Susan is the youngest daughter of Wm E. BENNETT and Malvina Elisabeth BREDOW. She was born on 13 Aug 1896 in Rogers, Michigan. She was baptized one month later at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belknap, Michigan. Her Godparents were Emma BREDOW, Hedwig PIECHANT and Eduard KLEE.1 With the surnames of BREDOW and KLEE I would think these are family members but further research needs to be done to determine their exact relationship. Also Susan's 1st middle name is listed as Hedwig, not Harriett in this baptism record.
In 1900 she is living in Rogers, Michigan with parents and siblings. On 21 Feb 1902, Susan's parents divorced and Malvina was awarded custody of all the minor children.
In 1910 Susan is found in Lane Co., Oregon with her mother, Malvina and step-father William BOLTON and youngest brother, Ruby. Susan and Ruby are listed in the census as BOLTON and they are the only children living at home. There are several newspaper articles that Malvina, Susan and Ruby appear in that show they were active with family and friends. I don't know how or when Susan and Jack met but there is an interesting discrepancy about the actual year they were married. The certificate they received when they were married clearly has the year as 1916 but when I found the actual court record it has the year as 1917. The month and day are the same on both records, March 17th but the years are different. The court records gives Susan's age in years, months and days and using that age for Susan, their year of marriage would be 1917 (court record year). I tried to find a marriage announcement in the local paper but didn't see one but I did find a newspaper article dated Aug 24th 1916 in which Miss Susie Bennett attended a party at the Astrid Aid Club. So it would seem their year of marriage is in fact 1917.
In the1920 census Jack and Susan are listed in Quimby, Oregon with daughters Frances and Ernestine. In December 1928 the family moved to Eureka, California.2
In the 1930 census Jack and Susan are listed with all three girls.
In May of 1940 Jack and Susan have divorced and in the 1940 census Susan is living with youngest daughter, Barbara and a roomer. This is the same house the family had been living in. In 1946 Susan marries Frank Newton in Eureka, California.
In 1950 Frank and Susan are listed living at 2212 Albee Street in Eureka. Frank dies of a heart attack in 1956. Sometime later Susan moves to 104 W. Clark Street and lives there until she needed more care and moved in with Frances.


1This is from Don Knopf's work:
Baptism reference: Rev. Christian Schwan diary #5 - pages 210 - 211

Research and Bio by Rita Lynn McKale.

2Frances Earle Nielsen
NEWTON, SUSAN H., a resident of Eureka, Feb. 13, 1981.
She was the widow of the late Frank L. Newton. She was the mother of Mrs. Frances E. Nielsen, Eureka; Mrs. Donald Ernestine Aherns, Central Point, Ore.; and Mrs. Barbara Pfannenstiel, San Jose. She was the grandmother of Inger and Shannon Nielsen, Donna Allen of Martinez; Ronald Allen, Santa Cruz; Earl Davidson, Olympia, Wash.; and Rita McKale, San Jose. She is survived by seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Newton had made her home here since 1928. A native of Michigan, age 83, she was a member of the Thelma Rebekah Lodge, Camellia Chapter OES and Humboldt Grange.
Funeral services have been arranged for Tuesday, Feb. 17, to be held at the chapel of Pierce Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Roger Smets officiating and Thelma Rebeka Lodge 100F assisting.
Casket bearers will be Gerald Guglielmina, the Rev. M.A. Critser, Warner Willaus, Marvin Frazier, John V. Lowe and honorary Harry Rakestraw and Roy Ivancich. Interment will be in Ocean View Cemetery.
Times-Standard 15 Feb. 1981