Samantha Horner1

F, b. 23 September 1846, d. 4 November 1931
     Samantha Horner has also be reported to have been born 23 September 1846 Quebec.2,3 She was born on 23 September 1847 at Granby, Shefford Co, Quebec.4,5 She has also be reported to have been born 17 November 1850 Quebec The 1901 census records 17 Nov 1840 as her birthdate, but with an age of 50. It is likely they meant to write 1850.6 She married John Wood Benjamin, son of William Henry Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Wood, on 28 May 1872 at Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; The marriage certificate listed Samantha as age 24, born Granby, daughter of James and Mary Ann. John was age 29, born Saint John.4,2 Samantha Horner died on 4 November 1931 at Granby, Shefford Co, Quebec, at age 85.5 She was buried at Pinewood Cemetery, Granby, Shefford Co, Quebec.7

Family

John Wood Benjamin b. 18 Sep 1842, d. 5 Apr 1926
Children
Last Edited1 Oct 2015

Citations

  1. [S329] International Genealogical Index (IGI) V.5, This needs to be verified.
  2. [S303] 1881 Canadian Census Index (CD), Brome, Brome, Quebec: FHL Film 1375837; NA Film C-13201.
    District 60, Sub-district A, Division 1, Page 69 :Household Number 302+.
  3. [S329] International Genealogical Index (IGI) V.5, This needs to be verified since it is coming from IGI.
  4. [S1244] Ancestry.com Inc., 2013: MA Marriage Records, 1840-1915 , Middlesex Co, Cambridge: Marriage of John Benjamin and Samantha E. Horner.
  5. [S772] Brenda Wilson Birch, "E-mail -Birch, Brenda Wilson," e-mail to Pam Wood Waugh, 26 Apr 2006, Info from gravestone transcription.
  6. [S418] 1901 Canadian Census , Quebec, Shefford Co (#192), Subdistrict: Granby (Village) d-1 Page 3. Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6545. Household of John Bengamen.
  7. [S772] Brenda Wilson Birch, "E-mail -Birch, Brenda Wilson," e-mail to Pam Wood Waugh, 26 Apr 2006.