Benge, John

Marriage Details
1867/6055, Bride: Rose Anne (sic) Wilkins, Groom: John Benge

Death Details
1906/8394, John Benge, Aged: 64Y - Date of Death 16/8/1906 from Death Regsitration

Evening Post 17 August 1906
BENGE.- On the 16th August, 1906, at Upper Hutt (suddenly), John Benge, aged 64 years. (No flowers, by request.)
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FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE Friends of the late Mr. John Benge are invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave the residence of Mr. J. Mabey, Taita, on Sunday, at 1.30 p.m., for the Public Cemetery, Taita.
CHAS. CUDBY, Sen.,
Undertaker, Upper Hutt.
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Mr. John Benge, a very old settler at the Upper Hutt, died at his home in that district yesterday afternoon. His death was very sudden, deceased having attended Dalgety''s sale in the Upper Hutt township in the morning. Mr. Benge was the oldest member of the Rose of Sharon Lodge, I.O.O. F., M.U.

Probate John Benge, Place: Upper Hutt, Occ: Farmer, Date of Death: 16/8/1906, AAOM 6029 10228, Filed: 21/9/1906, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington




Death Details
1933/20256, Rose Annie (sic) Benge, Aged: 82Y - Date of Death 1/10/1933 from Death Registration

Evening Post 2 October 1933
BENGE.- On Sunday, October 1, 1933, at her late residence, Martin Street, Upper Hutt, Rose Annie (grandma), relict of the late John Benge; in her 83rd year.
Absent from the body,
Present with the Lord.
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THE Friends of the late Mrs. John Benge are invited to attend her Funeral, which will leave her late residence, Martin Street, Upper Hutt, on Tuesday, October 3, 1933, at 1.30 p.m., for the Taita Cemetery.
P. ROBERTSON,
Undertaker,
Upper Hutt.

Evening Post 4 October 1933
OBITUARY
MRS. JOHN BENGE.
One of the oldest and most respected residents of Upper Hutt, Mrs. John Benge, died on Sunday in her eighty-third year. Born in Birmingham, England, the late Mrs. Benge went to South Africa at the age of five years, with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wilkins.
She came to New Zealand eight years later, and at the age of 16, married the late Mr. John Benge, who died about 25 years ago. Engaged in farming and sawmilling Mr. and Mrs. Benge lived at Te Marua, but at the death of her husband, Mrs. Benge moved to Martin Street, Upper Hutt.
Of a family of nine, seven survive their mother. They are Messrs. J. T. and George Benge (Upper Hutt), H. V. Benge (Feilding), Ernest and Alfred Benge (Hamilton), and Mesdames J. Mabey (Taihape), L. Jackson (Hopeland), and F. Heard (Hastings).