EDGOOSE:
In search of Ancestry
BENNETT, William
1849 - Yes, date unknown Has 2 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.
1825 - Yes, date unknown-
Name BENNETT, William Birth 1849 Northwold, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I1822 Edgoose Last Modified 31 Jan 2026
Father BENNETT, William, b. Between 1814 and 1815, Northwold, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Mother .........., Susan, b. Between 1824 and 1825, Northwold, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F977 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WEST, Jane, b. 12 May 1848, Feltwell, Norfolk, England d. 1913, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age 64 years) Marriage 3 Oct 1876 Thetford, Norfolk, England Children 1. BENNETT, Ellen Jane, b. 8 Jan 1878, Northwold, Norfolk, England d. 13 Jul 1934, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 56 years)Family ID F371 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
-
Notes
WILLIAM BENNETT 1849-1926
William BENNETT was born in 1849. The births of three WILLIAM BENNETTs were registered in Thetford Registration District (which includes Feltwell and Northwold) in 1849:
Mar 1849 13 330
Sep 1849 13 294
Sep 1849 13 296 (WILLIAM PILCHER BENNETT)
He was one year old at the time of the 1851 census of Northwold Street, Thetford, Norfolk:
William BENNETT, head, aged 36, agricultural labourer, born at Northwold, Norfolk;
Susan BENNETT, wife, aged 26, born at Northwold;
Maria BENNETT, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Northwold;
Mary BENNETT, daughter, aged 3, born at Northwold;
*William BENNETT, son, aged 1, born at Northwold.
(HO107/1832/53/15)
The 1871 census of Northwold, Norfolk:
Robert BROWNING, head, aged 65, labourer, born at Watton, Norfolk;
Rebecca BROWNING, wife, aged 68, born at Feltwell, Norfolk;
Jane BENNETT, niece, aged 22, widow, born at Feltwell;
Elizabeth BENNETT, daughter, aged 2, born at Northwold.
(RG10/1873/108/13)
William BENNETT married Jane BENNETT (formerly WEST ?) in 1876.
(GRO December 1876 Thetford 4b 1117)
His daughter Ellen Jane was born at Northwold, Norfolk, on 8 January 1878 and was described as the daughter of William BENNETT, farm labourer, and his wife Jane "late BENNETT, formerly WEST" of Northwold. Jane WEST married John Flatt BENNET in 1868, . and William BENNETT in 1876
(GRO June Q 1868 Thetford 4b 665)
(GRO December 1876 Thetford 4b 1117)
The 1881 census return for Back Lane, Northwold, Norfolk, lists the following:
*William BENNETT, head, 32 years old, labourer, born Northwold;
Jane BENNETT, wife, 32 years old, labourer's wife, born Feltwell, Norfolk;
Elizabeth BENNETT, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born Northwold;
Ellen Jane BENNETT, daughter, aged 3, born Northwold.
(RG11 2011/91/13)
The 1891 census for By Pinfold Lane, Northwold:
*William BENNETT, head, aged 42, agricultural labourer, born at Northwold;
Jane BENNETT, wife, aged 48, born at Feltwell;
Ellen J. BENNETT, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Northwold;
Rebecca A. BENNETT, granddaughter, aged 1, born at Northwold.
(RG12/1576/193/11)
The 1901 census return for Little London, Northwold, Norfolk:
*William BENNETT, head, aged 52, employed as an ordinary agricultural labourer, born Northwold;
Jane BENNETT, wife, aged 52, born at Feltwell, Norfolk;
Alicea BENNETT, granddaughter, aged 11?, born at Northwold, Norfolk.
(RG13/1900/73/27)
From the 1911 census of Northwold, Norfolk:
*William BENNETT, head, aged 63, married, road man for R.D.C., born in Northwold, Norfolk:
Jane BENNETT, wife, aged 63, married 33 years, 2 children of whom 1 living, born at Feltwell, Norfolk;
Alicia BENNETT, granddaughter, aged 21, single, born at Northwold, Norfolk;
Kathleen TURNER, boarder, aged 12, school, born in London;
Roy RIBBONS, boarder, aged 6, born at Thetford, Norfolk.
(RG14 PN11725 RD239 SD1 ED14 SN145)
The death of a William Bennett aged 76 was registered in 1926.
(GRO June Q 1926 Thetford [which includes Feltwell and Northwold] 4b 347)
NOTE: No proof that this is the correct registration.
(revised 20.04.2018)