Jack Welling Bennett

AKA: J. W. Bennett 3, Jack Bennett 8, Jack W. Bennett 1 2 4 5, Jack Welling Bennett 6 9
Parents: Thomas Jefferson Bennett (1847-1931) & Sarah Parmelia Randolph (1853-1922)
Born: 10 May 1889, Adair, McDonough County, Illinois 9
   or about 1889, Illinois 3 4 5
   or May 1889, Illinois 2
   or 10 May 1889 8
   or 10 May 1889, Illinois 1
1900 Census: in New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois, living with parents 2  Details
       1906: moved with parents to Gardena, Los Angeles County, California
1910 Census: in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 3  Details
             rooming in household of A. F. Hann
 5 Jun 1917: registered for the draft in Gardena, Los Angeles County, California 9  Details
1920 Census: in Gardena, Los Angeles County, California 4  Details
             living with brother Howard and his family
Occupation: barber 3, barber with his own shop 4 5 9
Died: 10 May 1966, Fresno County, California 1
   or May 1966 8

Wife: Winifred Elizabeth O'Donnell (about 1891 - after 1 Apr 1930)
Married: about 1920 (single on 1 Jan 1920 in census)
      or about 1919 5
After Jack married a Catholic, he was no longer welcome at the Bennett family home in Wasco. 7
1930 Census: in Wasco, Kern County, California 5  Details
before 1937: Jack and Elizabeth lived in Lemon Cove or Orange Cove, where they lost
             everything in a house fire. They stayed in Wasco for a while with Chella
             and Winfred McCombs. Jack had a barber shop in Bakersfield. 7
1940 Census: census records not yet released
   May 1966: Jack lived in Bakersfield, Kern County, California 8
                          or Sanger, Fresno County, California 1
10 May 1966: Jack died

Children:

 1. Howard Gordon Bennett (1921-1979)
    Wife: [Living?]

 2. Richard Randolph Bennett (1923-1980)

 3. [Living?]

Notes:

  1.  California Death Records, Jack W. Bennett.
  2.  Census 1900, Roll 320, p. 2A, Enumeration District 64.
  3.  Census 1910, Roll 81, Part 2, p. 130B, Enumeration District 270.
  4.  Census 1920, Roll 103, p. 10A, Enumeration District 58, Image 588.
  5.  Census 1930, Roll 122, p. 12B, Enumeration District 49, Image 260.0.
  6.  McCombs, J. (1974- ), pp. 13, 48.
  7.  McCombs, Susie Penner. Interviewed by Larry McCombs in Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, 27 Jan 2004.   8.  Social Security Death Index, Jack Bennett.
  9.  World War I Draft Cards, Roll 1531194, Jack Welling Bennett.

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