Individual Details
Mary Matilda "Mayme" BENO
(14 Mar 1892 - 5 Apr 1963)
Events
Families
| Spouse | Edward Charles DE LAIR (1883 - 1926) |
| Child | Donald Norbert DELAIR (1913 - 1985) |
| Child | Mary Jane Agnes "Sis" DE LAIR (1915 - ) |
| Child | Eugenia Lois "Jeanne" DE LAIR (1922 - 2009) |
| Child | Frederick L. DE LAIR (1926 - 2002) |
| Spouse | Charles L. PREFONTAINE ( - 1932) |
| Father | Louis Joseph BENO (1868 - 1945) |
| Mother | Odile "Delia" CHAMPEAU (1873 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Mary Odile "Dee or Delia" BENO ( - ) |
| Sibling | Rose Genevieve "Gen" BENO (1894 - 1985) |
| Sibling | John Joseph BENO (1896 - 1960) |
| Sibling | August Martin "Augie" BENO (1899 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Joseph Louis BENO (1900 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Josephine Lucy "Dodo" BENO (1902 - 1978) |
| Sibling | William Joseph "Bill" BENO (1904 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Louis George BENO (1906 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Ruby Edna BENO (1908 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Germaine Ruth "Jimmy" BENO (1910 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Cecile BENO (1911 - 1999) |
| Sibling | George Alden BENO (1915 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Angeline M. "Ann" BENO (1917 - 1973) |
Notes
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are Edward De Lair, age 36; his wife, Marie De Lair, age 27; and children: Donald N. De Lair, age 6; and Mary Jane De Lair, Age 4 years and eight months.The enumerator left off the street name, but the number agrees with the address given in the 1923 city directory (see citation for occupation).
http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4391497_00732?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6061%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4391497_00735
Marriage
Mary returned to using DeLair as her surname after the death of C.L. PreFontaine.Census
Mary and three of her children were living with her parents at this time. Don't know why she was separated from her husband -- whether it was marital problems or if he was working elsewhere. Her oldest daughter, Mary Jane, was living with Henry and Dee Lurquin at this time.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4547870_00043?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6224%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4547870_00187
Residence
As of April 1, 1940, Mary's three younger children (Mary Jane, Jeanne, and Frederick) were all living with her. In less than two weeks, Mary Jane would be married to Gordon Charles.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27879-9090-55?cc=2000219&wc=M9Q6-HHX:923421058
1930 Census: Mary Fontaine, age 38
Living in the home of her parents, with three of her children.Endnotes
1. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 81.
2. Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1306426, item 3, Births, Vol. 6: p. 268, #239/1932, unnnamed daughter of Louis Binno and Mary Shamps.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 16 August 2016), Marion Delair; memorial #88936410.
4. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 81.
5. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 5, ED 24, sheet 2B, dwelling 31, family 33, lines 70-73.
6. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 81.
7. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Fond du Lac, Wisconsin City Directory, p. 328, PreFontaine Chas (Marion); online images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 11 September 2012).
8. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 4, ED 5-19, sheet 4A, dwelling 70, family 85, lines 47-50.
9. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Green Bay, Wisconsin City Directory 1933, p. 162, DeLair Mary (wid Edw); online images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 11 September 2012).
10. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Green Bay, Wisconsin City Directory 1933, p. 162, DeLair Mary (wid Edw); online images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 11 September 2012).
11. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 7, enumeration district (ED) 5-27, sheet 3B, 63, Marion De Lair and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : viewed 11 September 2012); National Archives and Records Administration.
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8790 : accessed 16 August 2016), Marion Delair; Wisconsin Vital Records Office; certificate 010791.
13. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 16 August 2016), Marion Delair; memorial #88936410.
14. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 16 August 2016), Marion Delair; memorial #88936410.

