Margaret M. (Driscoll) Benefiel (1884 - 1980)

Born 6 Sep 1884 in Iowa, United States

Wife of Edward Newton Benefiel — married 14 Oct 1903 (to before 1955) in La Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States

Died 25 Dec 1980 at age 96 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born in Iowa in 1884, the daughter of Charles Driscoll and Ellen Fitzgerald.^[1] She married Edward N. Benefiel in Iowa in 1903.^[2] Margaret passed away in California in 1980 at the age of 96^[3][4] and is buried in Los Angeles, California.^[5]

Research Notes

• Margaret is listed as a widow in 1940, living with a son and daughter,^[6] but Edward was still alive. He was in Ohio in 1942. He remarried and passed away there.

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H89N-WT2 : 11 March 2018), Margarett Drischol in household of Daniel Drischol, LaMoille, Richland, Jackson, Iowa; citing p. 3, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,480.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ82-1YP : 26 September 2017), Edward Benefiel and Maggie Driscoll, 14 Oct 1903, Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 72, 73, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,404,991.
3. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBW-YLZ : 26 November 2014), Margaret M Benefiel, 25 Dec 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM9Q-JNR : 20 May 2014), Margaret Benefiel, Dec 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ BillionGraves.com, Grave record for Margaret M Benefiel (1884 - 1980), BillionGraves Record 29453463 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, [1]
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK2-8MB : accessed 10 July 2018), Margret Benefiel, Ward 1, Marysville, Marysville City, Marshall, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-18, sheet 7B, line 77, family 152, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1245.

• "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3D-CDM : 12 March 2018), Maggie Driscoll in household of M D Blocklinger, Jackson, Iowa, United States; citing p. 170, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,365.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KB-X2X : accessed 10 July 2018), Maggie Driscoll in household of Charles J Driscoll, Garfield & Grant Townships, Ida, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 1B, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,437.

• "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM5-MSNF : 16 March 2018), Margie Benefiel, Cherokee, Iowa, United States; citing card #788, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,331.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG99-3TH : accessed 10 July 2018), Margaret Benefiel in household of Edward Benefiel, Stanton, Plymouth, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 6B, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 418; FHL microfilm 1,374,431.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXD-V8Q : accessed 10 July 2018), Margarete Benefield in household of Edward N Benefield, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas, United States; citing ED 77, sheet 20A, line 44, family 492, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 540; FHL microfilm 1,820,540.

• "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925," online database with images accessed 10 Jul 2018 through ancestry.com, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_88; Line: 25, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas, Margarite Benefiel, 40, born Iowa, wife of E N Benefiel, 41, mother of Mary, 13, Leslie, 12, Cyril, 9, Margarie, 7, Paul, 3.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QK-CV3 : accessed 10 July 2018), M Margaret Benefill in household of N Edward Benefill, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 3B, line 81, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 710; FHL microfilm 2,340,445.

• "United States 1950 Census", citing Page: 18; Line: 24; Digital film/folder number: 108819996; Image number: 20, FamilySearch Record: 6XLY-GD4Q (accessed 9 March 2024), FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-SQH7-197H-2, Margaret M Benefiel (65), divorced mother, in household of Paul W Benefiel (28) in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States. Born in Iowa.