Family: Wilmot John "Bill" Carpenter / Florence Mae Benkelman (F31)

• Male Wilmot John "Bill" Carpenter

  
  

  Birth	1 Jul 1891	Ballantree, Whiteship Township, York, Ontario, Canada
  Death	16 Jun 1961	Farwell, Clare County, Michigan
  Burial
  Marriage	1 May 1926  [1]	Flint, Genesee County, Michigan  [1]
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  Female Florence Mae Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	8 May 1896	St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Death	19 Dec 1989	Stuart, Martin County, Florida
  Burial		St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida
  Other Spouse	Eustace Thwaites Ball | F32
  Marriage	13 Jan 1973	St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida
  Father	Benjamin Franklin Benkelman, Sr. | F16 Group Sheet
  Mother	Wilhelmina "Minnie" Johanna Friederika Jesse | F16 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Marriage date of 1 May 1926, per Dorothy Williams (Mae's niece and later stepdaughter), may be incorrect? The 1930 census shows that a John W and Jennie Carpenter were living in Lapeer County, Michigan. He was shown as age 39, born Michigan with both parents also born in Michigan. She was shown as age 30, also born in Michigan, with her mother born in Canada, and father in Michigan. Based on the ages of marriage shown, they would have married about 1920. However, in 1930, Wilmot and Mae Carpenter can be found in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, having been married approximatley 5 years, based on their current age and age at the time of their marriage. Unless Wilmot John Carpenter secretly married to both women, and moving between households in 1930, the John W Carpenter married to Jennie Hoeksema is a different man entirely, of approximately the same age. Additionally, Mae's husband was born in Canada, not in Michigan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S469] Williams, Dorothy Ball--Family Researcher (dotwfl@comcast.net) 3331 Southwest Villa Place, Palm City, FL 34990 ; based in part on BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacob's unpublished typescript, THE FAMILY BENKELMAN.