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Marriage: On 13th August, at St. Pancras Church, London, Mr. William Bennett, of this town, civil engineer, to Miss Anne Gibson Nasmyth, daughter of [[Alexander Nasmyth]], Esq., of Edinburgh<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Saturday 18 August 1838</ref> | Marriage: On 13th August, at St. Pancras Church, London, Mr. William Bennett, of this town, civil engineer, to Miss Anne Gibson Nasmyth, daughter of [[Alexander Nasmyth]], Esq., of Edinburgh<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Saturday 18 August 1838</ref> | ||
Anne Nasmyth was a fine artist, and with five of her sisters, taught at the Nasmyth family painting school in Edinburgh. Anne met William Bennett when visiting her brothers [[James Nasmyth]] and [[George Nasmyth]] in Manchester. They married in 1838 and set up home in Salford. William lent James Nasmyth money to patent his steam hammer.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Nasmyth] Wikipedia entry for Anne Nasmyth</ref> | |||
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Marriage: On 13th August, at St. Pancras Church, London, Mr. William Bennett, of this town, civil engineer, to Miss Anne Gibson Nasmyth, daughter of Alexander Nasmyth, Esq., of Edinburgh[1]
Anne Nasmyth was a fine artist, and with five of her sisters, taught at the Nasmyth family painting school in Edinburgh. Anne met William Bennett when visiting her brothers James Nasmyth and George Nasmyth in Manchester. They married in 1838 and set up home in Salford. William lent James Nasmyth money to patent his steam hammer.[2]
Is this William Bennett of Wren and Bennett?
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