Re: Amy Brandow 1864-1895 wife of Leonard Benjamin Greene County NY
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Re: Amy Brandow 1864-1895 wife of Leonard Benjamin Greene County NY
Kay E. Cole 7/15/11
Kay,
Thanks for the information. I had Huron in my tree but didn't have his wife's name or children. All I had was his civil war record. I use the Greene County site daily. They just updated it with loads of new entries.
I found Albert Benjamin's marriage record which listed his parents as Leonard Benjamin and Amie Brandow. Then I found Amy's death listed in the Catskill Recorder:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1895.
Deaths
BENJAMIN — At Lanesville, Nov. 9, Amy Benjamin, aged 28 years. (DOB 1867)
So her birth date of 1864 matches up close enough. The jury is still out on whether Elizabeth Annie and Rachel Pearl were her daughters, but I'm pretty sure they are. The intake records from the Alms House don't mention their parents, just that both parents were born in Hunter NY. Amy died a month before the girls were admitted.
Thanks again
~Ken~