Rufus Frederick Benedict

	Born	1 April 1884	Belmont, Hants co., Nova Scotia
	Died	21 August 1963	Melrose, Massachusetts
	Married	12 Sept 1907	Nellie Maitland Simpson at Norwalk, Connecticut

Parents:

• Father: Jacob Benedict
• Mother: Elva Etta Blackburn

Children:

1. William Frederick Benedict 1908-1998
2. Jean Benedict 1910-1999
3. Herbert Kenneth Benedict 1913-
4. Majorie Benedict 1915-1919
5. Nellie Benedict 1917-
6. Charles Edson Benedict 1919-1980
7. Esther Benedict 1921-1976

The Parents of Rufus Frederick Benedict

Rufus Frederick Benedict’s Early Years

Rufus Benedict and Nellie Maitland Simpson

(The following information was given by Marjorie Wardlow, daughter of Jean Benedict in 2003.)

Rufus and Nellie were married in Norwalk, CT on Sept 12, 1907. They lived in Everett, MA and Melrose, MA before purchasing the family home at 175 Melrose Street, Melrose, in about 1913. The home was built in 1874 and bears a historical marker. Rufus sold the home about 3 years after Nellie's death in 1960.

Rufus and Nellie had 7 children; Annie Blackburn Parsons was the midwife.

Rufus remarried in 1962.

Footnotes

- 05 Mar 2007