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WEST, Jane
1848 - 1913 (64 years) Has 2 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
1810 - Yes, date unknown-
Name WEST, Jane Birth 12 May 1848 Feltwell, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death 1913 Thetford, Norfolk, England Person ID I1823 Edgoose Last Modified 31 Jan 2026
Father WEST, Robert, b. Between 1809 and 1810, Wilton, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Mother .........., Elizabeth, b. Between 1812 and 1813, Feltwell, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F979 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BENNETT, William, b. 1849, Northwold, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 3 Oct 1876 Thetford, Norfolk, England Children 1. BENNETT, Ellen Jane, b. 8 Jan 1878, Northwold, Norfolk, England d. 13 Jul 1934, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 56 years)Family ID F371 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 BENNETT, John Flatt, b. 1847, Thetford, Norfolk, England d. 1868, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age 21 years) Marriage 1868 Thetford, Norfolk, England Children 1. BENNETT, Elizabeth, b. 1869, Northwold, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F978 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JANE WEST 1848-1913
The only birth of a Jane WEST in Thetford Registration District (which includes Feltwell, her place of birth according to the 1851 census) in 1848 or 1849 is the following: June 1848 Thetford XIII 328.
Amongst the 1851 census returns for Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk, is the following family:
Robert WEST, head, aged 41, agricultural labourer, born at Wilton, Norfolk;
Elizabeth WEST, wife, aged 38, agricultural labourer's wife, born at Feltwell;
Susan WEST, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Feltwell;
Edward WEST, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Feltwell;
*Jane WEST, daughter, aged 2, scholar, born at Feltwell, Norfolk.
(HO107/1832/170/16)
Jane WEST married John Flatt BENNET in 1868.
(GRO June Q 1868 Thetford 4b 665)
John BENNETT died in 1868.
(GRO December Q 1868 Thetford 4b 270)
The 1871 census of Northwold, Norfolk:
Robert BROWNING, head, aged 65, labourer, born at Watton, Norfolk;
Rebecca BROWNING, wife, aged 68, born at Feltwell, Norfolk;
*Jane BENNETT, niece, aged 22, widow, born at Feltwell;
Elizabeth BENNETT, daughter, aged 2, born at Northwold.
(RG10/1873/108/13).
William BENNETT married Jane BENNETT in 1876.
(GRO December Q 1876 Thetford 4b 1117)
Her daughter Ellen Jane was born at Northwold, Norfolk, on 8 January 1878 and was described as the daughter of William BENNETT, farm labourer, and his wife Jane "late BENNETT, formerly WEST" of Northwold.
The 1881 census return for Back Lane, Northwold, Norfolk, lists the following:
William BENNETT, head, 32 years old, labourer, born Northwold;
*Jane BENNETT, wife, 32 years old, labourer's wife, born Feltwell, Norfolk;
Elizabeth BENNETT, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born Northwold;
Ellen Jane BENNETT, daughter, aged 3, born Northwold.
(RG11 2011/91/13)
The 1891 census for By Pinfold Lane, Northwold:
William BENNETT, head, aged 42, agricultural labourer, born at Northwold;
*Jane BENNETT, wife, aged 48, born at Feltwell;
Ellen J. BENNETT, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Northwold;
Rebecca A. BENNETT, granddaughter, aged 1, born at Northwold.
(RG12/1576/193/11)
The 1901 census return for Little London, Northwold, Norfolk:
William BENNETT, head, aged 52, employed as an ordinary agricultural labourer, born Northwold;
*Jane BENNETT, wife, aged 52, born at Feltwell, Norfolk;
Alicea BENNETT, granddaughter, aged 11?, born at Northwold, Norfolk.
(RG13/1900/73/27)
From the 1911 census of Northwold, Norfolk:
William BENNETT, head, aged 63, married, road man for R.D.C., born in Northwold, Norfolk:
*Jane BENNETT, wife, aged 63, married 33 years, 2 children of whom 1 living, born at Feltwell, Norfolk;
Alicia BENNETT, granddaughter, aged 21, single, born at Northwold, Norfolk;
Kathleen TURNER, boarder, aged 12, school, born in London;
Roy RIBBONS, boarder, aged 6, born at Thetford, Norfolk.
(RG14 PN11725 RD239 SD1 ED14 SN145)
The death of a Jane BENNETT aged 65 was registered in 1913.
(GRO December Q 1913 Thetford 4b 421)
NB No proof that this is the correct registration.
(revised 07.06.2017)