Bennett children: Richard Bedford, Evelyn Read, Ronald Vivian & George Horace 1885 Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada From the Archives and Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library, UNB
Today we start off the week long celebration of the only Canadian Prime Minister born in New Brunswick, Canada’s 11th Prime Minister, RB Bennett who turns 150 years old on Friday, July 3, 2020.
Henry John Bennett & Henrietta Stiles were married on September 22, 1869. They took up residence in Hopewell Cape at a home on the water side of the Great Road to Moncton. Their home was located across the road from the local one room schoolhouse. On Sunday, July 3, 1870, Henrietta took the two hour long wagon ride to Hopewell Hill to attend the Methodist Church and visit her parents. She unexpectedly went into labour and her first child, Richard Bedford Bennett, was born. Mother and child remained in Hopewell Hill for a few days before returning home to Hopewell Cape.