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PM from Michael, confirming that he's looking for living descendants of John .

As well as hoping to establish contact, Michael and Margaret's grand-daughter are hoping that one of them might have a photo of Margaret, perhaps from Margaret's wedding which John attended.

Contact with Margaret's family was lost inadvertently many years ago.

I have PMd vaguely possible addresses for John's daughter Agnes's children, but without a lot of confidence .

Have also provided Michael with details of other siblings of Margaret and John, in case he didn't know about them. But perhaps he's followed them up already.

Catherine and Mary may still be alive - or if they have died, their deaths haven't been picked up by the 1939 register people - but their names are too common to be certain if any marriages or deaths are theirs.

There's no indication on the 1939 register that Elizabeth/Lizzie ever married,
but this looks like her marriage and death:

Elizabeth E Benson
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005Name: Elizabeth E Benson
Registration Date: Oct 1943
[Nov 1943]
[Dec 1943]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Gateshead
Inferred County: Durham
Spouse: Thomas F French
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 1688



Elizabeth Ellen French
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Elizabeth Ellen French
Death Age: 67
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1927
Registration Date: Jun 1995
Registration District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Inferred County: Tyne and Wear
Register Number: E57C
District and Subdistrict: 0531E
Entry Number: 31


I don't see the births of any French/Benson children.

John Benson
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: John Benson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1902
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 10
Residence Place: Gateshead, Durham, England
Occupation: Millwright Engineer
Line Number: 23
Schedule Number: 71
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: FBNP
Borough: Gateshead
Registration district: 557-2
Inferred Spouse:
Jessie Benson
Household Members Age
John Benson 37
Jessie Benson 37 - 29 Aug 1902 - cook, fish & chip shop
This record is officially closed.
Lizzie E Benson - [DOB obscured on image ]
This record is officially closed.
Agnes Benson - [DOB obscured on image.]


Marriages Dec 1955 (>99%)
BENSON Agnes URWIN Gateshead 1a 1621
URWIN Henry S BENSON Gateshead 1a 1621


Death:

URWIN, AGNES 1936
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2014 in GATESHEAD (051-1C) Entry Number 511172456


Agnes and Henry had two children in the 1950s.
You can find their names on FreeBMD.:
www.freebmd.org.uk

Re her brother John -

this is the only Benson/Gillie marriage I can see in Gateshead:

Benson John Gillie Gateshead 10a 1665
Gillie Jessie Benson Gateshead 10a 1665

They had three children:

Catherine 1925, Mary 1930, and Agnes 1936.


EDIT:
and Elizabeth, with mmn mis-spelled:

Births Sep 1927 (>99%)
Benson Elizabeth E Gillis Gateshead 10a 1441

Middle name is Ellen, per GRO.

Welcome to the boards, Michael.

As you've posted on the "Find Living Relatives" board, I assume that's what you're looking for, and not ancestors.


Marriages Jun 1925 (>99%)
Benson Margaret Holdsworth Gateshead 10a 1756
Holdsworth James Benson Gateshead 10a 1756

You can search for the births of any children on FreeBMD:
www.freebmd.org.uk

This is the only child I can see - this is from the GRO site, but it's also on FreeBMD:

HOLDSWORTH, MARGARET ELIZABETH mmn BENSON
GRO Reference: 1925 D Quarter in GATESHEAD Volume 10A Page 1588


Unfortunately there are lots of marriages for women named Margaret Holdsworth, with and without the middle initial E, so it's impossible to know which, if any, might be hers.

Margaret Benson Married James Holdsworth in 1925, looking for information about her family, and her brother John's family, after he married Margaret Gillie in 1926 Gateshead, and their Daughters Catherine and Elizabeth, also any brothers.
Michael