Jane Ann Elizabeth Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Jane Ann Elizabeth Woodhurst was born in 1878 at Portsea, Hampshire to parents Thomas Oliver Woodhurst and his wife Jane Matilda Blewett. The GRO reference is [Birth Index: Portsea 2b 528, 1878 (Sept)].

The 1881 Census finds her at age 2 living with her parents at 1, North Place in Portsea.

The 1891 Census finds her at age 12 living with her parents at 5, Youngs Court in Portsea.

She married Charles Edward Benfield at Portsea in 1897 [Marriage Index: Portsea 2b 1047, 1897 (Dec)]. He was born in Portsea around 1874-75.

The 1901 Census finds them living at 41, Temple Street in Portsmouth where Charles was working as a ship's chandler. Her birthplace is given as Fratton, which used to be a small village within Portsea parish. Also with them was their 2-year-old son Charles Thomas Edward, born in Landport.

Nothing more is currently known of her.

Her children by Charles Edward Benfield

  1. Charles Thomas Edward Benfield - [Birth Index: Portsea 2b 501, 1898 (Dec)]
  2. and probably others until ...
  3. Arthur J.W. Benfield - [Birth Index: Portsmouth 2b 840, 1914 (March)]