Help me find more information.
Alexander Benioff was my 1st cousin 2x removed.
In the 1900 census, Alexander says he was born in NYC. I find this unlikely as his father Isaac J. Benioff didn’t come to the US until 1886 and Alexander was born before that in 1878. His mother was Molly Breiness. She died in Russia and Isaac remarried Anne Fierkelman. Alex was most likely born in Russia as was his brother Benjamin. He married Stella M. Silverstein on 16 February, 1905 in San Francisco. Miss Silverstein was said to have an excellent voice which had been heard in concerts. They had one daughter, Millicent Belaire Benioff on 24 December, 1906 in New York. Millicent went on to have a good singing career.
Alexander was a furrier and traveled extensively, most likely to obtain furs (especially wolf and coyote), from New York to California, Washington, British Columbia, Montana and more. He obtained a homestead in Canada, applied for in 1891, granted in 1894. In 1903, he bought a parcel of land in Delaware from Isaac and Ida. After he died, in 1913, the land was sold from his daughter’s estate back to Isaac and Ida for $1200. He died of Tuberculosis and Kidney Disease in Colorado Springs, CO at The Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium at the age of 31 and is buried in Colma, California at the Salem Cemetery.
Princess Beatrice – 635 – Patrick J. Hickey – Port Townsend – Victoria – Feb 28 1906
Instructions to Pursers. Each Passenger should be given a card indicating the number of sheet and line on sheet his name is to be found on.
No. of Passenger: 39
Name of Passenger: AL Benioff
Age of Adult: 27
Able to Read? Y Write? Y
Married or Single: just a check mark
Profession: Trader
Nation or Country of Birth: Russia
Do you Intend to become a settler in Canada. No
? : no
?: blank
Place of ultimate destination of Passengers: New York
Alexander L. Benioff is on the 4th line from the top.
Page 1
No. 41690
Date of Application: 25 January 1889
Date of first occupancy: Fall ’91
Date of Expiry of Term: Fall ’94
Date of Grant – 19 Oct – ’94
Folio General Register Folio: 632
No. of Book: 96
Name: Alexander L. Benioff
Section: 4
Page 2
Part of Section: SE
Township: 6
Range: 1 W
Meridian: 5.
Area: 160.
Fee: 10.00
Patent Ref. No.: 55735
Application No.: 221
District No.: 45
Remarks: {Blank}
The Land in Delaware is inherited by Alexander’s daughter Millicent – read will
State of Colorado
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File No. 145
Place of Death: County of El Paso
Town of Colorado Springs
Registration District No. 69
{If death occurs away from Usual Residence give facts called for under “Special Information”}
{If death occurred in a Hospital or Institution give its NAME instead of street and number.}
(No. Glockner Sanatorium 1)
Full Name: Alexander L. Benioff
Personal and Statistical Particulars
Sex: Male
Color: White
Date of Birth: Oct 31 1878
Age: 31 years, 5 months, 22 days.
Single, married, widowed, or divorced: Married
Birthplace: Russia
Occupation: Furrier Dealer
Name of Father: Isaac Benioff
Birthplace of Father: Russia
Maiden Name of Mother: Not Known
Birthplace of Mother: Russia
The above stated personal particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and Belief
(Informant): Benj Benioff
(Address): New York City, NY
Medical Certificate of Death
Date of Death: April 23, 1910
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from April 6, 1910, to April 23, 1910, that I last saw him alive on 4/23/1910 and that death occurred, on the date stated above at 3 PM. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Where contracted?: California (Duration) 2 years and 6 months
Contributory: Brights {this is kidney disease, or nephritis}
(Signed): Peter Alvin Hanford, M.D. 4-24-1910
Special Information – only for Hospitals, Institutions, Transients, or Recent Residents.
Former or Usual Residence: San Francisco
How long at Place of Death: 14 Days {but “Days” is crossed out}
In the State 3 months
Place of Burial or Removal: San Francisco Calif
Date of Burial: {there is a check mark here, but no date}
Undertaker: Hallet & Baker Undt{the rest is not readable} Address: Colorado
Filed: 4-25-1910 P.R.Gillett – Registrar
