Individual Details
William Joseph "Bill" BENO
(14 Jul 1904 - 15 Dec 1987)
Events
Families
| Spouse | Ruth Evelyn "Topsey" WITBRO (1907 - 1995) |
| Child | David William BENO (1931 - 2002) |
| Child | Ruth Mary "Sally" BENO (1935 - 2004) |
| Child | Living |
| 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 | Joseph Louis BENO (1900 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Josephine Lucy "Dodo" BENO (1902 - 1978) |
| 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
Marriage
Ruby Beno was the maid-of-honor. Dinner was served at the home of the bride's parents.Census (family)
Bill and Ruth were living in the home of her parents, William and Nettie Witbro.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4547870_00775?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6224%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4547870_00796
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are William Beno, an engineer, age 35; his wife, Ruth, age 33; and children: David, age 8; Ruth, age 4; and James, 11 months.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27879-8701-75?cc=2000219&wc=M9Q6-HX3:n1086116748
Death
Also family records and newsletters1930 Census: William J. Beno, age 24
Bill and Ruth were living in the home of her parents, William and Nettie Witbro.Endnotes
1. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 105.
2. FamilySearch, "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, Index," database online, Familysearch.org ( : accessed ), FHL film #1305136.
3. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), p. 105 and 107.
4. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 20, e.d. 5-36, sheet 11B, image 22, dwelling 212, family 278, lines 78-79: William J. and Ruth E. Beno.
5. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 20, enumeration district (ED) e.d. 5-42, sheet 15A, household 311, William Beno and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed ); National Archives and Records Administration.
6. Social Security Death Index.
7. 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), William Joseph Beno; Wisconsin Vital Records Office; cert. no. 029828.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 31 October 2013), William J "Bill" Beno, memorial# 88057498.

