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Memorable Manitobans: Robert J. Bennett (1854-?)Farmer. Born in Perth County, Ontario on 25 December 1854, son of Isaac Bennett and Margaret A. Johnston, he worked on the family farm and also as a butcher until 1882 when came to Manitoba and took up a homestead near Virden. In 1883 he married Elizabeth Davis of Perth County. They had four children: Arthur, Melvin, Eunice, and Ida. Sources:The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 31 December 2008
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