Benjamin Felix Southerton

   Another name for Benjamin was Benjamine Southerton.⁴

  General Notes:

Obituary
B.F. Southerton
Benjamin F. Southerton, 83, of 24 Burtis avenue, Highwood, died Sept 21 in Highland Park Hospital.
A retired bricklayer, Mr. Southerton had lived in Highwood for 52 years. He was born in England, Jan 10, 1880.
Surviving are two sons, Leslie A. of Highland Park and Ralph R. of Deerfield; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His wife, Lydia, died in 1958.
Funeral services were held Sept 23 in the Kelley and Spalding chapel with the Rev. Eugene Wykle of Bethleham E.UlB. Church of Deerfield officiating.
Burial was in Northshore Garden of Memories, North Chicago.

-HIghland Park News, Obituary

  Death Notes:

Aged 83

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census UK: with a census age of 1, 1881, Withersole, Cranleigh, Surrey, England. ⁵

• Census UK: scholar with a census age of 11, 1891, Woodhill Lane, Cranleigh, Surrey, England. ⁶

• Census UK: bricklayer lodger with a census age of 27, 1901, New Town, Bramshott, Hampshire, England. ⁷

• Emigration: Ship 'City of New York' from Southampton Manifest Number 0001, 9 May 1905, New York City, USA. ⁸

• Census US: bricklayer home with a census age of 30, 1910, Highland Park, Deerfield Township, Lake County, Illinois, USA. ⁸

• Census US: bricklayer with a census age of 40, 1920, Highwood City, Deerfield Township, Lake County, Illinois, USA. ⁹

• Census US: bricklayer with a census age of 50, 1930, Highwood City, Deerfield Township, Lake County, Illinois, USA. ¹⁰

Benjamin married Lydia A. Birchman before 1912 in USA. (Lydia A. Birchman was born on 18 Jun 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA,³ died on 22 Jan 1958 in Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Waukegan, USA ³ and was buried in Northshore Garden Of Memories, North Chicago, Illinois, USA.) The cause of her death was Tuberculosis.