Dinnick, Benjamin (1843-1912)

Family

Benjamin was born in 1843 at Devonport, Devon, to parents Thomas Dinnick, a rope maker (1851), and Mary Dunn. His bothers, William Dinnick and Joseph Dunn Dinnick were also a PM ministers.

Before entering the ministry, Benjamin was apprenticed to a boot maker (1861).

Benjamin married Emily Williams, nee Austin (1845-1883) in late 1869 at Ramsgate, Kent. Census returns identify five children.

Lilian Emily (b1870) – a confectioner’s assistant (1901)
Benjamin Henry (1871-1951) – a boot shop manager (1901)
Edith Agnes (b1875) – a draper’s apprentice (1891)
Leonora (1877-1969) – assistant schoolmistress (1901); married Francis Thomas Charles Wickett, an organist and music teacher (1911), in 1908; emigrated to Canada
Austin Dunn (1880-1960) – a blindmaker (1901); emigrated to Canada
Georgina Grace (1882-1950) – a tailors (1911)

He married Elizabeth Hancock (1873-??) in late 1905 at Smethwick, Staffordshire. The 1911 census return identifies an adopted daughter, Evelyn (b abt1906)

Census returns after his ‘resignation’ describe Benjamin as a superannuated PM minister.

Benjamin died in early 1912 at Smethwick, Staffordshire.