Name: Walter James BENGER
Also known as:
Born: 2 Aug 1875 At: Mudla Wirra North, SA, AUS Sex: M
Christened: At:
Died: 26 Feb 1917 At: Tamworth District Hospital, NSW, AUS Cause: (a) Chronic alcoholism (b) Heart Failure
Burial /cremation: 27 Feb 1917 At: Baptist Cemetery, West Tamworth, NSW, AUS
Parents: Father: James BENGER Mother: Frances Maria MITCHELL
Spouse/partner: Lillian Frances TERRELL Born: 20 Mar 1876 Died: 29 Sep 1910
Married: 30 Aug 1899 At: Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, SA, AUS
Children: Keith James Darrell BENGER,  Clive Denzil BENGER,  Dulcie Fay BENGER,  Nesta Doreen BENGER
Spouse/partner: Ellen Rose Mannum WATKINS Born: 4 Aug 1877 Died: ?
Married: 25 Jul 1911 At: Methodist Parsonage, Perkin St, Newcastle, NSW, AUS
Children: Nita Fay BENGER

Biographical notes:


In SA was Produce Merchant living in Victor St Stepney. Also kept horses & a carriage service. In NSW was proprietor of the Royal Hotel in Morpeth. (Sands Directories list him at the Royal Hotel from 1913 to 1917 & Mrs Benger in 1919 & 1920.)
Reference documents:
1875 birth registration index record.
1899 marriage registration index record (to Lillian Terrell).
1911 marriage certificate (to Nesta Roberts, i.e. Ellen Watkins).
1914 - photograph with Nita.
1917 death certificate.
1917 details of estate from Sydney Morning Herald.
1917 Will Book entry.