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RG 074:017, Estelle Benham Genealogical Papers
Inventory
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2009 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Benham, Estelle |
| Title: | Estelle Benham genealogical papers |
| Dates: | 1888-1927 |
| Quantity: | .5 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and genealogy notes on the Benham Family. |
| Identification: | RG074_017 |
| Accession: | 1933-002 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Biographical Note
Mary Estelle Benham was born in Hampton, Conn. on August 20, 1852 to Nelson and Fidelia (Bulkeley) Higgins. Her family moved to New Britain when she was four years old and she lived there most of her life. She married Frederic W. Benham. She was a member of the Connecticut Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, the Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Women’s Club of New Britain, Historical Society of Hartford, and Esther Stanley Chapter, DAR. Mrs. Benham died on October 30, 1953.
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Scope and Contents
Series 1. Correspondence, includes letters containing genealogy data. Included are letters from Elbridge H. Benham of Kansas City, Missouri, who was compiling a Benham genealogy. Series 2. Genealogy notes contain notes gathered from various sources. There is a bound manuscript volume of the Benham Family Record rewritten in 1904.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
Benham family : History and Genealogy Unit Special Genealogical File, 1853-1969 [CSL call number StLib History Reference Spec.Gen.File Benham]
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Donated by Estelle Benham on May 8, 1933.
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Container List
| Series 1. Correspondence, 1888-1927, undated | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| Baird, E. G., undated | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Benham, Elbridge H. | |||||||||||
| 1901-1905 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1906-1908 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1912, 1916, undated | 4 | ||||||||||
| Also genealogy notes. | |||||||||||
| Elbridge H. Benham to M. L. Whitman, 1902-1903 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Benham, N. L., 1896-1901 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Brown, E. R., 1904-1908 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cooke, H. Ruth, 1897, undated | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ferry, Charles B., 1888, 1894-1896 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Knous, Mary A., 1924 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1876-1927, undated | 9 | ||||||||||
| Series 2. Genealogy Notes, 1904, undated | |||||||||||
| General, undated | 1 | 10-11 | |||||||||
| New Haven probate records, undated | 12 | ||||||||||
| First Church in New Haven, 1639 to 1806, undated | 12 | ||||||||||
| New Haven town records, undated | 13 | ||||||||||
| Boutecon genealogy, undated | 14 | ||||||||||
| Genealogy chart of Edward Monroe Benham, undated | 15 | ||||||||||
| Benham records, undated | 16 | ||||||||||
| Benham family record, rewritten 1904, 1 volume | 17 | ||||||||||