Benny was born in Russia-Poland on January 8, 1884. He entered the United States on June 24, 1910, and was naturalized at age 39 in Cook County, Illinois on Dec. 29, 1923, while residing at 3521 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
When Benny Wolkenstein was age 33-34, he was married to Lizzie Kapson, age 30 (1889 - 22 Sep 1964, Cook, IL), the daughter of Mrs. (Chia) Kapson & Mordecai Kapson, on 28 Nov 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
On September 12, 1918, Benny was listed on his WWI Registration as divorced and working as a Cigarmaker for Mi Lola Cigar Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his father, Victor Wolkenstein (born 1858, Russia - died age 77, Dec 29, 1935, WI), a Mackinaw Manufacturer in 1920, living at a different address in Milwaukee, was listed as his nearest relative.
Benny's mother, Bertha, was born 1869-1870 in Russia and died at age 64, on March 26, 1934 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI.
Benny's parents were listed as both having been married twice for 21 years in 1910, 730 Galena Street, Milwaukee, where Victor was listed as a Shirt Manufacturer.
Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947:
Name: Ben Walkenstein
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1887 (1884 on WWI Draft Registration)
Birth Place: Noval, Russia (Novolikeyevo? Navoloki? Nevel, Pskov Oblast, Russia?)
Death Date: 12 Nov 1929
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 14 Nov 1929
Burial Place: Proviso, Cook, Ill
Cemetery Name: P.O.W. Cemetery
Death Age: 42
Occupation: Newspaper
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: 5454 South Laflier St.
Father Name: Victor
Father Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Mother Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Spouse Name: Lizzie
FHL Film Number: 1892450
When Benny Wolkenstein was age 33-34, he was married to Lizzie Kapson, age 30 (1889 - 22 Sep 1964, Cook, IL), the daughter of Mrs. (Chia) Kapson & Mordecai Kapson, on 28 Nov 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
On September 12, 1918, Benny was listed on his WWI Registration as divorced and working as a Cigarmaker for Mi Lola Cigar Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his father, Victor Wolkenstein (born 1858, Russia - died age 77, Dec 29, 1935, WI), a Mackinaw Manufacturer in 1920, living at a different address in Milwaukee, was listed as his nearest relative.
Benny's mother, Bertha, was born 1869-1870 in Russia and died at age 64, on March 26, 1934 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI.
Benny's parents were listed as both having been married twice for 21 years in 1910, 730 Galena Street, Milwaukee, where Victor was listed as a Shirt Manufacturer.
Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947:
Name: Ben Walkenstein
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1887 (1884 on WWI Draft Registration)
Birth Place: Noval, Russia (Novolikeyevo? Navoloki? Nevel, Pskov Oblast, Russia?)
Death Date: 12 Nov 1929
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 14 Nov 1929
Burial Place: Proviso, Cook, Ill
Cemetery Name: P.O.W. Cemetery
Death Age: 42
Occupation: Newspaper
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: 5454 South Laflier St.
Father Name: Victor
Father Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Mother Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Spouse Name: Lizzie
FHL Film Number: 1892450
Benny was born in Russia-Poland on January 8, 1884. He entered the United States on June 24, 1910, and was naturalized at age 39 in Cook County, Illinois on Dec. 29, 1923, while residing at 3521 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
When Benny Wolkenstein was age 33-34, he was married to Lizzie Kapson, age 30 (1889 - 22 Sep 1964, Cook, IL), the daughter of Mrs. (Chia) Kapson & Mordecai Kapson, on 28 Nov 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
On September 12, 1918, Benny was listed on his WWI Registration as divorced and working as a Cigarmaker for Mi Lola Cigar Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his father, Victor Wolkenstein (born 1858, Russia - died age 77, Dec 29, 1935, WI), a Mackinaw Manufacturer in 1920, living at a different address in Milwaukee, was listed as his nearest relative.
Benny's mother, Bertha, was born 1869-1870 in Russia and died at age 64, on March 26, 1934 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI.
Benny's parents were listed as both having been married twice for 21 years in 1910, 730 Galena Street, Milwaukee, where Victor was listed as a Shirt Manufacturer.
Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947:
Name: Ben Walkenstein
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1887 (1884 on WWI Draft Registration)
Birth Place: Noval, Russia (Novolikeyevo? Navoloki? Nevel, Pskov Oblast, Russia?)
Death Date: 12 Nov 1929
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 14 Nov 1929
Burial Place: Proviso, Cook, Ill
Cemetery Name: P.O.W. Cemetery
Death Age: 42
Occupation: Newspaper
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: 5454 South Laflier St.
Father Name: Victor
Father Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Mother Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Spouse Name: Lizzie
FHL Film Number: 1892450
When Benny Wolkenstein was age 33-34, he was married to Lizzie Kapson, age 30 (1889 - 22 Sep 1964, Cook, IL), the daughter of Mrs. (Chia) Kapson & Mordecai Kapson, on 28 Nov 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
On September 12, 1918, Benny was listed on his WWI Registration as divorced and working as a Cigarmaker for Mi Lola Cigar Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his father, Victor Wolkenstein (born 1858, Russia - died age 77, Dec 29, 1935, WI), a Mackinaw Manufacturer in 1920, living at a different address in Milwaukee, was listed as his nearest relative.
Benny's mother, Bertha, was born 1869-1870 in Russia and died at age 64, on March 26, 1934 in Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI.
Benny's parents were listed as both having been married twice for 21 years in 1910, 730 Galena Street, Milwaukee, where Victor was listed as a Shirt Manufacturer.
Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947:
Name: Ben Walkenstein
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1887 (1884 on WWI Draft Registration)
Birth Place: Noval, Russia (Novolikeyevo? Navoloki? Nevel, Pskov Oblast, Russia?)
Death Date: 12 Nov 1929
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 14 Nov 1929
Burial Place: Proviso, Cook, Ill
Cemetery Name: P.O.W. Cemetery
Death Age: 42
Occupation: Newspaper
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: 5454 South Laflier St.
Father Name: Victor
Father Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Mother Birth Place: Noval, Russia
Spouse Name: Lizzie
FHL Film Number: 1892450
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