Nathan Benjamin

M, b. 30 May 1859, d. 23 October 1919
FatherWilliam Henry Benjamin b. c 1814, d. 20 Apr 1895
MotherMary Elizabeth Wood b. c 1822, d. 4 Aug 1894
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited9 Sep 2025
Nathaan Benjamin, ca 1880, courtesy of Mitchell Mayberry, contributed to Ancestry, Aug 2009
     Nathan Benjamin was born on 30 May 1859 at Gardner's Creek, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.1 He was the son of William Henry Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Wood. Nathan Benjamin married Alice M. Capson on 19 October 1894 at Saint John Co, New Brunswick; They married at the residence of William Love, 68 Waterloo St., Saint John, N. B. Alice was not yet 21.2,3 Nathan Benjamin married Catherine E. Jackson, daughter of John Jackson and Mary Ann Robertson, on 18 December 1895 at Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.4 Nathan Benjamin died on 23 October 1919 at Gardner's Creek, Saint John Co, New Brunswick, at age 60;
At his late residence at Gardner's Creek, on October 23, Nathan Benjamin, aged 63 years, leaving his wife, three sons and three daughters.
Funeral from his late residence at 2 o'clock on Saturday.5,6 He was buried on 25 October 1919 at Brown's Cemetery, Bain's Corner, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.6,5
     He appeared on the census of 1901 at Simonds Parish, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Nathan Benjamin, 41, Elizabeth, 30, William J., 1 and Mary E., 9/12 (born June 1900.)1 He appeared on the census of 1911 at Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Nathan Benjamin, 50, Catherine, 40, William J., 12, Mary E., 11, Estella, 10, Emma G., 8, Edwin R., 6, and Joseph H., 4. The family was Presbyterian.7

Family 1

Alice M. Capson b. c 1874, d. 27 Apr 1895

Family 2

Catherine E. Jackson b. 25 Mar 1871, d. 21 Mar 1925
Children

Citations

  1. [S352] 1901 Canadian Census , New Brunswick, Saint John Co, Saint John. District (#21) Simonds, q-2 Page 11; Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6444.
  2. [S244] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, RS147B1: RS141 Vital Statistics Search Engine: Number: 1122; Reference: B4/1894; Microfilm: F15520.
  3. [S545] Rootsweb.com Inc., Capson Board. Posted by Gayle Morgan <e-mail address>, 13 Jul 2001.
  4. [S244] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, RS141B7: Index to New Brunswick Marriages: 1887-1926: Number: 1112; Reference: B4/1895; Microfilm: F15576.
  5. [S1475] Telegraph Journal, online https://tj.news/usandworld, Daily Telegraph and The Sun, 25 Oct 1919, page 5. Nathan Benjamin.
  6. [S244] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, Cemeteries. Brown's Cemetery, (Shore Road) Bain's Corner, Saint John Co.
  7. [S618] Ancestry.com Inc., 2006: 1911 Canada Census , New Brunswick, Saint John Co, Saint John. District Number: 32
    Sub-District Number: 10, Place of Habitation: Parish of Simonds, Page: 21. Household of Nathan Benjamin.
  8. [S462] Mitchell Maybury, "E-mail - Maybury, Mitchell," e-mail to Pam Wood Waugh, various dates, Information originally received from Beatrice Lalime Sloan.