Carroll Benstead KNIBBS\Marguerite HOAG

Carroll Benstead KNIBBS, son of William Henry KNIBBS and Laura L BENSTEAD , was born 15 February 1890 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He married Marguerite HOAG bef. 01 October 1917. He died 12 October 1955 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Marguerite HOAG was born abt. 1892 in New York, USA. She died 26 September 1969 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

A sample of Carrol's signature taken from his military registration card, 1917.
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The Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001 lists Carrol B Knibbs as having married. It gives his wife's name as 'Margu', presumably Margaret or Marguerite.
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Carrol can be seen in the 1920 Federal census living at Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, listed under KNIBLS:
Carrol B KNIBBS Head 29 Connecticut Clerk Brass Factory
Margaret KNIBBS Wife 27 New York Housewife
Aletha C KNIBBS Dau 1 Connecticut
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Carrol's military registration card viewed at Ancestry.com tells us his middle name was Benstead, and that he was born on 15 Feb 1890 at Waterbury, Connecticut. It also revealed that he was a Senior Clerk in the Treasury Department at the American Brass Company, Waterbury, CT. He was tall, slender, had blue eyes and black hair. His home address looks like Frost Road, Waterbury. Carrol registered in October 1917, and is shows that at that time he was already married.

He claimed exemption from military service on the grounds that he was employed making ammunition.

See Carrols' Military Registration Card from 1917
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From the Bridgeport Telegram, Wednesday October 12, 1955:
MIDDLEBURY, Oct 12
State Rep. Carrol B Knibbs, 65, died today after an illness of several months. He had been Chief Safety Director at the American Brass Company at Waterbury since 1943. Rep. Knibbs had served in the Legislature during the 1951, 1953 and 1955 sessions. He was also justice in Middlebury court from 1947 to 1950. He leaves his wife and a daughter Aletha Sunderland of Waterbury.

From the Bridgeport Telegram, Thursday October 13, 1955:
MIDDLEBURY, Oct 12
Carrol B Knibbs, 65, Chief Safety Director at the American Brass Company, in Waterbury since 1949, died today after an illness of several months. A republican, he served in the 1951, 1953 and 1955 sessions of the Legislature as his town's representative. He also had been a trial justice in Middlebury two court from 1947 to 1950. Surviving are his widow and a daughter.