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Isabelle G “Belle” Benjamin

Female 1861 - 1936  (75 years)


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  • Name Isabelle G Benjamin 
    Nickname Belle 
    Birth 15 Mar 1861  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Female 
    Census 13 Jun 1865  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 4, born Allegany Co, living with parents
    Census 14 Jun 1870  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 9, born NY, living with parents
    Census 5 Jun 1875  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 14, born Allegany Co, living with parents
    Census 11 Jun 1880  Friendship, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; Belle, age 19, born NY, at school, living with parents
    Census 5 Jun 1900  Binghamton, Broome, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 39, born Mar 1861 in NY, single, parents born NY/NY, servant for James & Mary Earle
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 49, born NY, farm laborer, parents born NY/NY, living with mother
    Census 22 Jan 1920  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 58, born NY, dairy farmer, parents born NY/NY, living with sister Pearl
    Death 14 Jul 1936  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial 17 Jul 1936  Riverside Cemetery, Belfast, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I9951  Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2016 

    Father AncestorsJoseph P Benjamin,   b. Oct 1828, Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1908, Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother AncestorsLois Merritt,   b. 6 Dec 1834, Chenango Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1911, Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jul 1856 
    Family ID F3239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Joseph & Lois Benjamin Family Gravestone
    Joseph & Lois Benjamin Family Gravestone
    BENJAMIN
    Joseph P. 1928 - 1908 / Lois M. 1834 - 1911
    Isabelle G. 1861 - 1936 / Pearle P. 1875 - 1943
    Plot: Section C Lot 46

  • Notes 
    • "The Belfast Blaze" 30 Jul 1936 (fultonhistory.com)
      ISABELLE G. BENJAMIN
      Isabelle G. Benjamin was born March 15, 1861 in the town of Belfast on the farm where she had spent her entire life with the exception of a few years which was spent on her grandfather's farm at friendship. She was the oldest daughter of Joseph P. and Lois Merritt Benjamin. She passed away Tuesday, July 14, 1936 at 6 o'clock from the effects of a shock suffered Monday morning at 9:30. She leaves to mourn her loss, on brother, Olin G. Benjamin of Long Beach, California; one sister, Pearl Benjamin, at home, who was been her constant and lifelong companion, and several cousins. She was a member of the M.E. Church, Belfast; of W.R.C. Hateh Corps No. 90, Friendship and The White Creek Homer Bureau. Funeral services were held at her home Friday afternoons at 2:30 o'clock, July 17, 1936. The Rev. Harry L. Webb, pastor of the M.E. Church, Belfast, conducted the service. Burial was in the family lot in Riverside cemetery. A large concourse of relatives and friends attended the services, which attested the love and high esteem in which she was held.