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Leroy

Benjamin
Birth Date:

October 24, 1869

Birth Location:

Rural St. Anne, Illinois

Death Date:

January 29, 1961

Death Location:

Kankakee, Illinois

Burial:

Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek)
Rural Papineau, Illinois

Parents
Father
Sidney Benjamin
(1845-1927)
Mother
Eliza David
(1848-1915)
Siblings (in birth order)
1
Laura
 Benjamin

1866-1867
2
Lovina
 Benjamin

1868-1946
3
Leroy
 Benjamin

1869-
1961
4
Charles
 Benjamin

1872-
1953
5
Alfred
 Benjamin

1874-
1940
6
William
 Benjamin

1875-1895
7
Dolly
 Benjamin

1877-1878
8
Bertha
 Benjamin

1882-1883
9
Cynthia
 Benjamin

1889-
1992
Died in infancy.         Died in infancy.

 

Died in infancy.

 

Marriage

Leroy Benjamin married Julia Rimous or Rimas
on October 8, 1894 in Kankakee County, Illinois.

Children (in birth order)
1
Sidney
 Benjamin

1896-1926
2
Macie
 Benjamin

1898-1986
3
Riley
 Benjamin

1900-1961
4
Iva
 Benjamin

1902-?
5
Daniel
 Benjamin

1904-1914
6
Dorothy
 Benjamin

1907-2001
           
Notes
In 1900, Leroy and Julia Benjamin are living in Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.  They have two children living with them, Sidney and Macie.

In 1910, Leroy and Julia Benjamin are living in Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.  They have six children living with them, Sidney, Macie, Riley, David, Iva, and Dorothy.

In 1920, Leroy and Julia Benjamin are living in Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.  They have five children living with them, Sidney, Macie, Riley, Iva, and Dorothy.  They also have a daughter-in-law living with them, Marie.

In 1930, Leroy and Julia Benjamin are living in Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.  Also living with them is their daughter and son-in-law, Leo and Dorothy Lanoue.

Left:  Leroy's obituary.  Below top:  Funeral notice
for Julia Benjamin, printed March 31, 1965.
 Below bottom:  Leroy and Julia's gravestone.

 

 

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