Sarah Alice (Butt) Benson/Black
Alice, as she preferred to be called, married Willis Benson, a cotton warehouseman, at St. Mary's Parish Church, Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, July 6, 1884. She was 20, and Willis was 24. Willis' sister Helen was a witness. His mother Lucy could not attend as she had died two years earlier. His father Thomas Benson, was a well-known Sheffield oil painter. Alice's mother Martha (Butt) was living in Newton, Lancashire, about 75 miles away, and after having Alice (her father is unknown), had married Mark Tingle and bore several more children. In 1887 the Tingle family emigrated to the United States. Mark Tingle was a metalworker.
When Alice's husband Willis died of general paralysis in Sheffield in Oct. 1894, Alice decided to join her mother in America. In October 1895 she and her five children (Charles James, Alice Miriam, Lucy, Grace A., and Frederick Willis) sailed on the S.S. Indiana from Liverpool and arrived in Philadelphia on 23 Oct. 1895. Alice was 28, and her children were 9, 7, 5, 3, and 5-month-old little Fred. They were met by her stepfather Mark Tingle and her mother Martha, and stayed with them in Chester, Delaware County, Penn. for a time.
By 1900, the Benson clan was living with Edward Black at 321 Tilghman St., Chester, PA and they had added two sons, Edward and Walter to the family. (It is uncertain when Edward and Alice married.) Mr. Black was an Iron Moulder in a steel mill, like his father before him. A Moulder poured molten iron from the foundry's furnace into moulds. Also called "casting iron" - it was a very dangerous trade that took several years to perfect. (It is possible that Alice's stepfather Mark Tingle introduced them, as he was later a Foreman at a Steel Foundry.)
In 1901 the Blacks had another boy, Theodore R., probably named for the popular President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
One of two known photographs for Alice shows her at about age sixty sitting on a bench at possibly the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her grandson Clinton Malseed, who provided the photo, described Alice as having very white hair, dark brown, eyes, and a pale complexion. From her arduous journey to America and being a mother of seven children, we can assume that she had, patience, courage and stamina. From her photo she also appears to be proud, strong and intelligent.
According to Rachel (Founds) Benson, her daughter-in-law, Alice would have been buried in the "Potter's Grave," the poor people's grave in Philadelphia, but her son-in-law Oscar Makin said that he would have her buried in his family's plot instead. Her tombstone reads "Mother" Sara Alice Black, 1866-1939. It is located in Lot 1630, Grave #4, of Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
[by great grandson]
Alice, as she preferred to be called, married Willis Benson, a cotton warehouseman, at St. Mary's Parish Church, Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, July 6, 1884. She was 20, and Willis was 24. Willis' sister Helen was a witness. His mother Lucy could not attend as she had died two years earlier. His father Thomas Benson, was a well-known Sheffield oil painter. Alice's mother Martha (Butt) was living in Newton, Lancashire, about 75 miles away, and after having Alice (her father is unknown), had married Mark Tingle and bore several more children. In 1887 the Tingle family emigrated to the United States. Mark Tingle was a metalworker.
When Alice's husband Willis died of general paralysis in Sheffield in Oct. 1894, Alice decided to join her mother in America. In October 1895 she and her five children (Charles James, Alice Miriam, Lucy, Grace A., and Frederick Willis) sailed on the S.S. Indiana from Liverpool and arrived in Philadelphia on 23 Oct. 1895. Alice was 28, and her children were 9, 7, 5, 3, and 5-month-old little Fred. They were met by her stepfather Mark Tingle and her mother Martha, and stayed with them in Chester, Delaware County, Penn. for a time.
By 1900, the Benson clan was living with Edward Black at 321 Tilghman St., Chester, PA and they had added two sons, Edward and Walter to the family. (It is uncertain when Edward and Alice married.) Mr. Black was an Iron Moulder in a steel mill, like his father before him. A Moulder poured molten iron from the foundry's furnace into moulds. Also called "casting iron" - it was a very dangerous trade that took several years to perfect. (It is possible that Alice's stepfather Mark Tingle introduced them, as he was later a Foreman at a Steel Foundry.)
In 1901 the Blacks had another boy, Theodore R., probably named for the popular President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
One of two known photographs for Alice shows her at about age sixty sitting on a bench at possibly the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her grandson Clinton Malseed, who provided the photo, described Alice as having very white hair, dark brown, eyes, and a pale complexion. From her arduous journey to America and being a mother of seven children, we can assume that she had, patience, courage and stamina. From her photo she also appears to be proud, strong and intelligent.
According to Rachel (Founds) Benson, her daughter-in-law, Alice would have been buried in the "Potter's Grave," the poor people's grave in Philadelphia, but her son-in-law Oscar Makin said that he would have her buried in his family's plot instead. Her tombstone reads "Mother" Sara Alice Black, 1866-1939. It is located in Lot 1630, Grave #4, of Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
[by great grandson]
Sarah Alice (Butt) Benson/Black
Alice, as she preferred to be called, married Willis Benson, a cotton warehouseman, at St. Mary's Parish Church, Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, July 6, 1884. She was 20, and Willis was 24. Willis' sister Helen was a witness. His mother Lucy could not attend as she had died two years earlier. His father Thomas Benson, was a well-known Sheffield oil painter. Alice's mother Martha (Butt) was living in Newton, Lancashire, about 75 miles away, and after having Alice (her father is unknown), had married Mark Tingle and bore several more children. In 1887 the Tingle family emigrated to the United States. Mark Tingle was a metalworker.
