18 Aug 2023
Wife: Agnes Rutter
Born: 15 Dec 1884 in Suffolk 1,2 (see note 1) Census: 1891 in Gazeley, Suffolk (see note 2) Census: 1901 in Cambridge (see note 3) Occupation: 1901 Housemaid Resided: 1920 - 1934 at 2 Aboyne Cottages, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Census: 1921 in Aboyne Cottages, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (see note 4) Resided: 1935 - 1970 at 94 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Member: 1950 - 1969 Trumpington Allotment Society 4 Died: 1970 in Cambridge (see note 5) Buried: 1970 in Trumpington Father: Mother:
Husband: Arthur William Benton Married: 1912 in Cambridge 1 (see note 6)
Born: 8 Apr 1883 in Cambridge 2 Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 7) Occupation: 1911 Carman Resided: 1915 in Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1920 - 1934 at 2 Aboyne Cottages, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Census: 1921 in Aboyne Cottages, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (see note 8) Occupation: 1921 Railway Carman, Great Eastern Railway, Cambridge Station Resided: 1935 - 1949 at 94 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Occupation: 1939 Lorry Driver 2 Occupation: 1947 Porter 4 Member: 1947 - 1949 Trumpington Allotment Society 4 Died: 1949 Buried: 13 Apr 1949 in Trumpington (see note 9) Father: George David Benton (1860 - 1951) Mother: Emily Ann Turner (1860 - 1928)
F Child 1: Audrey Beatrice Benton Born: 4 Jul 1913 in Trumpington 1,2 (see note 10) Census: 1921 in Aboyne Cottages, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (see note 11) Resided: 1936 - 1955 at 94 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 3 Occupation: 1939 Registered Wax Paper Cutter 2 Died: 1982 in Cambridge 5 (see note 12) Husband: Christopher Charles Rainbow b. 1 Jun 1903 d. 1982 Married: 1955 in Cambridge 5 (see note 13)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) 1939 Register. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Trumpington Allotment Society records. (5) Index on ancestry.co.uk.
Event Notes Note (1) Mar 1885 Newmarket 3b 583 Note (2) Age 6, born Higham, with family Note (3) Age 16, born Higham, Housemaid Note (4) Age 36, born Higham, with husband Arthur William Benton and daughter Audrey Note (5) Sep 1970 Cambridge 4a 675 born 15 Dec 1885 (sic) Note (6) Dec 1912 Cambridge 3b 1264 Note (7) Age 27, born Cambridge, with parents and family. Carman Note (8) Age 38, born Cambridge. Railway Carman, Great Eastern Railway, Cambridge Station, with wife Agnes and daughter Audrey Note (9) Apr 13 BENTON Arthur William of 94 Alpha Terrace 66 Note (10) Sep 1913 Chesterton 3b 777 mothers surname Rutter Note (11) Age 7, born Trumpington, with parents Note (12) Sep 1982 Cambridge 9 0755 born 4 Jul 1913 Note (13) Dec 1955 Cambridge 4a 545 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index