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Wilma Fay (Benefiel) Farquhar (1889 - 1953)

Wilma Fay (Fay) Farquhar formerly Benefiel
Born in Concord, Nebraska, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 24 Jun 1917 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died at age 63 in Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Benefiel Name Study.

Fay was born in 1890 in Nebraska, the daughter of Samuel Benefiel and Mary Hand.[1] She married Edwin Winfred Farguhar in Iowa in 1917.[2] Fay passed away in 1953, and is buried in Leon, Iowa.[3]

Sources

  1. "Iowa State Census, 1895", citing Page: 472; Line: 13; Digital film/folder number: 004234896; FHL microfilm: 1020197; Image number: 409; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N04388-9, FamilySearch Record: VTSD-7QD (accessed 24 January 2024), FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6L95-BC, Fay Bennifiel (5) in Decatur Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States.
  2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJWD-NWL : 8 March 2016), Edwin Winfred Farguhar and Wilma Fay Benefiel, 24 Jun 1917, Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing reference 54, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,764,941.
  3. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 January 2024), memorial page for Wilma Fay Benefiel Farquhar (26 Sep 1889–7 Mar 1953), includes grave photo, Find A Grave: Memorial #80810031, citing Leon Cemetery, Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Clarence Priest (contributor 46822984).
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K8-36S : accessed 17 September 2017), Fay Benefiel in household of Samuel E Benefiel, Leon Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 4B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,428.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1L-7BZ : accessed 17 September 2017), Wilma F Benefiel in household of Samuel E Benefiel, Leon Ward 3, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 5B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 400; FHL microfilm 1,374,413.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8BJ-FSW : accessed 17 September 2017), Faye W Farquhar in household of Edwin W Farquhar, Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing ED 59, sheet 3A, line 21, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 486; FHL microfilm 1,820,486.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJB-L5N : accessed 17 September 2017), Wilma F Farquhar in household of Edwin W Farquhar, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 4A, line 28, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 665; FHL microfilm 2,340,400.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTL-DQY : accessed 18 September 2017), Fay Juguha in household of Edwin W Juguha, Leon, Leon Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-21, sheet 10B, line 75, family 218, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1154.




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