Margaret Louise Bennett

1926 - 2019  (92 years)

• Name	Margaret Louise Bennett
  Birth	6 Jun 1926	East Grinstead, Sussex
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1948	Sussex
  Residence	1949	Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, Sussex
  Marriage	13 May 1955	Sevenoaks, Kent
  Residence	Bromley, Kent
  Death	5 Jun 2019
  Person ID	I4378	Ash Family Database
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	George Frederick Bennett,   b. 28 Apr 1889, East Grinstead, Sussex d. 29 Jul 1972, Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Emma Eleanor Ottaway,   b. 18 Dec 1890, Great Melton, Norfolk d. Abt 1986 (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1917	All Saints, Great Melton, Norfolk
  Notes	George & Emma were married in All Saints, Great Melton (Melton Magna) in Norfolk - not to be confused with All Saints, Little Melton - on 17th April 1917, right in the middle of the First World War. The marriage ccertificate also tells us that George’s father, James, was a labourer and his father-in-law, John Ottaway, a carpenter. Mabel Edith Ottaway was Emma’s younger sister.
  Family ID	F3286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robin Arthur Owen,   b. 9 May 1929, London d. 15 Apr 2006, Farnborough Hospital, Kent (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Apr 1955	Uckfield, Sussex
  Notes	13 May 1955, Sevenoaks, Kent. Wedding Announcement, Sevenoaks Chronicle. 'Hospital sister wed to surgeon. Miss Margaret Louise Bennett, Sister in Charge of the Children's Ward was married on Saturday at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, to Dr. Robin Arthur Owen, house surgeon, both of Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells.’ The bridesmaids were Doris Bennett, Erica Higgins, Penelope Owen (Margaret’s half-sister from her father and 2nd wife Phyllis), Felicity Owen. Page boy: Nicholas Bennett.
  Children	1. P. L. (Living) Owen
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jun 1926 - East Grinstead, Sussex Residence - 1949 - Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, Sussex Marriage - Apr 1955 - Uckfield, Sussex Residence - - Bromley, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Paediatric ward sister, Kent & Sussex Hospital, when she met Robin.