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'''Elsie Benkard''' Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved Daughter of [[Julia Lynch Olin]] and her first husband [[J. Philip Benkard]] (1873-1929). She was part of high society, complete with debutante luncheons and presentations to society. Elsie married 26 Feb 1930 to [[Charles H Clarke]] in a Baha'i ceremony presided over by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab and they resided at Oyster Bay, New York. They had a daughter [[Lili Clarke|Lili]]. ==Original documents== *<i>New York Times</i>, Nov 1, 1924 "Entertain for Two Debutants-To-Be" *<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>, [[ElsieBenkard1|Dec 11, 1929; pg 29 Miss Elsie Benkard Engaged To Marry]] *<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>, [[ElsieBenkard2|Feb 27, 1930; pg 24 Miss Benkard Wed by Bahai Ceremony]] *<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time Magazine Time Magazine]</i>, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752392,00.html Bahai Bride Monday, Mar. 10, 1930] *<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>, [[LiliClarke1|Dec 25, 1969 "Mrs Lili C Ohrstrom Married to Peter Townsend, a Broker"]] ==Secondary sources== *[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jfowkes55&id=I02910 Family Tree] [[Category:Biographies]] [[Category:Bahai individuals]]
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