The children of Pencarrow Lighthouse keepers George and Mary Jane Bennett: top left, Francis; top right, Anne; middle left, Mary Jane (named after her mother); centre, George (named after his father); middle right, Fanny; seated in front, William (born six months after his father died; in 1880 he returned as an assistant keeper at Pencarrow).
The Bennetts had one other child not shown here, Eliza, who died during their first year at Pencarrow, aged two and a half.
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Pencarrow Lighthouse
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RELATED TO PENCARROW LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY
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1 January 1859
NZ's first lighthouse, Pencarrow, lit for the first time
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25 October 1949
Foundation of IHC
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20 September 1954
Mazengarb report released
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16 March 1940
Jockey Y-fronts hit NZ shops
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12 August 1895
Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged
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Mary Bennett
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Schools and the First World War
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Pencarrow Lighthouse
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Baby farmers
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Children and adolescents, 1930-1960
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