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Hannah Bennington 1864-1939

Hannah Bennington
Born: 1864 Milldale, Staffordshire
Died: 1939
Father
John Murrell Bennington 1828-1901
Mother
Hannah Austin
Siblings
Elizabeth Austin 1855-1920
William Bennington 1860-1923
Retta Bennington 1862-1948
John Bennington 1865-1872
Martha Bennington 1867-1870
Annie Bennington 1869-1950
Daniel Bennington 1870-1941
Samuel Bennington 1870-1905
Martha Bennington 1874-1874
Mary Bennington 1874-1874
Alice Bennington 1876-1949
Spouse
William Higton 1840-

Hannah Bennington was born in 1864 at Milldale in Alstonefield parish in Staffordshire, the daughter of John Murrell Bennington 1828-1901 and his wife nee Hannah Austin.

In 1881 she was working as a dairy maid, aged seventeen, for Ralph Beardmore 1833-1910 at Perry Foot, Peak Forest in Derbyshire (1). The Beardmore family came from Stanshope Hall in Alstonefield, to which they had returned by 1891.

In 1899 she was married to William Higton, born in 1840 and a farmer at Hall Fields in Wetton, Staffordshire. They had no children.

In 1911 her nephew John Bennington, son of her sister Alice Bennington, was working at the farm. He was then aged 15 years.

Reference

(1) Ralph Beardmore 1833-1910 had a daughter Elizabeth Waterhouse Beardmore 1869-1932 who in 1893 was married to Gilbert Gould 1864-1948 of Pilsbury Grange. He was the son of Gilbert Gould 1821-1891 and was a brother of Nathaniel Gould 1824-1874) the father of Nat Gould.