Can anyone help.
Sir William Burnett /Bennett
What happened to FANNY BURNETT, the 20 year old daughter of Sir William listed in the 1841 census, living at Somerset House, London, together with her mother Maria and sister Margaret aged 30. The actual 1841 census document has all names incorrectly listed as Bennett then altered to Burnett. I can track all people, can see there was another daughter as listed Mary Elizabeth who is with them as a widow (now Todd) in the 1851 census.
Despite weeks of work I can find no marriage or death certificate for his daughter FANNY. Can anyonr help??
Why am I asking?
My great great grandfather was Bartlett Bennett, born Feb 1845 orphaned at birth with no father named on birth certificate. We have the birth certificate and its suggests the mother was Fanny Bennett but there has been pressure writing the name and we are wondering if this indeed is Fanny Burnett! We believe so as her place of abode at time of birth is stated as 1 Palace Place, Charring Cross, a prestigious address, the informant was Charlotte Warne/r/s.
What we do not understand is why Bartlett Bennett was then taken to Dinto, Teffont Magna and baptised April 1845, found to be with Sarah and James Larkham in 1851 and then funded through a fee paying public school Queen Wood College, Hampshire - census 1861. He also started adult life with a farm of 413 acres in Alverstoke, Hants. Who funded all of this?? Was it Sir William the child being his grandson? But incorrectly named?? Strange how Bartlett Bennett/Burnett was in Alverstoke, some of Sir Williams children were born there and he retired close by in Chichester.
Can anyone assist me to unravel??
We retain the Bartlett name even today as a middle name. BB went on to have children, Florence Bennett was my great grandmother who I knew as a child. She married Charles Taylor, their son EDWARD BARTLETT TAYLOR was my grandfather
He ALWAYS told me that Great Granny Taylor (Florence Taylor nee Bennett) had a secret landed gentry connection. Could my story above be true?
That Bartlett Bennett was in fact Bartlett Burnett the illegitimate grandson of Sir William?
Sir William Burnett /Bennett
What happened to FANNY BURNETT, the 20 year old daughter of Sir William listed in the 1841 census, living at Somerset House, London, together with her mother Maria and sister Margaret aged 30. The actual 1841 census document has all names incorrectly listed as Bennett then altered to Burnett. I can track all people, can see there was another daughter as listed Mary Elizabeth who is with them as a widow (now Todd) in the 1851 census.
Despite weeks of work I can find no marriage or death certificate for his daughter FANNY. Can anyonr help??
Why am I asking?
My great great grandfather was Bartlett Bennett, born Feb 1845 orphaned at birth with no father named on birth certificate. We have the birth certificate and its suggests the mother was Fanny Bennett but there has been pressure writing the name and we are wondering if this indeed is Fanny Burnett! We believe so as her place of abode at time of birth is stated as 1 Palace Place, Charring Cross, a prestigious address, the informant was Charlotte Warne/r/s.
What we do not understand is why Bartlett Bennett was then taken to Dinto, Teffont Magna and baptised April 1845, found to be with Sarah and James Larkham in 1851 and then funded through a fee paying public school Queen Wood College, Hampshire - census 1861. He also started adult life with a farm of 413 acres in Alverstoke, Hants. Who funded all of this?? Was it Sir William the child being his grandson? But incorrectly named?? Strange how Bartlett Bennett/Burnett was in Alverstoke, some of Sir Williams children were born there and he retired close by in Chichester.
Can anyone assist me to unravel??
We retain the Bartlett name even today as a middle name. BB went on to have children, Florence Bennett was my great grandmother who I knew as a child. She married Charles Taylor, their son EDWARD BARTLETT TAYLOR was my grandfather
He ALWAYS told me that Great Granny Taylor (Florence Taylor nee Bennett) had a secret landed gentry connection. Could my story above be true?
That Bartlett Bennett was in fact Bartlett Burnett the illegitimate grandson of Sir William?
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