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Elsie E BENNETT 1885–1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jun 1885

Birth Location: St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

Death Date: 1 Nov 1941

Death Location: West Fairfield Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

Father: Abraham BENNETT

Mother: Melissa CLARK

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Elsie E BENNETT was born in 1885 in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, the child of Abraham Bennett And Melissa Clark. Elsie E BENNETT married Millard F Decker. Elsie E BENNETT passed away in 1941 in West Fairfield Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Elsie E BENNETT was born in 1885 in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, the child of Abraham Bennett And Melissa Clark.
  • Elsie E BENNETT married Millard F Decker.
  • Elsie E BENNETT passed away in 1941 in West Fairfield Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

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Elsie BENNETT's Ancestors

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Elsie BENNETT
1885–1941
Birth Place: St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Parents
Abraham BENNETT
1842–
Pennsylvania
Melissa CLARK
1856–1919
Pennsylvania
Grandparents
William BENNETT
1803–1885
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth (Dixon) HUSTON
1806–1862
Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John BENNETT
1780–1826
Mary GOOD
1778–1816
Archibald HUSTON
1763–1830
Elizabeth DIXON
1768–1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William BENNETT
1742–1828
Adria BRITTON
1758–1840

Elsie BENNETT's Timeline

2 Records

1885
5 Jun 1885
Birth of Elsie E BENNETT in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
1941
1 Nov 1941
Age 56
Death of Elsie E BENNETT in , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jun 1885
    Event Place: St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation
    Record Source: Indiana, PA: Indiana Evening Gazette, issue of Tuesday, 4 November 1941, p. 1, col. 2 & p. 2, col. 8

    MRS. ELSIE (BENNETT) DECKER. Funeral services for Mrs. Decker, whose death occurred Saturday afternoon, were to be conducted in her home in St. Clair township, three miles south of New Florence, at 2:30 p.m. today. The Rev. N.E. Koehler, pastor of the New Florence Presbyterian Church, was to officiate, with interment in West Fairfield Cemetery. She was born June 5, 1885, a daughter of Abram and Malissa (Clark) Bennett. Surviving are her husband, M.F. Decker; a sister, Mrs. Nettie Minnick of Pittsburgh and a brother, William Bennett of Carrick.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Nov 1941
    Event Place: , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: West Fairfield Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

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