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Catherine Sims Bennett

Female 1815 - 1891  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Catherine Sims Bennett was born on 6 May 1815 (daughter of George Bennett and Catherine Stretch); died on 13 Aug 1891 in Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: John Lockhart Jaffray. John was born on 17 Dec 1808 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 11 Aug 1880 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Anna Jaffray was born in 1858 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Oct 1935.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Bennett was born on 4 May 1784 in Bethnal Green, London, England; died on 10 Dec 1835 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    George married Catherine Stretch on 25 Nov 1810 in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Catherine (daughter of James St. Leger Stretch and Catherine Devenish) was born on 14 Nov 1791 in Limerick, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine Stretch was born on 14 Nov 1791 in Limerick, Ireland (daughter of James St. Leger Stretch and Catherine Devenish).
    Children:
    1. William Sims Bennett was born on 7 Oct 1812; died on 7 Feb 1814.
    2. Ellen Bennett was born on 23 Jan 1814; died on 25 Sep 1893 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. 1. Catherine Sims Bennett was born on 6 May 1815; died on 13 Aug 1891 in Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa.
    4. Georgeana Lucretia Bennett was born on 13 Aug 1816 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Sep 1816 in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 22 May 1883 in Austrey farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. John Bennett was born on 12 Sep 1817; was christened on 5 Oct 1817; died on 18 Nov 1897 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. Lennox James Bennett was born on 5 Jan 1819 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Feb 1884 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. James Bennett was born on 1 Feb 1828; died on 28 Dec 1878 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Annie Bennett was born on 1 Aug 1824; died on 29 Jan 1868 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Thomas Bennett was born on 24 Apr 1829; died on 29 Aug 1909 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    10. Michael St Leger Bennett was born on 20 May 1831.
    11. George Bennett was born on 29 Jun 1832; died on 28 Aug 1906.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  James St. Leger Stretch was born in 1769 in Limerick, Ireland (son of Richard Stretch and Elinor Coakley); died on 23 Apr 1821; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    James + Catherine Devenish. Catherine (daughter of John Devenish and Catherine Meares) was born on 7 Aug 1767; died on 31 May 1845 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Catherine Devenish was born on 7 Aug 1767 (daughter of John Devenish and Catherine Meares); died on 31 May 1845 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. Ellen St Ledger Stretch was born on 9 Apr 1787 in Co. Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Aug 1873 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    2. 3. Catherine Stretch was born on 14 Nov 1791 in Limerick, Ireland.
    3. Susan Stretch was born in 1791 in Ireland; died on 11 Jan 1879 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Glen Thorn Cemetery (Presbyterian) on Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Colonel Charles Lennox Stretch was born on 6 May 1797 in Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 13 Oct 1882 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Richard Aldworth Stretch was born in 1799.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Richard Stretch was born in 1715 in Limerick, Ireland (son of Stephen Stretch and Margaret).

    Richard married Elinor Coakley in 1740 in Limerick, Ireland. Elinor (daughter of Abraham Coakley and Mary) was born in Currah, County Cork, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Elinor Coakley was born in Currah, County Cork, Ireland (daughter of Abraham Coakley and Mary).
    Children:
    1. 6. James St. Leger Stretch was born in 1769 in Limerick, Ireland; died on 23 Apr 1821; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Coakley Stretch died in 1817 in Limerick, Ireland.
    3. Michael Stretch died in 1806.
    4. Aldworth Stretch
    5. Charlotte Stretch
    6. Susan Stretch
    7. Elisia Stretch
    8. Ann Stretch

  3. 14.  John Devenish

    John + Catherine Meares. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Catherine Meares
    Children:
    1. 7. Catherine Devenish was born on 7 Aug 1767; died on 31 May 1845 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.



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