Margaret Ward & Alfred Bentick (HN:1257)
Birth place
Margaret (Maggie) was born at Nagambie, Victoria in 1874, the 7th child of Michael Ward and Ann Ryan.
Marriage and children
Margaret Ward married Alfred Bentick, labourer, in 1901 at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney. Her address at the time was 243 Crown Street Sydney. She was 26 years old and Alfred was 24. Michael Edward Ward her brother witnessed the marriage. Alfred’s parents were George Bentick a labourer/mariner born in England, and Elizabeth Dunn born in Sydney. They were married in 1867 in Sydney in the Church of England faith and lived at Chippendale Sydney. Alfred’s occupation in 1903 was Dairyman. In 1904 was grazier and had his address as Whitewood, Nyngan. His occupation in 1922 was 'farmer'.
Margaret and Alfred had 5 children:
- Florence Annie (born 1901)
- Marguerite Norah (1903)
- Alfred John (Jack) (1904)
- William (Bill) (1907)
- Olive (Ollie) (1909)
Life and times
Margaret had her name on an early map of Greencamp, a block of approximately 861 acres which she sold to Thomas her brother in 1908 for 700 pounds. Source: Lands Dept. Book 849 No. 617.
Margaret died of a Cerebral Haemorrhage in 1942 aged 68 years, and was buried at Rookwood Cemetery Sydney. At the time she was living at Clovelly / Randwick. The death certificate was witnessed by her brother Michael Edward Ward, who also died one year later.
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Parents of Margaret Ward
- Michael Ward & Ann Ryan (married in 1861)
Siblings of Margaret Ward
- John Ward (born in 1862)
- Michael Edward Ward (1864)
- Hanora Ward (1866)
- Patrick Ward (1867, infant death)
- Patrick Ward (1868)
- Thomas Ward (1871)
- William Joseph Ward (1877)