Julia Etta Benedict

	Born	3 Aug 1892	Belmont, Hants Co., Nova Scotia
	Died	3 Dec 1920	Wellsley, Massachuesetts
	Buried		Belmont, Hants Co., Nova Scotia
	Married	4 Aug 1910	Merritt Daniel Booth at Newton, Massachusetts

Parents:

• Father: Jacob Benedict
• Mother: Elva Etta Blackburn

Children:

1. Helen Dorothy Booth
2. Gwendoline DeMerritt Booth

The Parents of Julia Etta

Julia Etta’s Early Years

Julia Etta and Merritt Daniel Booth

Julia and Merritt were married in Newton, Mass on August 4, 1910 by Rev. Robert W. VanKinff. Their wedding book is in the possession of her granddaughter, Shirley Pineo.

The Final Years for Julia Etta

Julia's married years were very stressful for her. She discovered that her husband was a bigimist while she was pregrant with her second daughter, Gwendoline. She returned home to Belmont, Hants Co. for the birth so her daughter would be born a Canadian. She found work in Truro as a housekeeper for an elderly lady, Mrs. Dawson, who had a son named Fred Dawson. Fred tried to court Julia but since she was still married, she resisted his charms and finally she took her two daughters and fled to the United States to find work. She went to work at a Girl's School in Wellsley, Mass. Fred continued to write her and try to persuade her to divorce her husband but this was not an easy thing to do in 1920. However, her other choice was not the right answer, either. On December 3, 1920, Julia took her own life by swallowing poison, in front of her 7 year old daughter, Gwendoline.

Footnotes

-- ShirleyPineo - 04 Feb 2007
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