruben CORBEN Ruben CORBEN
Ruben CORBEN Sarah BENFIELD Ruben CORBEN Ruben CORBEN
Pic S1. In memory of Sarah Ann
dearly beloved wife of Reuben CORBEN
who died 31 Aug 1885, age 54 years
at work for God (verse)
also their children
Albert Benfield died 7 Jun 1857, age 4 years
Jane died 2 Mar 1860, age 11 mths
George Arnold died 7 Sep 1861, age 6 years
also
Reuben CORBEN beloved husband and father of the above who died 24 May 1897, age 65 years
also a friend Caleb BRUNDELL died 14 May 1880, age 88 years.

Pic 2. In memory of Sarah Ann
dearly beloved wife of Reuben CORBEN
who died 31 Aug 1885, age 54 years
at work for God (verse)
also their children
Albert Benfield died 7 Jun 1857, age 4 years
Jane died 2 Mar 1860, age 11 mths
George Arnold died 7 Sep 1861, age 6 years
also
Reuben CORBEN beloved husband and father of the above who died 24 May 1897, age 65 years
also a friend Caleb BRUNDELL died 14 May 1880, age 88 years.

b. 1833 at Worth Matravers, Dorset, England
m. 1852 Sarah BENFIELD (1833 - 1885) at Middlesex, England
d. 1897 at Victoria, Australia aged 64
Near Relatives of Ruben CORBEN (1833 - 1897)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Joseph BENFIELD

Father George CORBEN abt 1806 Worth Matravers, Dorset, England 1891 Worth Matravers, Dorset, England 85
Mother Susannah Smith BOWER 1803 Worth Matravers, Dorset, England 1880 Lambeth, London, England 77

Self Ruben CORBEN 1833 Worth Matravers, Dorset, England 1897 Victoria, Australia 64

Wife Sarah BENFIELD 1833 1885 Victoria, Australia 52

Son Albert CORBEN abt 1854
Son George CORBEN abt 1856
Son Hubert Bower CORBEN 1857 1907 50

Brother Isaac CORBEN abt 1825 1891 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 66

Daughter in Law Catherine Annie WILSON

Nephew Walter Smith CORBEN 1849 Greenwich, London, England 1908 Prahan, Victoria, Australia 59
Niece Clara (eldest dau) CORBEN 1851 Croyden, Surrey, England 1924 Essendon, Victoria, Australia 73
Nephew Hugh Sparkes CORBEN 1853 1854 London 1
Nephew Hugh Sparkes CORBEN 1855 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1855 Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Catherine (Kate) CORBEN 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1897 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 40
Niece Alice CORBEN 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1887 Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 29
Nephew Leigh Mountfield CORBEN 1860 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1862 Victoria, Australia 2
Niece Rosa CORBEN 1862 Kensington Hill, Victoria, Australia 1862 Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Elizabeth CORBEN 1864 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1947 Victoria, Australia 83
Niece Ada Florence CORBEN 1865 Melbourne. 1900 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 35
Nephew Willie CORBEN 1869 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1869 Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Lily CORBEN 1871 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1871 Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Rose CORBEN 1871 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1943 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 72
Nephew Isaac Ernest CORBEN 1872 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1885 Eganstown, Victoria, Australi 13
Niece Marian Lima CORBEN 1875 Victoria, Australia 1876 1

Sister in Law Elizabeth SMITH abt 1830 1891 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 61
Events in Ruben CORBEN (1833 - 1897)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1833 Ruben CORBEN was born Worth Matravers, Dorset, England Ancestry tree
1852 19 Married Sarah BENFIELD (aged 19) Middlesex, England Marriage cert - see pictures
abt 1854 21 Birth of son Albert CORBEN Note 1
abt 1856 23 Birth of son George CORBEN Note 2
1857 24 Birth of son Hubert Bower CORBEN
1880 47 Death of mother Susannah Smith BOWER (aged 77) Lambeth, London, England Ancestry tree
1885 52 Death of wife Sarah BENFIELD (aged 52) Victoria, Australia Burial info
1891 58 Death of father George CORBEN (aged 85) Worth Matravers, Dorset, England Ancestry tree
1897 64 Ruben CORBEN died Victoria, Australia Note 3
Note 1: Age 3 on immigration records in 1857
Note 2: Age 1 on immigration records in 1857
Note 3: POSSIBLE

Reuben Corben
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Reuben Corben
Death Age: 65
Birth Date: abt 1832
Death Date: Abt 1897
Death Place: Brighton, Victoria
Registration Date: 1897
Registration Place: Australia
Father:
Corben Geo
Mother:
Susannah Arnold
Registration Number: 4285

The Argus (Melbourne) 25 May 1897
CORBEN.--On the 24th May, at his late residence,
Modbury house, Carpenter street, Middle Brigh-
ton, Reuben, the beloved father of Hubert and
Joseph Corben, Mrs. A. Trigge, and Mrs. L.
Lavender. a good and kind father. Aged 65
years. Diligent in business, fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord.
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