Hannah Lark Bensley

Brief Life History of Hannah Lark

When Hannah Lark Bensley was born on 15 January 1834, in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Bensley II, was 27 and her mother, Charlotte Hall, was 28. She married Color Sergeant John Robert Oswald on 3 November 1854, in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Woolwich, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Stratford Bow St Mary, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 15 July 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Color Sergeant John Robert Oswald
1834–1908
Hannah Lark Bensley
1834–1905
Marriage: 3 November 1854
John Archibald Oswald
1855–1874
George Payne Oswald
1857–1918
Constable James Oswald
1860–1935
William Oswald
1862–1941
Walter Oswald
1864–1949
Charlotte Audrey Payne Oswald
1867–1868
Robert John Oswald Jr., constable
1870–1922
Hannah Oswald
1872–1872
Son Oswald
1875–1875
Thomas Charles Centennial Oswald
1876–1946

Sources (53)

  • Hannah Bensley in household of George Bensley, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Hannah Bensley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Hannah Lark Oswald, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

Name Meaning

English (Norfolk and Suffolk): possibly an altered form of Bendelowes with metathesis of -s- and substitution of -ley for -low). Bendelowes is a variant of Bindloss, a nickname perhaps for a wolf hunter, from Middle English binden ‘bind’ + Middle English (Old French) loues ‘wolves’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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