Alice Elizabeth Benfer1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14028, (1902 - 1977)
FatherBert Leroy Benfer4,5,6 (7 Apr 1874 - 20 Sep 1944)
MotherVirginia May Knauss7,8,6 (22 Nov 1875 - 15 Sep 1968)

Key Events:

Birth: 2 Aug 1902, Cleveland, Ohio9,10,11
Marriage: 14 Jul 1925, Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Ave., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Fred Daley Fenker (21 Aug 1898 - 1 Jun 1955)12,13,14
Marriage: Dec 1957, Palm Beach Co., Florida, Leon Howey (10 Apr 1898 - 29 Mar 1982)15,16
Death: 23 Jul 1977, Palm Beach Co., Florida17,18
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     1920 Alice Elizabeth Benfer was born on 2 Aug 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Rockport, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, Bert Leroy Benfer and Virginia May Knauss.4 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents.5
     Alice married first Fred Daley Fenker, son of Frederick John Fenker and Mary Ellen Marcum, on 14 Jul 1925 in Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Ave., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, with Rev. Wallace M. Gordon officiating.12,13,14
     She and Fred, and their children Barbara and Phyllis, appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents.21
     Alice and Fred 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.22
     Alice and Fred moved to Florida after he retired.23
     Her husband died on 1 Jun 1955 in Orlando, Orange Co., Florida.24,25,26
     Alice married second Leon Howey in Dec 1957 in Palm Beach Co., Florida.15,16
     Alice died on 23 Jul 1977 in Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 74.17,18

Children:
     Children with Fred Daley Fenker:

  • Barbara May Fenker21,27,28 (14 Jun 1926 - 16 Nov 2008)
  • Phyllis Ann Fenker21,27,29 (8 Mar 1929 - Jul 2021)

Children:
     There were no children with Leon Howey

Citations

  1. [S10529] Bert L. Benfer household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows name as Alice E. Benfer.
  2. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925, return shows name as Alice Elizabeth Benfer.
  3. [S409] Smithies, "Fenker Family," e-mail to author (100), 2 Jan 2002, shows name as Alice Elizabeth Benfer.
  4. [S10529] Bert L. Benfer household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  5. [S10530] Bert L. Benfer household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  6. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925.
  7. [S10529] Bert L. Benfer household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of May's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S10530] Bert L. Benfer household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of May's husband.
  9. [S10529] Bert L. Benfer household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows age 7 and state.
  10. [S864] Marriage Records, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, no. A202998, Fred D. Fenker - Alice E. Benfer, 13 Jul 1925, shows age 22 and city.
  11. [S889] "Florida Death Index, 1936-1998," Ancestry.com, record for Alice E Howey, shows date.
  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. [S2702] "Florida Marriage Collection," Ancestry.com, record for Leon Howey and Alice Benfer Fenker, citing vol 1708 cert. 31125, shows date, county and state.
  16. [S10532] Alice E. Howey obituary, The Palm Beach Post, shows him as her husband.
  17. [S889] "Florida Death Index, 1936-1998," Ancestry.com, record for Alice E Howey, shows date, county, and state.
  18. [S10532] Alice E. Howey obituary, The Palm Beach Post, shows date.
  19. [S773] "Cleveland Necrology File," Cleveland Pubic Library website, record ID# 0422549, for Virginia M. Benfer, from Plain Dealer, 16 Sep 1964, shows daughter Alice with surname Howey.
  20. [S409] Smithies, "Fenker Family," e-mail to author (100), 2 Jan 2002.
  21. [S498] Bert L. Benfer household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  22. [S10528] Fred Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
  23. [S10525] Fred Daley Fenker obituary, The Orlando Sentinel, shows him "of" Mt. Doro.
  24. [S889] "Florida Death Index, 1936-1998," Ancestry.com, record for Fred Daley Fenker, citing vol. 1731 and cert. # 16786, shows place as Orange.
  25. [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.
  26. [S409] Smithies, "Fenker Family," e-mail to author (100), 2 Jan 2002, shows date, city, and state.
  27. [S10528] Fred Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of Alice's husband.
  28. [S818] Applications for Marriage License, Probate Court, 365:167, Henry Smithies - Barbara M. Fenker, 18 Dec 1948.
  29. [S10532] Alice E. Howey obituary, The Palm Beach Post.