Individual Notes
Note for: Leonard Leroy Hamilton, 15 OCT 1919 - 20 JUN 1985
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Burial: Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Individual Note: All Details from B Bennett nee Pye
Individual Notes
Note for: William Dacre Known As Will Bennett, 25 JAN 1879 - 14 SEP 1968
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Burial: Place: Havelock North Cemetery
Individual Note: Details and Name from B Bennett nee Pye
Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett
William was eight when he first attended school at Manauau and then stayed on as a pupil teacher. He also taught at Taita School. He married Alice Buck. He then taught at various schools including Thames and Picton and retired as headmaster at Upper Hutt after 43 years of teaching. He then moved to Hastings to lived and he died in 1968.
Birth Certificate Transcription shows, Place of Registration: Rangatikei, No: 26, When and Where: 25/1/1879, Crofton, William Dacre Bennett, Father: William Hebden Bennett, Occ: Surveyor, Aged: 22, Birthplace: Wellington, Mother: Margaret Marion Bennett nee Hughes, Aged: 21, Birthplace: Wellington, When and Where Married: 16/7/1878, Wellington, Informant: W. H. Bennett, Father, Crofton
Marriage Transcription shows When and Where Married: 20/5/1902, Christ Church, Taita, William Dacre Bennett, Aged: 23, Occ: Clerk, Bachelor, Birthplace: Crofton, Rangitikei, Residence: Present: Taita, Usual: Taita, Father: William Hebden Bennett, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Margaret Bennett nee Farmer, Alice Mary Buck, Aged: 22, Spinster, Birthplace: Taita, Residence: Present: Taita, Usual: Taita, Father: Alfred Buck, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Mary Ann Buck nee Whitewood, Witnesses: John Patrick Joseph Murphy, Clerk, Lower Hutt, Marjorie Buck, Taita, Minister: Joshua Jones
Hastings Cemetery Record show William Dacre Bennett, Date of Death/Burial: 14/9/1968, Aged: 89, Cremation, District: Napier, Cemetery: Havelock North, Block: CRG, Plot: 63, Plot Purchaser: H Nth CRG
The Daily Telegraph 17th September 1968 shows
Veteran bowlers death
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Hawke's Bay's best known veteran bowler, Mr William Dacre (Bill) Bennett, died in Napier on Saturday, aged 89. Mr Bennett was born at Crofton near Marton, and he received his education at the Manakau School, Otaki, when he father moved to that area to take up farming.
Mr Bennett stayed on at the school as pupil teacher after completing his own education and taught at a number of schools in the district during his 43 years as a teacher. He retired from teaching in 1937 and moved to Hastings with his wife, formerly Miss Alice Buck.
Professional Runner
Always keen on sport, Mr Bennett was a professional runner in his youth and played cricket in the Wellington area until he was 50.
But bowling was his favourite sport and as a member of the Hastings Bowling Club he won the New Zealand singles title in 1938 and gained the Hawke's Bay Bowling Centre's gold star award for winning five centre titles.
He won the Hastings' club singles title seven times and also had successes in pairs and fours events.
Tireless Figure
With his three sons he made up one of Hawke's Bay's most successful four teams, and this combination won a Webber Shield Tournament.
On another occasion Mr Bennett also skipped a winning combination in this event.
Despite his years, Mr Bennett was a tireless figure on the bowling green and up till the time of his death maintained a keen interest in the sport. He had been a member of Port Ahuriri Club for the past five years.
Mr Bennett was predeceased by his wife. He leaves four sons, Messrs Hamilton (Napier), Cyril (Havelock North), Roger (Bay View) and Wilfred Bennett (Waiotira), and three daughters Myra (Mrs Windley, Levin), Hinemoa (Mrs Tracey (sic), Auckland) and Sylvia (Mrs Estcourt, Hastings). He also leaves 29 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren
Individual Notes
Note for: Alice Mary Buck, 20 MAY 1879 - 14 NOV 1962
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Burial: Place: Havelock North Cemetery
Individual Note: Details and Name from B Bennett
Lived at Pepper Street, Hastings circa 1940 from Scholefield Papers
*Birth Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 1314, Area: Wellington, June quarter, Name: Alice Mary Buck*
School Records for Taita School show
Class Standard III
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Alice Buck, Taita, Date of Examination: 17/9/1890, 11 years, 3 months, Last Standard Passed: II, Attendance Record: 218, Absent on day, Very Nervous, Result: Passed
Marriage Transcription shows When and Where Married: 20/5/1902, Christ Church, Taita, William Dacre Bennett, Aged: 23, Occ: Clerk, Bachelor, Birthplace: Crofton, Rangitikei, Residence: Present: Taita, Usual: Taita, Father: William Hebden Bennett, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Margaret Bennett nee Farmer, Alice Mary Buck, Aged: 22, Spinster, Birthplace: Taita, Residence: Present: Taita, Usual: Taita, Father: Alfred Buck, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Mary Ann Buck nee Whitewood, Witnesses: John Patrick Joseph Murphy, Clerk, Lower Hutt, Marjorie Buck, Taita, Minister: Joshua Jones
*Death Details Date: 1962, Folio No: 5554, Aged: 83, Area: Hastings, Name: Alice Mary Bennett*
Hastings Cemetery Record show Mary Alice Bennett, Date of Death/Burial: 14/11/1962, Date of Burial?: 10/1/1963, Aged: 83, Cremation, Address: 911 Heathcote Road, Hastings, Cemetery: Havelock North, Block: CRG, Plot: 63
The Hawkes's Bay Herald-Tribune 14th November 1962 shows
Bennett - On November 14, 1962, at Hastings, Alice Mary, dearly loved wife of William Dacre Bennett, of 911 Heathcote Avenue, Hastings, and loved mother of Myra (Mrs T. Windley, Levin), Hinemoa (Mrs H. Tracy, Auckland), Sylvia (Mrs J. Estcourt, Hastings), Hamilton (Napier), Cyril (Havelock North), Wilfred (Kaikohe) and Roger (Bay View). Aged 83 years.
A service will be held in St Matthew's Church, Hastings, on Friday, November 16, 1962, at 2 pm, the funeral the leaving for the Hastings Crematorium - Tong & Peryer Ltd, Funeral Directors, Hastings