Patrick A Bennett

1902 - 1978  (76 years)

• Name	Patrick A Bennett
  	Patrick (Paddy) was born in Kilkenny Ireland and died in 1978. He was the second son of William and Margaret bennett. Paddy migrated a different way to most , migrating to Australia in the modern times. He caught the 'Iberia ship" in 1929, which went through the Suez canal. After docking in Melbourne, he went to Ballarat to join a friend. The depression hit and so he lived on a farm digging potatoes for a living. He then was employed as a well driller and later took up virgin land, which he cleared and farmed, which was Gorae West, near Portland. Paddy then married Mary Josephine Hallam in 1944 and they had four children.
  Birth	3 Feb 1902	Kilkenny , Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Dec 1978	Gorae West -Portland
  Person ID	I77	David Hallam
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	William Bennett
  Mother	Margaret Bennett
  Family ID	F203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Josephine Hallam,   b. 18 May 1919   d. 17 May 2011 (Age 91 years)
  Children	+ 1. Antonia Mary Bennett,   b. 22 Sep 1945, Portland + 2. Paul Bennett,   b. 29 Nov 1947, Portland + 3. Thomas Patrick Bennett,   b. 16 Feb 1949, Portland   4. Myrria Rosalie Bennett,   b. 16 Mar 1950, Portland
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2020

  
  

• Photos

  Patrick & Mary Bennett's wedding