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.
Circuits
- 1865 Exeter & Exmouth
- 1866 Ashford
- 1869 Ramsgate
- 1870 Tunbridge Wells
- 1873 Brighton
- 1875 Chichester
- 1876 Littlehampton
- 1879 Torquay
- 1880 Dartmouth
- 1883 Birmingham II
- 1884 Truro
- 1885 Brighton I (S)
- 1886 Truro
- 1888 Brighton
- 1889 resigned
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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Benjamin Dinnick resigned from the Primitive Methodist ministry because of a call to establish a ‘Pentecostal Mission’, which unfortunately did not prosper. I am preparing an article on this venture.
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