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Family: Joseph Edwin Bennet/Kate Wilson (F6457)
m. Abt 1884

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• Father | Male Joseph Edwin Bennet, ^

  
  

  Born	1860	Rumson, Monmouth, NJ
  Died	28 Apr 1947	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1884  [1, 2, 3]
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  Mother | Female Kate Wilson, ^

  
  

  Born	1860	NY
  Died	11 Oct 1944	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
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  Child 1 | Female Edna W. Bennet, ^

  
  

  Born	Oct 1886	New York, New York, NY
  Died	1978
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Anna Bennet, ^

  
  

  Born	Nov 1889	NY
  Died	1972
  Buried		Bellport (Woodland Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	LCDR Benson Clifton Smith, ^ | F6464
  Married	Abt 1922
  Spouse	William D. Walton, ^ | F6460
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  Child 3 | Male Richard Wilson Bennet, ^

  
  

  Born	25 Jul 1893	NY
  Died	7 Aug 1989	Ballwin, Saint Louis, MO
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	Helen Victors, ^ | F6458
  Married	Jul 1921	New York, New York, NY

  
  

• Photos

  Joseph E. and Edna Wilson Bennet Family .. on the occasion of Kate & Joseph Bennet's 60th Wedding Anniversary, with their three "children" Anna Bennet (Smith) Walton, Edna Bennet, Richard Bennet, May 14, 1944 at Brookhaven, NY

  
  

  Documents

  Bennet Family Summer Home, Brookhaven, NY .. 183 Old Stump road, Brookhaven, NY. For some 67 years after 1911, the Joseph Bennet family resided here, principally as a Summer residence. After Joseph's death in 1947, Edna Bennet moved here from her small adjacent summer cottage. Eventually her sister Anna Bennet joined her, moving from her former summer home on Beaver Dam road. This document is the Site Data Sheet (including pictures) of this house.

  
  

  Headstones		#021.025.Bennet00: Bennet family plot Status: Located Plot: 025. Joseph Bennet and family
  		#021.025.Bennet01: Joseph E. and Kate W. Bennet gravestone Status: Located Plot: 025. Joseph Bennet and family

  
  

• Notes

  Census: In their household were children Edna, Annie, and Richard. He was a clerk in the post office. In their household was their daughters Edna R. and Anna A., and son Richard W. He was a superintendent in the post office. Residence: Until 1946, it was their summer residence, their primary residence being in Brooklyn. In 1946 it became Joseph's permanent residence. Census: In their household were children Edna W., Anna A. and Richard W. He was a superintendent in the post office. In their household were children Edna W., Anna A., and Richard W. He was a superintendent in the post office. In their household was their daughter Edna W. He was a superintendent in the post office. In their household was their daughter Edna and a boarder. He was a superintendent in the Post Office. In their household was their daughter Edna W. Bennet, and a tenant. He was a retired PO superintendent.

  
  

• Sources

  [S196] Oaklawn Cemetery, Lot 025. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 21, Kings, New York; Roll: 1058; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0343; FHL microfilm: 1241058.. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 18 May 1944, p. 10.. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bennet of Brooklyn and Railroad avenue, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Brookhaven home on Sunday. Their three children, who spent the week-end with them in honor of the anniversary, are Mrs. Anna Smith of Orange, Texas, Richard Bennett (sic) of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Edna Bennet of Brooklyn.