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BENJAMIN AND SARAH WHITE ARE RECORDED IN "SOUTH AUSTRALIANS 1836-1885" BOOK TWO.DESMA FAY NICHOLSON OF 160 FRANCIS ST RICHMOND NSW PROVIDED THE INFORMATION FOR THE BOOK. DESMA IS A DESCENDENT OF JOHN WHITE, FIFTH AND YOUNGEST SON OF BENJAMIN WHITE
BENJAMIN WHITE
PARENTS BENJAMIN AND JANE (NEE LOWDEN- SHOULD BE SOWDEN)
BORN 1819 CAMBORNE, CORNWALL
DIED JAN 1874 VICTORIA, BURIED IN CRESWICK
ARRIVED SA 29/10/1847 FROM ENGLAND ON DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND
DEPARTED SA C. 1852 FOR VICTORIA OVERLAND
OCCUPATION MINER AND SECTON
RESIDENCE: KAPUNDA ALLENS CREEK SA
RELIGION: WESLEYAN
HE MARRIED SARAH (SALLY) BAILEY ON 02/08/1845 IN CAMBORNE ENGLAND, SHE DIED 12/08/1891 IN CRESWICK
CHILDREN:
SARAH ANNE WILLIAMS 07/09/1845 TO 18/06/1890
ELIZABETH ORRINGE 22/02/1847 TO 16/10/1920
BENJAMIN 22/04/1849 TO 19/02/1889
HARRIET 29/08/1850 TO 15/05/1851
WILLIAM BAILEY 22/10/1851 TO 14/03/1916
JOSEPH 20/11/1853 TO 17/05/1910
THOMAS HENRY 15/05/1855 TO 15/08/1917
JOHN 14/04/1857 TO 27/02/1935
HARRIET 17/01/1860 TO 14/06/1863
DECIMA JANE CHEGWYN 04/01/1862 TO 28/02/1940
EMILY WILSON 07/03/1864 TO 19/08/1937
BENJAMIN WHITE MARRIED SARAH BAILEY IN CORNWALL IN SEPTEMBER 1845, JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST CHILD SARAH ANN. SECOND CHILD ELIZABETH WAS BORN IN MARCH 1847 JUST SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE FAMILY SAILED FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND.
THE MANNING INDEX OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORY REC9ORDS THAT BENJAMIN WHITE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR "CREATING" THE ALLEN CREEK VILLAGE 5 KM NORTHWEST OF KAPUNDA C. 1849. CERTAINLY AT ONE STAGE BENJAMIN HAD A CONSIDERABLE LAND HOLDING ADJACENT TO ALLEN'S CREEK
VAL LAWRENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE WHITE FAMILY TRAVELLED BY SEA FROM SA TO VICTORIA, NOT OVERLAND AS SUGESTED BY DESMA NICHOLSON IN "SOUTH AUSTRALIANS 1836-1885
ACCORDING TO CRSWICK HOSPITAL RECORDS BENJAMIN WHITE WAS ADMITTED JUNE 27 1873 (AGE 49 MARRIED, GRAVEDIGGER AT CRESWICK, BORN IN ENGLAND, WESLEYAN) AND LEFT HOSPITAL JULY 14 1873. A CHRONICALLY ILL CONDITION WAS RELIEVED.
BENJAMIN WHITE DIED DECEMBER 22, 1873. A SPECIAL CHURCH SERMON WAS CARRIED OUT ON SUNDAY JANUARY 43 1874
