Benjamin Stephen Treece (1893 - aft. 1950)

Born 3 Apr 1893 in Cuba, Crawford County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Died after 1950 after age 56 in Cook County, Illinois, USA [uncertain]

Biography

Benjamin Stephen Treece was born on April 3, 1893 in Cuba, Missouri.^[1] He was the son of Byron Treece and Clara Pinnell.^[2][3]

Benjamin married Hazel May Gibbons on February 28, 1917 in St. Louis.^[4] Hazel and Ben had at least 2 daughters.^[5]

Ben married second, Ann.^[6]

Benjamin married third, Ethel Marie Kollath on February 27, 1945 in Jefferson County, Alabama.^[7] They died not have any children listed in the 1950 census.^[8]

Ben had worked his way up from a lumber salesman^[5] to owning a hardwood lumber wholesale in Illinois.^[8]

He died after the 1950 census was taken.

Census Notes

1900 Census: Benton Township, Crawford County, Missouri,^[2]

Byron S Treece Head Male 50 Missouri Oct. 1849, Married 19 years, Farmer Parents born in Pennsylvania

Clara S Treece Wife Female 38 Missouri Nov. 1861, Married 19 years, 9 children born, 7 living Father born in Kentucky, Mother born in Tennessee

Blanche S Treece Daughter Female 17 Missouri July 1882

Emily M Treece Daughter Female 15 Missouri July 1884

Lou S Treece Daughter Female 14 Missouri Dec. 1885

Grace E Treece Daughter Female 12 Missouri Apr 1888

Mary M Treece Daughter Female 9 Missouri Aug 1890

Benj S Treece Son Male 7 Missouri Apr 1893

Wm C Treece Son Male 2 Missouri March 1898

Margaret Pinnell Mother-in-law Female 78 Tennessee Feb. 1822, Widowed, 9 children born, 5 living Father born in Tennessee, Mother born in Pennsylvania

1910 Census: St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri ^[3]

Byron S Treece Head Male 52 Missouri M2, Married 28 years, ____unreadable

Clara S Treece Wife Female 48 Missouri M1, Married 28 years, 7 children born, 7 living

Emily M Treece Daughter Female 24 Missouri Stemmer, Tobacco factory

Lou S Treece Daughter Female 22 Missouri Stemmer, Tobacco factory

Mary M Treece Daughter Female 19 Missouri Tagger, Tobacco factory

Ben D Treece Son Male 17 Missouri Nailer, Tobacco factory

William C Treece Son Male 12 Missouri

Roy Irby Son-in-law Male 22 Missouri Married 3 years, Foreman, Tobacco factory

Grace E Irby Daughter Female 22 Missouri Married 3 years, 1 child born, 1 living

Clara L Irby Granddaughter Female 4/12ths Missouri

1930 Census: Chicago Ward 39, Cook County, Illinois ^[5]

Benjeman S Treece Head Male 37 Missouri First married at 24, Salesman, Lumber

Hazel Treece Wife Female 36 Missouri First married at 23

Dorothy Treece Daughter Female 12 Missouri

Grace Treece Daughter Female 11 Missouri

1940 Census: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ^[6] Last residence was same place.

Ben S Treece Head Male 46 Missouri Finished H2, Proprietor, Lumber, wholesale

Ann Treece Wife Female 32 Illinois Finished H2

Earl Grams Stepson Male 15 Illinois Finished 7th grade

1950 Census: Glenview, Cook County, Illinois ^[8] Residence is 709 Raleigh Rd.

Ben S Treece Head White Male 65 Missouri Married General manager, Wholesale hardwood lumber

Ethel Treece Wife White Female 33 Illinois Married

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch WWI Draft, Benjamin S Treece, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch 1900 Census, Benj S Treece in the household of Byron S Treece, Benton Township, Crawford, Missouri,1900.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch 1910 Census, Ben D Treece in the household of Byron S Treece, St Louis Ward 24, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 370, sheet 1B, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 814; FHL microfilm 1,374,827.
4. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch Missouri Marriage, Ben S Treece, 28 Feb 1917; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513842.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch 1930 Census, Benjeman S Treece, Chicago (Districts 1251-1500), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1340, sheet 15B, line 91, family 315, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 473; FHL microfilm 2,340,208.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch 1940 Census, Ben S Treece, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-2187, sheet 17A, line 20, family 391, 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 991.
7. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch Alabama Marriage, Ben Stephen Treece and Ethel Marie Kollath, 27 Feb 1945; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,405,730.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6X1T-1LM2 : Sun Jan 29 13:20:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Ethel Treece and Ben S Treece, 17 April 1950. United States 1950 Census image