Jack Benny

1894 - 1974  (80 years)

• Name	Jack Benny  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	14 Feb 1894	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Alias	Benjamin Kubelsky  [1, 6]
  Alias	Bennie Kubelsky  [3, 4, 5]
  Census	Jun 1900	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Residence	Jun 1900	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	312 Broad Street
  Occupation	19 Apr 1910  [5]
  	clerk at a retail clothing store
  Residence	19 Apr 1910  [5]
  	518 Clayton Street
  Occupation	1916  [6]
  	violinist
  Residence	1916	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [6]
  	324 S. Genesee Street
  Census	30 Jan 1920	Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Occupation	actor  [1]
  Occupation	comedian  [1]
  Occupation	vaudevillian  [1]
  Occupation	violinist  [1]
  Death	26 Dec 1974	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [1]
  Burial	Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1	Benny Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayer Kubelsky,   b. Abt. 6 Jun 1864, Plock, Mazowieckie, Poland d. 14 Oct 1946, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Naomi Sachs,   b. Sep 1869   d. 17 Nov 1917 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1892	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Livingstone,   b. 25 Jun 1905, Seattle, King, Washington, USA d. 30 Jun 1983, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1927	Clayton Hotel, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Joan Benny
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 May 2025

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1] "Jack Benny," Wikipedia, last modified 7 May 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny. [S2] "Mary Livingstone," Wikipedia, last modified 19 Mar 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Livingstone. [S5] National Archives and Records Administration, 1900 United States Federal Census, Waukegan, Enumeration District 142, Lake County, Illinois, National Archives Microfilm Roll 314; 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line], (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004). [S4] National Archives and Records Administration, 1920 United States Federal Census, Lake Forest Ward 3, Enumeration District 254, Lake County, Illinois, National Archives Microfilm Roll T625_381; 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). [S6] National Archives and Records Administration, 1910 United States Federal Census, Waukegan Ward 3, Enumeration District 115, Lake County, Illinois, National Archives Microfilm Roll T624_302; 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line], (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line], (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). [S10] Ancestry.com, Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015). [S16] FamilySearch, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1969", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org, (Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch). [S19] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).