ELMES, Benjamin

(1816-)

Benjamin was born in London and arrived on 10/12/1840 on the Island Queen. In Picton in 1843, he married Hannah Crampton (1826-), daughter of William and Ann. Benjamin was a blacksmith and bought town lots in 1854. In 1856 he was a farmer. He travelled to Mauritius with a servant on 19/04/1855 on the Swan. Benjamin lived in Bunbury and was a pound keeper from 1865 to 1870.

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