When Alice's husband Willis died of general paralysis in Sheffield in Oct. 1894, Alice decided to join her mother in America. In October 1895 she and her five children (Charles James, Alice Miriam, Lucy, Grace A., and Frederick Willis) sailed on the S.S. Indiana from Liverpool and arrived in Philadelphia on 23 Oct. 1895. Alice was 28, and her children were 9, 7, 5, 3, and 5-month-old little Fred. They were met by her stepfather Mark Tingle and her mother Martha, and stayed with them in Chester, Delaware County, Penn. for a time.
By 1900, the Benson clan was living with Edward Black at 321 Tilghman St., Chester, PA and they had added two sons, Edward and Walter to the family. (It is uncertain when Edward and Alice married.) Mr. Black was an Iron Moulder in a steel mill, like his father before him. A Moulder poured molten iron from the foundry's furnace into moulds. Also called "casting iron" - it was a very dangerous trade that took several years to perfect. (It is possible that Alice's stepfather Mark Tingle introduced them, as he was later a Foreman at a Steel Foundry.)
In 1901 the Blacks had another boy, Theodore R., probably named for the popular President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
One of two known photographs for Alice shows her at about age sixty sitting on a bench at possibly the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her grandson Clinton Malseed, who provided the photo, described Alice as having very white hair, dark brown, eyes, and a pale complexion. From her arduous journey to America and being a mother of seven children, we can assume that she had, patience, courage and stamina. From her photo she also appears to be proud, strong and intelligent.
According to Rachel (Founds) Benson, her daughter-in-law, Alice would have been buried in the "Potter's Grave," the poor people's grave in Philadelphia, but her son-in-law Oscar Makin said that he would have her buried in his family's plot instead. Her tombstone reads "Mother" Sara Alice Black, 1866-1939. It is located in Lot 1630, Grave #4, of Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
[by great grandson]
Alice, as she preferred to be called, married Willis Benson, a cotton warehouseman, at St. Mary's Parish Church, Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, July 6, 1884. She was 20, and Willis was 24. Willis' sister Helen was a witness. His mother Lucy could not attend as she had died two years earlier. His father Thomas Benson, was a well-known Sheffield oil painter. Alice's mother Martha (Butt) was living in Newton, Lancashire, about 75 miles away, and after having Alice (her father is unknown), had married Mark Tingle and bore several more children. In 1887 the Tingle family emigrated to the United States. Mark Tingle was a metalworker.
When Alice's husband Willis died of general paralysis in Sheffield in Oct. 1894, Alice decided to join her mother in America. In October 1895 she and her five children (Charles James, Alice Miriam, Lucy, Grace A., and Frederick Willis) sailed on the S.S. Indiana from Liverpool and arrived in Philadelphia on 23 Oct. 1895. Alice was 28, and her children were 9, 7, 5, 3, and 5-month-old little Fred. They were met by her stepfather Mark Tingle and her mother Martha, and stayed with them in Chester, Delaware County, Penn. for a time.
By 1900, the Benson clan was living with Edward Black at 321 Tilghman St., Chester, PA and they had added two sons, Edward and Walter to the family. (It is uncertain when Edward and Alice married.) Mr. Black was an Iron Moulder in a steel mill, like his father before him. A Moulder poured molten iron from the foundry's furnace into moulds. Also called "casting iron" - it was a very dangerous trade that took several years to perfect. (It is possible that Alice's stepfather Mark Tingle introduced them, as he was later a Foreman at a Steel Foundry.)
In 1901 the Blacks had another boy, Theodore R., probably named for the popular President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
One of two known photographs for Alice shows her at about age sixty sitting on a bench at possibly the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her grandson Clinton Malseed, who provided the photo, described Alice as having very white hair, dark brown, eyes, and a pale complexion. From her arduous journey to America and being a mother of seven children, we can assume that she had, patience, courage and stamina. From her photo she also appears to be proud, strong and intelligent.
According to Rachel (Founds) Benson, her daughter-in-law, Alice would have been buried in the "Potter's Grave," the poor people's grave in Philadelphia, but her son-in-law Oscar Makin said that he would have her buried in his family's plot instead. Her tombstone reads "Mother" Sara Alice Black, 1866-1939. It is located in Lot 1630, Grave #4, of Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
[by great grandson]
Inscription
"BLACK; Mother; SARAH ALICE; 1866-1939."
Gravesite Details
She was born Sarah Alice Butt, and first married Willis Benson, and second Edward Black. 1866 is in error on the stone as she was born in 1863. She was buried near her daughter Miriam and son-in-law (George) Oscar Makin, at their request.
Family Members
Parents
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
See more Benson Black or Butt memorials in:
- Arlington Cemetery Benson Black or Butt
- Drexel Hill Benson Black or Butt
- Delaware County Benson Black or Butt
- Pennsylvania Benson Black or Butt
- USA Benson Black or Butt
- Find a Grave Benson Black or Butt
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
