Kate Wilson, ^

1860 - 1944  (84 years)

• Name	Kate Wilson  [1, 2]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	1860	NY   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Oct 1944	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  Burial	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I16524	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Joseph Edwin Bennet, ^,   b. 1860, Rumson, Monmouth, NJ d. 28 Apr 1947, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1884  [2, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Edna Wilson Bennet, ^,   b. Oct 1886, New York, New York, NY d. 1978 (Age 91 years)   2. Anna Allaire Bennet, ^,   b. Nov 1889, NY d. Apr 1973 (Age 83 years)   3. Richard Wilson Bennet, ^,   b. 25 Jul 1893, NY d. 7 Aug 1989, Ballwin, Saint Louis, MO (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F7004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper and other evidence suggests that Wilson was her birth surname. Kate's sister's married name was Mrs. Joseph Dillon.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] 23 Aug 1929, p. 7. Article mentioned Mrs. Joseph Dillon of Jamaica as being Kate's sister. [S10] Lot 025. [S49] 12 Oct 1944, p. 7. Mrs. Kate Wilson Bennet, aged 84, of 543 Monroe street, Brooklyn, died early yesterday at her summer home on Yaphank avenue, Brookhaven. Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Bennet had spent the past 35 seasons in Brookhaven. She leaves her husband, Joseph Edwin Bennet, former postmaster of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, postoffice; two daughters, Miss Edna Bennet and Mrs. Benson C. Smith, both of Brooklyn; a son, Richard W. Bennet of St. Louis, Mo., and a sister, Mrs. Thomas T. Dillon of Jamaica. the funeral service will be held at the Bennet home in Brookhaven at 2 p.m. tomorrow, the Rev. Howard Clark, rector of Christ Episcopal church of Bellport, officiating. [S499] Census Place: New York, Kings, New York; Roll: T627_2562; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 24-637. [S49] 18 May 1944, p. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bennet of Brooklyn and Railroad avenue, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Brookhaven home on Sunday. Their three children, who spent the week-end with them in honor of the anniversary, are Mrs. Anna Smith of Orange, Texas, Richard Bennett (sic) of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Edna Bennet of Brooklyn. [S31] Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 21, Kings, New York; Roll: 1058; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0343; FHL microfilm: 1241058.