Peter Benson Lutge (1870 to 1944) - The fourth child of Peter Benson and Mary

The mystery of the missing birth registrations deepens when we look at Peter Benson jnr.  His is the second of the birth registrations that I've located in the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

A transcript of the birth registration shows that Peter jnr was born on 16 July 1870 at Cumberland Street, Sydney. Peter Benson snr is the informant on the registration. His occupation is shown as stevedore, aged 33 from Denmark. Mary is shown as aged 24 from County Donegal. Dr Eichler is again present at the birth. As I said when covering Patrick Walter, the surprise comes as Peter jnr's birth registration shows the previous issue by Peter Benson and Mary is 1 male living! I still can't provide any explanation of this but the search will continue....

There's every indication that all ten children were from the marriage of Peter Benson snr and Mary Lutge and all were born around The Rocks/Millers Point area of Sydney.  Also, when you look at photos, there is a close resemblance between the boys!

Peter Benson Lutge jnr is shown in the front row second from the left with moustache
In 1896, Peter jnr married Hannah Therese Hayes.  The marriage was registered at St Leonards.  Hannah was born about 1868 to Daniel and Margaret Hayes.  At the time of their marriage, Peter jnr was about 26 and Hannah was about 28.

Peter jnr and Hannah settled at 31 Bond Street Mosman and had two daughters - Margaret Mary Eileen (Mag) and Irene May.  Peter worked as a stevedore.  

The family of Peter and Hannah Lutge

Peter died at the family home on 15 January 1944, aged 73.  Hannah also died at the family home on 27 July 1959, aged 91.  Peter and Hannah are buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery, North Ryde.

Children of Peter and Hannah Lutge

Margaret Mary Eileen (known to the family as Mag and referred to as Marguerite in family death notices) was born in 1899 in Mosman.  Mag married James Felix (Jim) McCrory in 1940 in Mosman.  Mag was 41 and Jim was 45.  Jim was the son of Patrick Jospeh McCrory and Ellen Fetherston and was born in 1895 in Newtown.  

The 1930 Electoral Roll shows Mag working as a machinist and Jim working as a greengrocer at 467 Military Road Mosman.  The 1943 Electoral Roll shows them living at living at 11 Bond Street and Jim is a labourer.  After the death of Peter and Hannah Lutge, Mag and Jim moved to the family home at 31Bond Street Mosman.  They lived with Mag's sister, Irene.  They did not have any children.

Jim died on 27 July 1965, aged 70, at the family home and Mag died on 07 October 1990, aged 91.  

Irene May was born in 1901 in Mosman.  Irene's occupation is shown as "home duties" in the Electoral Rolls.  She always lived in the family home at 31 Bond Street Mosman.  Irene died on 17 October 1989, aged 88.
Mag, Jim and Irene are also buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery.

Mag Lutge at the family home, 31 Bond Street Mosman, taken after the death of Irene

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