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Almira Catherine Benjamin

Female 1843 - 1929  (86 years)


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  • Name Almira Catherine Benjamin 
    Birth 30 Mar 1843  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 9 Nov 1850  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Elmira C, age 7, born NY, living with parents 
    Census 19 Jun 1855  Belfast, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 12, born Allegeny Co, living with parents  
    Census 4 Aug 1860  Granger, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 17, born NY, common school teacher, living with parents 
    Census 1 Jul 1870  Allen, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 27, born NY, keeps house 
    Census 2 Jun 1880  Allen, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 37, born NY, keeping house, parents born NY/NY 
    Census 18 Jun 1900  Angelica, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 56, born Mar 1843 in NY, marr 31 yrs, 1/2 children living, parents born NY/NY 
    Census 22 Apr 1910  Angelica, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Catherine E, age 67, born NY, marr 41 yrs, 1/2 children living, parents born NY/NY 
    Census 9 Jan 1920  Angelica, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 76, born NY, parents born NY/NY, daughter & her husband in house 
    Death 11 Jun 1929  Angelica, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 14 Jun 1929  Until the Day Dawn Cemetery, Angelica, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9765  Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2014 

    Father Elias Palmer Benjamin,   b. 22 Jan 1801, Northumberland, Saratoga, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1887, Allen, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Pettis,   b. 6 Mar 1810, Chenango Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1878, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F3342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amos White,   b. Aug 1844, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1926, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 1869 
    Children 
     1. Susie White,   b. 27 Feb 1870, Allen, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1950, Hornell, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Alice White,   b. 1875, Allen, Allegany, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887, Allegany Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
    Family ID F3419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2013 

  • Headstones
    Almira White Gravestone Site
    Almira White Gravestone Site
    WHITE, Almira Born 1843 Died 1929
    Plot: Lot 173

  • Notes 
    • from "The Friendship Register", 20 Jun 1929 (fultonhistory.com)
      IN MEMORY OF ALMIRA C. WHITE
      Mrs. Almira C. White was born in Belfast, Allegany County, Mar 30th, 1843, and died at her late home, in Angelica, N.Y., June 11th, 1929. Prior to her passing she was the last surviving member of the family of eleven children of Elias P. and Mary A. Benjamin. A large circle of relatives and friends cherish her memory. The deceased was the widow of the late Amos White of Angelica. To them were born two daughters, Alice who died at the age thirteen and Susie White Van Allen, who for some years has been with her mother, and lovingly administered to her needs in the declining years. Among the relatives who are left to mourn their loss are Mrs. Sarah Benjamin, widow of the late William H. Benjamin, a twin brother of the deceased, and Mrs. Catherine Benjamin, widow of the late Elias A. Benjamin, of Belfast, who was a brother of the deceased. The nephews and nieces are Mr. William Jay of Minnesota, Mr. George A. Scott of Waverly, N.Y., Mrs. H.B. Newton and Dan. M. Todd of Friendship, Charles and Fred Lincoln of Claire Benjamin of Angelica, Mrs. John Kitchen of New York City, Mrs Lena Foster and Charles Benjamin of Belfast, Percy B. Johnson of Los Angeles, California, Miss Lena Johnson and Floyd Johnson of Interlaken, N.Y., Claud Johnson of Minneapolis, Minn., George Johnson of Binghamton, N.Y., Will Benjamin of Deerfield, Kansas, and Mearle Benjamin also of Kansas, and many grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Elias P. Benjamin, father of the deceased, was one of the pioneers of the Republican party, being associated with Asahel N. Cole, and was one of those who was at the meeting which was the birth of the Party on May 16th, 1854, in what is now the Grand Army Hall, located on Island Park, but at that time was the First Baptist Church and stood on the Village Green, on the site now occupied by the First Baptist Church and parsonage, in Friendship, N.Y. the funeral was held from her late home, in Angelica, where she had lived for many years, Thursday afternoon, June 14th, 1929. The service was conducted by the Rev. Otis Alvord, pastor of the Universalist Church of Friendship. Interment was in the beautiful cemetery, Angelica, in the family plot by the side of her husband. In the passing of Mrs. White closes the history of the immediate family of Elias P. and Mary A. Benjamin, on of the large and early families of Allegany County.