Augusta Benjamin
F, b. 12 March 1853, d. 11 June 1948
| Father | William Henry Benjamin b. c 1814, d. 20 Apr 1895 |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth Wood b. c 1822, d. 4 Aug 1894 |
| Relationship | 1st cousin 3 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Augusta Benjamin was born on 12 March 1853 at Tynemouth Creek, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.1 She was the daughter of William Henry Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Wood. Augusta Benjamin married Amos A. Campbell circa 1873. Augusta Benjamin died on 11 June 1948 at Oak Harbor, Island Co, Washington, at age 95; Descendant Catherine Haynes has a newspaper clipping that she found inside her grandmother's small carry-Bible. The headline reads: AUGUSTA CAMPBELL DIES AT 95.
"OAK HARBOR: Mrs. Augusta Campbell passed away Friday, June 11th, at the V.L. Speer home in Oak Harbor, having reached the age of 95 years and three months. Mrs. Campbell was born Augusta Benjamin at Tynmouth, New Brunswick on March 12, 1853. She spent her girlhood at this place and was married there at the age of twenty to Amos Campbell. To this union was born one daughter, Alice. They moved to Carleton County of that same province. It was there her husband died in 1895."
The article goes on to discuss the survivors, although no names are mentioned. "Surviving daughter Alice married Vern Speer, and they had two daughters: my grandmother Beatrice Speer Williams (JAMES) and my great aunt Myrtle Speer Jackson. Beatrice and James Williams had six children, among them my mother, Dorothy Margaret Williams Durkee Norwood."2 She was buried at Waterville United Baptist Cemetery, Woodstock, Carleton Co, New Brunswick.
"OAK HARBOR: Mrs. Augusta Campbell passed away Friday, June 11th, at the V.L. Speer home in Oak Harbor, having reached the age of 95 years and three months. Mrs. Campbell was born Augusta Benjamin at Tynmouth, New Brunswick on March 12, 1853. She spent her girlhood at this place and was married there at the age of twenty to Amos Campbell. To this union was born one daughter, Alice. They moved to Carleton County of that same province. It was there her husband died in 1895."
The article goes on to discuss the survivors, although no names are mentioned. "Surviving daughter Alice married Vern Speer, and they had two daughters: my grandmother Beatrice Speer Williams (JAMES) and my great aunt Myrtle Speer Jackson. Beatrice and James Williams had six children, among them my mother, Dorothy Margaret Williams Durkee Norwood."2 She was buried at Waterville United Baptist Cemetery, Woodstock, Carleton Co, New Brunswick.
Family | Amos A. Campbell b. c 1846, d. 4 May 1895 |
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| Last Edited | 13 Mar 2012 |