Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSir Benjamin BENJAMIN 57,133,53,6
Birth2 Sep 1834, London, Great Britain54
Death7 Mar 1905, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Birth1834, London, England
Death1905, Melbourne, Victoria
Birth2 Sep 1834, London, England
Death7 Mar 1905, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia147
OccupationMayor of Melbourne
FatherMoses BENJAMIN (1805-1885)
MotherCatherine MOSES (1801-1856)
Spouses
Birth22 Jul 1839, Sydney, NSW, Australia32
Death19 Feb 1912, Melbourne, Vic, Australia54,12
Burial19 Feb 1912, Melbourne General Cemetery Jewish Section B-279
Birth22 Jul 1839, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia145
Death18 Feb 1912, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia146
FatherAbraham COHEN (1812-1874)
MotherSophia COHEN (1816-1882)
Marriage5 Aug 1857, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia148,89
ChildrenMaurice [Moritz] Edward (1858-1914)
 Catherine [Kate] (1860-1875)
 Abraham Herbert (1861-1925)
 Florence Sophia (1863-1924)
 Percy Lionel (1865-1924)
 Edith Fanny (1867-1924)
 Frank Bedford (1868-1884)
 Howard Elias (1870-1933)
 Minnie Violet (1871-1953)
 Leslie Ronald (1878-1942)
 Gerald Septimus (1879-1942)
 Stanley Octavius (1880-1916)
 Oswald Deronda (1884-1944)
 Myra Lilian (1885-1958)
Marriage1857, Melbourne
ChildrenEdith Fanny (1867-1924)
 Minnie Violet (1871-1953)
 Leslie Ronald (1878-1942)
 Gerald Septimus (1879-1942)
Notes for Sir Benjamin BENJAMIN
For more on Henry Cohen click on: http://genealogy.meta-studies.net/ZDocs/HCohen/HP056-61.HTM

See AJHS Journal Vol 4, part 2. also Vol 6, part 3. Philip C Cohen says there are many errors in the second article. See also ADB Vol 3, 1851-1890. He was Mayor of Melbourne in 1887 - 1889. See newspaper cuttings in drawer.

Stuart says the following children never married - Catherine, Herbert, Percy, Edith, Frank, Minnie Violet, Stanley and Myra. Howard married but the name of his wife is as yet unknown.9
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