Gladys Marguerite Bennett
AKA: Birdie Bennett 3, Gladys Bennett 6, Gladys M. Bennett 4 7, Gladys Marguerite Bennett 2 8,
Glaydse Bennett 5
Parents: Thomas Jefferson Bennett (1847-1931) & Sarah Parmelia Randolph (1853-1922)
Born: 15 Feb 1878, Adair, McDonough County, Illinois 8
or about 1877, Illinois 7
or about 1878, Illinois 3 5 6
or Feb 1878, Illinois 4
or 15 Feb 1878, Illinois 2
1880 Census: in Adair, McDonough County, Illinois, living with parents 3 Details
1900 Census: in New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois, living with parents 4 Details
1906: moved with parents to Gardena, Los Angeles County, California
6 Feb 1907: moved with family to Wasco Colony, Kern County, California
1910 Census: in Township 5, Kern County, California, living with parents 5 Details
1914: hired to be the Wasco librarian two months before a room was set aside
for the library in the new Wasco Grammar School 1
1920 Census: in Township 5, Kern County, California, living with parents 6 Details
1930 Census: in Wasco, Kern County, California, living with widowed father 7 Details
1947: retired from library 1
Occupation: dressmaker 5, high school librarian 6, librarian at Wasco Public Library 1 7
Died: 8 Mar 1958, Bakersfield, Kern County, California 1
Gladys never married. She and her younger brother Don lived for many years in the old Bennett family house on the northeast corner of 7th Street and Poplar Avenue in Wasco. Younger family members called her "Aunty".
Notes:
1. Batt, Annalea, "Mrs. Batt Tells Library History", The Wasco News, 18 May 1957.
2. California Death Records, Gladys Marguerite Bennett.
3. Census 1880, Roll 228, Family History Film 1254228, p. 506B, Enumeration District 166, Image 0114.
4. Census 1900, Roll 320, p. 2A, Enumeration District 64.
5. Census 1910, Roll 78, Part 3, p. 78A.
6. Census 1920, Roll 100, p. 1A, Enumeration District 97, Image 606.
7. Census 1930, Roll 122, p. 3A, Enumeration District 49, Image 241.0.
8. McCombs, J. (1974- ), pp. 13, 43.