Family of Damase Benoit

Family of Damase Benoit

 DAMASE BENOIT was born on 13 Aug 1822 in Carleton, Ontario, Canada. He died on 04 Jan 1904 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He married Julie Senesac, daughter of Daniel Senesac and Emelie Catherine Lague on 20 Oct 1846 in St. Georges de Henryville, Iberville, Quebec, Canada. She was born in 1826 in St. Antanase, Iberville, Quebec, Canada. She died in 1913 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL.

Damase Benoit and Julie Senesac had the following children:

DAMASE JOHN BENOIT was born in 1847. He died on 06 Dec 1924 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He married Mederise Mary Granger on 24 Feb 1868 in Kankakee Co., IL. She was born in 1848. She died on 12 Nov 1916 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL.

  

EDESSE BENOIT was born in 1849. She died in Mar 1863 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL.

LEANDRE PETE BENOIT was born in 1852 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He died on 07 Aug 1923 in Kankakee, Kankakee, IL. He married Margaret Dowd on 18 Jan 1876 in Manteno, Kankakee, IL. She was born on 18 Mar 1857 in Manteno, Kankakee, IL. She died on 19 Jul 1930 in Kankakee Co., IL.

ADELAIDE BENOIT was born in 1856 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. She died in Aug 1921 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. She married WILFRED DESLAURAIS. He was born about 1849. He died in 1913.

CAMILLE “CARVILLE” HIPPOLITE BENOIT was born on 17 Jan 1861 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He died in Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He married Leonise Brosseau, daughter of Hypolite Brosseau and Philomene Dupuis on 14 May 1888 in Kankakee Co., IL. She was born in 1863. She died on 17 Jan 1939 in Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada.

HONORE PAT BENOIT was born on 17 Apr 1858 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He died in Apr 1938 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He married Rosa “Rosalie” Jubert, daughter of Joseph Joubert Jr. and Rosa in 1886. She was born on 07 Nov 1861 in Chicago, Cook, IL. She died on 06 Nov 1921 in Kankakee, Kankakee, IL.

AMI BENOIT was born on 01 Jun 1859 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He died on 10 Feb 1937 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He married Florence Regnier on 22 Nov 1881 in Kankakee Co., IL. She was born on 24 May 1856 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. She died on 26 Jan 1939 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL.

JOSEPH EDUARD BENOIT was born on 23 Mar 1862. He died in Apr 1862 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL.

 HUBERT BENOIT was born on 05 Sep 1863 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He died on 13 Feb 1940 in Kankakee, IL. He married (1) DELIA BROSSEAU, daughter of Hypolite Brosseau and Philomene Dupuis on 07 Apr 1885 in Kankakee Co., IL. She was born on 31 Mar 1865 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. She died on 01 Jul 1910 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He married (2) ZOE CHARTIER, daughter of Zephirin Louis Chartier and Mary Jane Joubert on 03 May 1912 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. She was born in 1872 in Chicago, IL.

PRUDENT BENOIT was born on 11 May 1866 in Illinois. He died on 16 Jan 1953 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. He married Maria Leocardie Mercotte on 12 Feb 1901 in Kankakee Co., IL. She was born on 08 Jan 1874 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. She died on 25 Jun 1933 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee, IL. 

Fabric Photo Quilt

This is a photo quilt I did of my Dad.

Dolls 3

Dolls 2

My Dolls

A Goetz doll and a My Twinn doll

Hobbies

Among my various hobbies, making beaded ornament jackets is my favorite. I made enough last year to decorate our living room Christmas tree and still give some away.

Not all are as fancy or big as the ones pictured here. These are ones I leave out all year on a hutch in our living room.

I also like to knit, quilt, and do faux stained glass.

My Favorite Furniture

I love old furniture. I especially love old furniture that has sentimental value.

This hutch was made by my husband's great grandfather in 1901. We "inherited" it after the death of the maker's daughter.

I also have a wardrobe that my father bought for his mother and a library-style end table that belonged to my grandmother.

We also have an old school clock that hung in the school my husband's parents attended.

How Do You See Yourself?

We don't always like what we see when we look in the mirror. That's because we only see what is on the outside.

Next time you're looking critically at yourself, close your eyes and take a look inside.

You may be surprise at what you see when you open your eyes. Your opinion of yourself is the one that matters most!

My Favorite Tombstone

This is the tombstone of Samantha (Sprague) Baker, my great-great-great grandmother. It is in the Pee-Dee Cemetery, just east of Iowa City, Iowa. She died in 1865.

One of my favorite things to do on vacation is visit cemeteries. My husband and I have been able to locate the graves of many of our ancestors. I hope to be able to make a trip to Warren County, Ohio this summer so I can visit the grave of my Revolutionary War ancestor (my 4th great grandfather) and his family in Fort Ancient, Ohio. He and his family settled in the area in the very early 1800's.

One of my most emotional cemetery finds was the grave of my father's grandmother and great grandmother in St.Joseph, MO.

How To Stay Young

I received this in an email and thought I'd share.

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight, and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle.
4. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath!! And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with her!
5. Enjoy the simple things!
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve and move on. The only person who is with us out entire life, is our self. Live while you are alive!
7. Surround yourself with what you love. Whether its family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies-whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health. If it is good-preserve it. If it is unstable-improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them at every opportunity.