Benjamin Thomas Harrington (1885 - 1943)

Born 30 May 1885 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alidia Augusta (Lieskie) Harrington — married 30 Nov 1914 in Canadian, Oklahoma, United States

Died 11 Mar 1943 at age 57 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Hetherington Name Study.

Birth/Baptism

Birth: Benjamin was born on 30 May 1885 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents were Thomas Jefferson Harrington and Ada Mary Pruitt^[1]

Marriage

Marriage: He married Alidia Augusta Lieskie on 30 Nov 1914 at Canadian, Oklahoma.^[2]

Residence/Occupation

Census

1900: Name: Benjamin Herrington, Sex: Male: Age: 16, Event Date: 1900, Event Place (Original) ED 163 Kansas City Ward 6, Wyandotte, Kansas, Marital Status: Single, Race: White, Relationship to Head of Household: Nephew, Sheet Letter B, Sheet Number22, Birth Date: May 1884, Birthplace: Missouri, Father's Birthplace: Virginia, Mother's Birthplace: Indiana.^[3]

Death/Burial/Will/Probate

Death: He passed away on 11 MAR 1943 in Los Angeles, California,^[4]

Burial:

Will:

Probate:

Notes

1900 census, Ada and her brother Benjamin are living with their Uncle John Henry Harrington in Kansas. Their parents have passed away by 1900.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBS-4MZ.
2. ↑ Marriage Records. Oklahoma Marriages. Various Oklahoma County marriage collections.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBS-4MZ : accessed 25 July 2022), Benjamin Herrington in household of John H Herrington, Kansas City Ward 6, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 163, sheet 22B, family 491, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,505.
4. ↑ State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.