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Virginia “Jennie” <I>Pocket</I> Benway

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Virginia “Jennie” Pocket Benway

Birth
Magog, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
25 Sep 1948 (aged 82)
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 8, Range 1, Lot 1, Grave 1
Memorial ID
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Jennie Pocket / Virgina (Paquette)
Born in Magog Canada
alternate name spelling: Virgina Pockett , virginia
Wife, Mother and daughter of
Edmund (Joseph) Pocket and Annie White

Her husband: Charles Benway
Who Married on 23 April 1888 in Claremont, New Hampshire

Children:
Adelard Benway Benoit (a barber)
Mary L Hanna Benway (Maher)
Charles Arthur Benway (Benoit)
Edmund (Edward Ovide Benway)
Joseph E Benway Benoit

Jennie's story is unique
son Joseph Benway never got to know his father as he died on 25th Dec 1908

Joseph E (Benway) Benoit was born Nov 1908 about a month prior to his father's death

leaving Jennie to raise a family by her self

by 1920 adelard was already a success on his own as a barber in Collinsville ct

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The family lived in
Collinsville,, Connecticut

Danielson, south killingly, Windham,CT

Torrington Connecticut for a while near winsted and Litchfield, Winchester Connecticut locality

Family apears to have spent time in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut
maintaining she is french canadian born February 1866

1920 Connecticut census states immigration year for Jennie is 1878

she was married in New Hampshire, the marriage records state she is from Rutland Vermont

Birth records for Charles Benoit and Adelard Benoit state that thier mother was from Magog, Canada ,,, southeast of Montreal (French Canadian)
Jennie Pocket / Virgina (Paquette)
Born in Magog Canada
alternate name spelling: Virgina Pockett , virginia
Wife, Mother and daughter of
Edmund (Joseph) Pocket and Annie White

Her husband: Charles Benway
Who Married on 23 April 1888 in Claremont, New Hampshire

Children:
Adelard Benway Benoit (a barber)
Mary L Hanna Benway (Maher)
Charles Arthur Benway (Benoit)
Edmund (Edward Ovide Benway)
Joseph E Benway Benoit

Jennie's story is unique
son Joseph Benway never got to know his father as he died on 25th Dec 1908

Joseph E (Benway) Benoit was born Nov 1908 about a month prior to his father's death

leaving Jennie to raise a family by her self

by 1920 adelard was already a success on his own as a barber in Collinsville ct

-----
The family lived in
Collinsville,, Connecticut

Danielson, south killingly, Windham,CT

Torrington Connecticut for a while near winsted and Litchfield, Winchester Connecticut locality

Family apears to have spent time in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut
maintaining she is french canadian born February 1866

1920 Connecticut census states immigration year for Jennie is 1878

she was married in New Hampshire, the marriage records state she is from Rutland Vermont

Birth records for Charles Benoit and Adelard Benoit state that thier mother was from Magog, Canada ,,, southeast of Montreal (French Canadian)

Gravesite Details

Unmarked grave



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  • Maintained by: Honor Project Relative Great-grandchild
  • Originally Created by: Rock of Ages
  • Added: Jul 15, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11360670/virginia-benway: accessed ), memorial page for Virginia “Jennie” Pocket Benway (Feb 1866–25 Sep 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11360670, citing Saint Marys Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Honor Project (contributor 50405455).