Benedict

(submitted by Linda Koolen)

Herbert Clyde Benedict (1869–1936) was born in Illinois, United States. He married Rachel Detwiler (1868–1948). He was a farmer. The Benedicts lived in the log house on the southwest corner of Birnam Line and Quaker Rd. for a period of time. They moved to other locations after that. Their children were: Doris Lucille (1897–1918), a nurse; Marion Henrietta (1898–) who married George Leggate and lived at 7200 Quaker Rd. in Warwick Twp.; LeRoy Tyler (1900–1901); Shirley May (1901–1977) who married Donald Richardson (1899–1972); Mildred Fern (1902–) who married Roland Richardson (1896–1970) and settled in Arkona; Ellwood
Herbert (1905–) who lived in Strathroy; William Lawrence (1909–) who married Queenie Edwards and lived north of Arkona.

Benedict family: Shirley, Mildred, Doris, Rachel (Detwiler) Lawrence, Elwood Benedict. Courtesy W Dunlop.

Queenie (Edwards) Benedict's first experience teaching was at SS#8 Warwick. Just out of Normal School, she replaced a teacher who had been ill for some time. She said about her experience, “The children were really good children, sort of let go on account of the teacher's illness. So they were quite a handful up until Christmas. My folks didn't think I'd make it.”

A fond memory of her Warwick days was the Christmas concert. “We'd start fairly early in November to look up material for a rural Christmas concert because all the people in the area looked forward to the concert. You'd choose the most interesting material, but you'd have your pupils' names in mind and make sure that each child all through your classes would have the same length of time on the platform.”

Chapter 24 of 25 - Benedict Family

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