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ROGERS Honorable Benjamin
Male 1837 - 1923


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  • Title  Honorable 
    Birth  07 Aug 1837  Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    Buried  1923  Old Dock Cemetery, Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died  16 May 1923  Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID  I2012  Estacaille Genealogy
    Last Modified  25 Jul 2005 

    Family 1  HUBBARD Susannah Abel,   b. 17 Jan 1836, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1897 
    Married  20 Feb 1862  Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. ROGERS Frances Gertrude,   b. 1863, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. ROGERS Frederic Llewellyn,   b. 21 Jun 1865, Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951, Saint John, Saint John county, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. ROGERS Charles Renfrew,   b. 1867, Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. ROGERS Addie Young,   b. 01 Jan 1868, Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1957
     5. ROGERS Sibella Margaret,   b. 18 Dec 1869, Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. ROGERS Reginald Heber,   b. 13 Apr 1872, Alberton, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F792  Group Sheet

    Family 2  HUNTER Annie,   b. 1856, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926 
    Married  28 Dec 1898 
    Family ID  F1554  Group Sheet

    Family 3  HUNTER Annie,   b. 1856, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926 
    Married  28 Dec 1898  [3] 
    Family ID  F793  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 May 1923 - Alberton, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Benjamin Rogers    		Benjamin Rogers

    Headstones
    Benjamin Rogers & Susannah Abell Hubbard    		Benjamin Rogers & Susannah Abell Hubbard
    plot 139
    Benjamin Rogers, 1837-1923. (b) Susannah Abell, w. of Benjamin Rogers, d. July 12, 1877, Ae. 60 yrs.
    Status: Located

  • Notes 
    • The Honourable Benjamin Rogers
      Lieutenant Governor from 1 June 1910 to 2 June 1915

      BENJAMIN ROGERS WAS the twenty-second Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island since the creation of the Colony in 1763. Benjamin Rogers parents emigrated from Wales and Benjamin was born at Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, on 7 August 1837. He was the son of the late Joseph Rogers and became an export merchant. In 1863, he became prominent in politics as a Liberal candidate. Rogers was first elected to represent the First District of Prince in the Provincial Legislative Council in November 1872. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1878 where he remained until 1897. Rogers was a Commissioner of Small Debts and a Justice of the Peace. He was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1883 to 1886. Rogers married Susannah Abell, third daughter of Captain William Hubbard at Tignish on 20 February 1862.
      In 1900 he was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary Treasurer. He retired from active politics in 1905. He participated with Premier Peters and Hon. Mr. Whear in the Conference of Provincial Premiers that dealt with the fishery awards and the redistribution of provincial representation. He was a delegate to the Ottawa Liberal convention in 1893 and was one of the committee of forty that framed the platform.
      Benjamin Rogers was appointed Lieutenant Governor for the Province of Prince Edward Island on 1 June 1900.
      Rogers died at Alberton, Prince Edward Island on 16 May 1923.

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Ancestral File Index 1996.

    2. [S193] Old Dock Cemetery Transcript, The Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society, (The Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society), plot 139
      Benjamin Rogers, 1837-1923. (b) Susannah Abell, w. of Benjamin Rogers, d. July 12, 1877, Ae. 60 yrs..

    3. [S53] Dan MacDonald, Dan MacDonald - brikwall@nbnet.nb.ca.


  

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