Harriet Augusta Dusten

1839 - 1904  (64 years)

• Name	Harriet Augusta Dusten
  Birth	29 Dec 1839	Sombra, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Feb 1904	Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	12 Feb 1904	Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I30	benedict
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Caleb Moore Dusten,   b. 1815, Walsingham twp., Norfolk county, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 1885 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Clarissa Colby,   b. 1814
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smedley John Benedict,   b. 8 Dec 1831, Sheffield twp., Lennox & Addington county, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Jul 1909, Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1858	Kent county, Ontario, Canada
  	Marriage: The marriage of John and Harriet is shown in the Ontario Marriage Registration as: John BENEDICT, 25, Township of Dawn, Sheffield, s/o Smithey BENEDICT, married Harriet A. DUSTIN, 19, Sombra, Sombra, d/o Caleb DUSTIN, witn: John DUSTIN, Sombra, 23 March 1858.
  Notes	John and Harriett Benedict in Kent county in Wallaceburg. There they had a house on Poat Street, with seven in the house. The 1881 census lists their son, John Smedley with spouse Catherine, and other son Caleb, plus daughter Samantha. Also the son of John Smedley and Catherine, George Peter at age four.
  Children	+ 1. Captain John Smedley Benedict,   b. Abt 1859, Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Dec 1927, Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 68 years)   2. Samantha Benedict,   b. Abt 1863  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 3. Minnie Benedict,   b. 13 Jul 1863, Chatham twp., Ontario, Canada  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 4. Caleb Moore Benedict,   b. Abt 1868, Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Jul 1947, Ridgetown, Kent county, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 79 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Dec 1839 - Sombra, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 23 Mar 1858 - Kent county, Ontario, Canada Death - 9 Feb 1904 - Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada Burial - 12 Feb 1904 - Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Census Canada		Canada census 1881 Benedicts in Wallaceburg Benedicts: John Sr. 48; Harriett 41; John S. 21; Catherine 25; George P. 4; Samantha 18; Caleb 13.
  		Census of Canada 1901 for Smith and Harriet Benedict John Benedict - head - b. 8 Dec 1832 - 68 - Methodist Harriet A. Benedict - wife - b. 29 Dec 1839 - 61 - Methodist