Ancestry of
Melissa Benoist

TV Actress

Leon Benoist

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Melissa Benoist — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Michael Benoist 
  • Mother:
  • Julia Deverger   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Aug 1864 
  • Birth Location:
  • Missouri 
  • Christening Date:
  • 6 Oct 1864 
  • Christening Location:
  • Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri 
  • Death Date:
  • 20 Aug 1930 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Louis, Missouri 
  • Burial Date:
  • 23 Aug 1930 
  • Burial Location:
  • St. Ferdinand Cemetery, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Barteau
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Nov 1886 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri 
  • Child:

  Edgar James Benoist (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Leon Benoist's burial record gives his parents' names as Henry Benoist and Mary Barteau, but this appears to be the names of his brother and wife. Other primary and secondary records clearly show his parents as Michael Benoist and Julie DuVerger.

    Some sources give Leon Benoist's birth year as 1866, but his baptism record shows that he was actually born in 1864.

• Sources for Leon Benoist

  • ¹ Federal Census, MO, St. Louis County, 1910, St. Ferdinand, E.D. 132, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 26.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, St. Louis County, 1880, St. Ferdinand, E.D. 180, p. 31, Image 31 of 71.
  • ³ St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), 16 JUL 1917, p. 14, Obituary for father Michael Benoist Sr.
  • ⁴ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Marriage record for son Edgarum Jacobum Benoist and Helenam Hachting.
  • ⁵ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Burial record for Leon Benoist.
  • ⁶ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Marriage record for Leon Benoist and Mary Barteau.
  • ⁷ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Baptism record for Leon Benoist.
  • ⁸ Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1973, Death certificate for Leon Benoist.

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