18 Aug 2023
Wife: Constance Lillian Pettit
Born: 25 Jan 1892 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 1) Census: 1891 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire (see note 2) Resided: 1929 - 1936 at Garage House, Latham Road, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1939 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 1 Died: 1988 in Norfolk 4 (see note 3) Father: Mother:
Husband: Robert David Benton Married: 1914 in Cambridge 2 (see note 4)
Born: 25 Mar 1892 in Cambridge 2,1 (see note 5) Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 6) Occupation: 1911 Stock Man Resided: 1929 - 1936 at Garage House, Latham Road, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1939 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 1 Occupation: 1939 Publican 1 Died: 1970 in Cambridge 4 (see note 7) Father: George David Benton (1860 - 1951) Mother: Emily Ann Turner (1860 - 1928)
M Child 1: Robert William Benton Born: 30 May 1914 in Cambridge 2,1 (see note 8) Resided: 1935 - 1936 at Garage House, Latham Road, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Occupation: 1939 PO Engineering Dept Telecommunication Linesman 1 Resided: 1947 - 1948 at 4 Foster Road, Trumpington 3 Resided: 1949 - 1968 at 84 Paget Road, Trumpington 3 Wife: Phyllis Doreen Burling b. 29 Aug 1915 d. 2013 Married: 1936 in Cambridge 2 (see note 9) Wife: Mary Bradley b. ABT 1915 Also known as: Mary Griffiths 5 Married: 1948 in Cambridge 2 (see note 10)
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) FreeBMD website. (3) Electoral Register. (4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (5) Marriage record.
Event Notes Note (1) Mar 1892 Caxton 3b 435 Note (2) Age 9, born Bourn, with family Note (3) May 1988 Kings Lynn 10 1336 born 25 Jan 1892 Note (4) Mar 1914 Cambridge 3b 682 Note (5) Jun 1892 Cambridge 3b 489 Note (6) Bob Benton, age 19 born Cambridge, with family. Stock Man Note (7) Sep 1970 Cambridge 4a 476 born 21 Mar 1892 Note (8) Sep 1914 Cambridge 3b 784 mothers surname Pettit Note (9) Jun 1936 Cambridge 3b 1488 Note (10) Sep 1948 Cambridge 4a 860 bride surname Bradley or Griffiths Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index