Individual Details
Joseph Louis BENO
(13 Aug 1900 - 1 Mar 1980)
The story transcribed below appeared in the Sheboygan Press on 5 Dec 1930:
In the case of Joseph Beno versus L. J. Peasley et al. Beno, a former Brown County motorcycle officer, a verdict of $5,000 in favor of the plaintiff was awarded by a circuit court jury Wednesday afternoon. Beno lost his leg due to injuries received when his motorcycle collided with the defendant's truck at Denmark in 1928. The jury found that the defendant's truck driver was negligent and that his negligence was the cause of the accident.
Events
| Birth | 13 Aug 1900 | Wausaukee, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 12 Jun 1937 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Margaret Evelyn LEWIS | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Apr 1940 | Baileys Harbor, Door, Wisconsin, United States - Margaret Evelyn LEWIS |  | | |
| Death | 1 Mar 1980 | Door County, Wisconsin, United States | | | |
| Burial | Saint Mary's of the Lake Cemetery, Baileys Harbor, Door, Wisconsin, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Evelyn LEWIS (1904 - 2001) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Ronald J. BENO (1941 - 2007) |
| Father | Louis Joseph BENO (1868 - 1945) |
| Mother | Odile "Delia" CHAMPEAU (1873 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Mary Matilda "Mayme" BENO (1892 - 1963) |
| 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 | 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 Joseph Beno, a farmer, age 39; his wife, Evelyn Beno, age 35; and daughter, Beverly Beno, age 2.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27881-6502-21?cc=2000219&wc=M9Q6-FWV:64123765
Death
Also family records and Beno BulletinEndnotes
1. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 100.
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Wisconsin, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928," online database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2544 : accessed ), Joseph Lewis Beno; FamilySearch; Salt Lake City, Utah; from FHL film number 1305090.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 29 October 2014), Joseph L. Beno; memorial #124401647.
4. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Wisconsin, Door, Baileys Harbor, enumeration district (ED) e.d. 15-1, sheet 8B (image 19), household 162, Joseph Beno and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed ); National Archives and Records Administration.
5. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 100.
6. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Wisconsin, Door, Baileys Harbor, enumeration district (ED) e.d. 15-1, sheet 8B (image 19), household 162, Joseph Beno and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed ); National Archives and Records Administration.
7. Social Security Death Index.
8. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8790 : accessed 31 October 2013), Joseph L Beno; Wisconsin Vital Records Office; cert. no. 005352.
9. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 29 October 2014), Joseph L. Beno; memorial #124401647.
10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 29 October 2014), Joseph L. Beno; memorial #124401647.