Person Sheet

Name Sir Benjamin BENJAMIN 25 Birth 2 Sep 1834, London, Great Britain23 Death 7 Mar 1905, Melbourne, Vic, Australia Occupation Mayor of Melbourne Father Moses BENJAMIN (1805-1885) Mother Catherine MOSES (1801-1856)
Spouses
1 Frances (Fanny) COHEN Birth 22 Jul 1839, Sydney, NSW, Australia16 Death 19 Feb 1912, Melbourne, Vic, Australia23,4 Father Abraham COHEN (1812-1874) Mother Sophia COHEN (1816-1882)
Marriage 5 Aug 1857
Children Maurice Edward (Moritz) (1858-1914) Catherine (Kate) (1860-1925) Abraham Herbert (1861-1925) Florence Sophia (1863-1924) Percy Lionel (1865-1924) Edith Fanny (1867-1924) Frank Bedford (1868-1884) Howard Elias (1870-1933) Minnie Violet (1871-1953) Ida Rose (1873-1949) (Private) Gerald Septimus (1878-1942) Stanley Octavius (1880-1916) Oswald Deronda (1884-1944) Myra Lilian (1885-1958) Leslie Ronald (1878-1942)
Notes for Sir Benjamin BENJAMIN
For more on Henry Cohen click on: http://genealogy.metastudies.net/ZDocs/HCohen/HP056-61.HTM See AJHS Journal Vol 4, part 2. also Vol 6, part 3. Philip C Cohen says there are many errors in the second article. See also ADB Vol 3, 1851-1890. He was Mayor of Melbourne in 1887 - 1889. See newspaper cuttings in drawer. Stuart says the following children never married - Catherine, Herbert, Percy, Edith, Frank, Minnie Violet, Stanley and Myra. Howard married but the name of his wife is as yet unknown.3