FAMILY HISTORY: BUCKNER
THE MARRIAGE OF BENJAMIN WILLIAM & SUSAN WEST:
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Susan Buckner, age 28, spinster, tailoress, of 14 Vincent Street | |
| Father: John Buckner, soap boiler | |
| Mother: Eliza Fitzpatrick | |
| Baptism Date: 3 June 1838 | |
| Birthplace: St Giles, Bloomsbury, London, England | |
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Benjamin William West, age 27, bachelor, cabinet maker, of 59 Westmoreland Place | |
| Father: John West, bookbinder | |
| Mother: Lydia Johnson | |
| Birthdate: 11 June 1839 | |
| Birthplace: Shoreditch, London, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 13 May 1866, after Banns | ||
| Place: St Matthias' Parish Church | ||
| Location: Bethnal Green, London, England | ||
| Priest: William Ellis | ||
| Witnesses: James Wright & Emma Ann Buckner | ||
| THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Clara Susan Maria West | Born: | 27 | Dec | 1866 | Her Family | |||
| Reuben Benjamin West | Born: | 30 | Jan | 1869 | His Family | |||
| Selina Eliza West | Baptized: | 28 | Jul | 1872 | Her Family | |||
| Rosina Lydia West | Born: | 24 | Feb | 1875 | (infant) | |||
| Albert Charles West | Born: | 9 | Oct | 1877 | His Family | |||
| Florence Alexandra West | Born: | 15 | Sep | 1879 | ||||
| Lavinia Elizabeth West | Born: | 13 | Jan | 1882 | Her Family | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Rosina Lydia West | [ 2 yrs] | Died: | c. | 1877 | ||||
| Benjamin William West | [74 yrs] | Died: | 6 | Nov | 1913 | |||
| Susan West (Mrs) | [78 yrs] | Died: | c. | 1918 | ||||
| Clara Susan Maria Clark (Mrs) | [67 yrs] | Died: | 13 | Jun | 1934 | |||
| Selina Eliza Fullalove (Mrs) | [62 yrs] | Died: | c. | 1934 | ||||
| Reuben Benjamin West | [83 yrs] | Died: | 18 | Mar | 1952 | |||
| Lavinia Elizabeth Sharp (Mrs) | [74 yrs] | Died: | c. | 1954 | ||||
| Albert Charles West | Died: | |||||||
| Florence Alexandra West | Died: | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Susan Buckner and her sister Emma Ann signed the marriage register with an X. All others signed their own names. |
| 2: | On 8 May 1873 the family emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where Rosina Lydia was born in 1875. However, they returned to England and were living back in London by the time of Rosina Lydia's death in 1877. |
| 3: | The above information is based on various sources, including scanned images of marriage and baptism records, and various census returns at www.ancestry.co.uk. |
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Updated: 29 November 2015