Fred Daley Fenker1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 12517, (1898 - 1955)
FatherFrederick John Fenker4,5,6 (25 Dec 1858 - 13 Nov 1916)
MotherMary Ellen Marcum7,8,5 (8 Mar 1865 - 5 Jun 1921)

Key Events:

Birth: 21 Aug 1898, Kalamazoo, Michigan9,10,11
Marriage: 14 Jul 1925, Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Ave., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Alice Elizabeth Benfer (2 Aug 1902 - 23 Jul 1977)12,13,14
Death: 1 Jun 1955, Orlando, Orange Co., Florida15,16,17
Burial: 4 Jun 1955, Pine Forest Cemetery, Mount Dora, Lake Co., Florida18,19
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
AncestryThe Fenker Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Fred Daley Fenker was born on 21 Aug 1898 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.9,10,11
     He moved to Michigan with his parents by 1900.20 He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, in the household of his parents, Frederick John Fenker and Mary Ellen Marcum.4
     He moved to the Cleveland area with his parents by 1909. He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in the household of his parents.21
     Fred registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at 1479 Woodward, Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, reporting he was employed as a clerk at M. A. Hanna Co. in Cleveland.2
     Fred enlisted in the Students' Army Training Corps Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1 Oct 1918, receiving an honorable discharge as a private 16 Dec 1918.22
     He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in the household of his mother.8
     Fred married Alice Elizabeth Benfer, daughter of Bert Leroy Benfer and Virginia May Knauss, on 14 Jul 1925 in Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Ave., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, with Rev. Wallace M. Gordon officiating.12,13,14
     He was a real estate salesman by 1925. By 1929 he was working for the Rocky River school board as a business manager.23,24,25
     Fred and Alice, and their children Barbara and Phyllis, appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, Bert Leroy Benfer and Virginia May Knauss.26
     Fred and Alice appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, at 20595 Beachwood Drive, enumerated 11 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $12,000, and that they had lived in the same town in 1935. Their children Barbara and Phyllis were listed as living with them.27
     He was sales manager for the retail division of Iron Fireman, a heating equipment manufacturer, by 1940, reporting in that year he had worked 44 hours the last week of March, and 50 weeks the prior year, earning $5,000.28,29 He registered for the draft for World War II on 16 Feb 1942, while living at 20595 Beachwood Dr., Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, reporting he was employed by Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co. in Cleveland.30 He was a branch manager for that company by 1949, continuing until about 1951. By 1953 he was a branch manager for United Vacuum Stores in Cleveland.31
     Fred and Alice moved to Florida after he retired.32
     Fred died on 1 Jun 1955 in Orlando, Orange Co., Florida, at age 56.15,16,17 He was buried on 4 Jun 1955 in Pine Forest Cemetery, Mount Dora, Lake Co., Florida.18,19

Children:
     Children with Alice Elizabeth Benfer:

  • Barbara May Fenker26,33,34 (14 Jun 1926 - 16 Nov 2008)
  • Phyllis Ann Fenker26,27,34 (8 Mar 1929 - Jul 2021)

Citations

  1. [S10501] Fred J. Fenton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Michigan, shows name as Daly Fenton.
  2. [S10526] Fred Daley Fenker, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925, return shows name as Fred Daley Fenker.
  4. [S10501] Fred J. Fenton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Michigan.
  5. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925.
  6. [S773] "Cleveland Necrology File," Cleveland Pubic Library website, record ID# 0496835, for Fred Fenker, from the Cleveland Press, 3 Jun 1955, shows him as brother to Grafton.
  7. [S10501] Fred J. Fenton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Michigan, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S431] Mary E. Fenker household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  9. [S10501] Fred J. Fenton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Michigan, shows month, year, age 1, and state.
  10. [S10526] Fred Daley Fenker, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date.
  11. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925, shows age 28, city, and state.
  12. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925, shows date, officiant, and address. Archives copyist as added in margin the name of the church.
  13. [S409] Smithies, "Fenker Family," e-mail to author (100), 2 Jan 2002, shows date.
  14. [S498] Bert L. Benfer household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows he married at age 25 and she at age 22.
  15. [S889] "Florida Death Index, 1936-1998," Ancestry.com, record for Fred Daley Fenker, citing vol. 1731 and cert. # 16786, shows place as Orange.
  16. [S773] "Cleveland Necrology File," Cleveland Pubic Library website, record ID# 0496835, for Fred Fenker, from the Cleveland Press, 3 Jun 1955, shows date, city, and state.
  17. [S409] Smithies, "Fenker Family," e-mail to author (100), 2 Jan 2002, shows date, city, and state.
  18. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 17803480, Fred Daley Fenker, includes tombstone photo.
  19. [S10525] Fred Daley Fenker obituary, The Orlando Sentinel, shows services Saturday, and cemetry.
  20. [S10506] The Cleveland Directory, 1909, pg 442.
  21. [S484] Fred J. Fenker household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  22. [S78] "Ohio Military Men, 1917-1918," Ancestry.com, record for Fred D. Fenker, shows Serial Number 5302488.
  23. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925, shows occupation as R. E. salesman.
  24. [S10506] The Cleveland Directory, 1929, pg 721, shows occupation as treas Rocky River Bd of Education.
  25. [S498] Bert L. Benfer household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows occupation as business manager for school board.
  26. [S498] Bert L. Benfer household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  27. [S10528] Fred Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  28. [S10528] Fred Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows occupation as sales manager and industry as ret div Iron Fireman.
  29. [S10533] The Cleveland Directory Co.'s Lakewood City Directory, 1949, pg 193.
  30. [S10527] Fred Daley Fenker, Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947.
  31. [S10533] The Cleveland Directory Co.'s Lakewood City Directory, 1951, pg 157; and 1953, pg 186.
  32. [S10525] Fred Daley Fenker obituary, The Orlando Sentinel, shows him "of" Mt. Doro.
  33. [S818] Applications for Marriage License, Probate Court, 365:167, Henry Smithies - Barbara M. Fenker, 18 Dec 1948.
  34. [S10525] Fred Daley Fenker obituary, The Orlando Sentinel.