Laura Elizabeth Benjamin

1885 - 1960  (75 years)

• Name	Laura Elizabeth Benjamin  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Feb 1885	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Sep 1960	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 3, 4]
  Death	16 Sep 1960	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Burial	16 Sep 1960	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I7477	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Hiram Francis Benjamin,   b. 28 May 1850, East Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 14 Jun 1914, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Laura Cordelia Benjamin,   b. 13 Jun 1854, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 25 May 1931, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1875	Riverhead, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F13146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Millard Fillmore Murdock, ^,   b. 4 Jun 1881, Suffolk Co., NY d. 1936 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Between 1900 and 1905
  Children	1. Helen Louise Murdock, ^,   b. 1907, NY d. 1980 (Age 73 years)   2. Marie B. Murdock, ^,   b. Abt 1910, CT d. 9 Oct 1996, New York, USA (Age 86 years)   3. Dorothy Virginia Murdock, ^,   b. 13 Apr 1915, NY d. Feb 1979, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F3516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] gravestone, Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (); May, 2005. [S383] Descendants Chart: William Murdock. Prepared by Allen Davis, 9 Newey Lane, Brookhaven, NY 11719. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 15 Sep 1960, p. 12. Mrs. Laura Murdock, 75, of 22 Pleasant Avenue, Blue Point, died unexpectedly Tuesday night at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Leroy Griffing of Arthur Avenue, Brookhaven. Born in East Moriches, she was a lifetime area resident. Surviving, besides her sister, are three daughters, Mrs. Willard Owen of Bellport, Mrs. Robert Brown, of Blue Point and Mrs. Russel Snow of Patchogue; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The body is reposing at the Pettit Funeral Home until tomorrow when services will be held at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Owen, at 22 Bell Street, Bellport at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Frederick I. Smith, pastor of the Bellport Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, in the family plot. [S30] Suffolk County News, Sayville, Islip, NY, 22 Sep 1960, p. 6.