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Tex Beneke - My Cousin??

Tex Beneke - My Cousin??

Posted: 22 Jul 2008 5:25AM GMT
Classification: Query
There's a story in my mother's family that we're related to Tex Beneke the famous American saxophonist. The story goes that one brother emigrated from Germany to Australia, and the other to America, the ancestor of Tex (born Gorden Lee) Beneke.

I've traced my Beneke ancestors back to Germany: my great great grandmother Karl Heinrich Nicholaus (later anglicised to Charles Henry Nicholaus) Beneke was born on 6 June 1835 in Neumuenster, Holstein, Germany, the son of Hans Nicholaus Beneke and Wiebke Christina Henrietta Fels. If the story is true (and I have my doubts), his brother would probably be the great grandfather of Tex Beneke who was born in 1914.

The problem I'm having is that I have no idea of how to trace the ancestry of Tex Beneke, just in case the story does turn out to be true. I have never done any family history research using American records (all my ancestry comes from Australia and, earlier, England, France, and Germany), and nowhere have I found a single mention of any of the members of Tex Beneke's famiy.

I would appreciate any help or advice.

Re: Tex Beneke - My Cousin??

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 2:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Gordon Lee Beneke was born Feb. 14, 1914 in Fort Worth Texas

1920 Census
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Beneke
Frank, head, 28, unknown where he or parents were born
Dixie, wife, 25, Texas, unknown, Texas
Gordon, son, 5, Texas, unknown, Texas

1930 Census
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Beneke
Frank S., head, 40, 1st married at 25, Kansas, Germany, Wisc
Dixie L., wife, 35, 1st married at 18, Texas, At Sea, Ark.
Gordon L., son, 16, Texas, Kansas, Texas

World War 1 Draft Reg. Cards
Name: Frank S. Beneki
Age: 27
Address: 1117 Allen, Fort Worth, Texas
Born: Nov. 23, 1890
Born: Wichita Falls, Texas
married with 1 child

Re: Tex Beneke - My Cousin??

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 4:30AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello, My name is Scott Jones and I am a second cousin of Tex Beneke. My father was his first cousin and my grandmother,s maiden name was Caroline Beneke. She married my grandfather and became Caroline Beneke Jones. My mother is currently in a nursing home in North Carolina and I found some old photographs of Tex and my father in her home. The photos are sign by Tex Beneke. Another part of the story is that my father was born in Chattanooga, Tn. and of course Tex is most known for, was the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo". I saw that the original request for information was asked in 2008, so I do not know if this response will get to anybody.

Re: Tex Beneke - My Cousin??

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello my name is Linda Bottorff Joiner and Tex Beneke's wife Sandra was a good friend of my Dad's. Anyway, I don't know if you heard or not but Sandra went home to be with our Lord and Saviour Jesus today, November 15, 2012. She had moved back to Huntington Beach, California to have her daughter and son-in-law take care of her. She died of cancer.
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