Timeline & Sources
Story of Louis DE GUIBERT [1860-1929] & Mary INGELS De Guibert [1862-1932]
(including Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein [1881-1937], Davida DE GUIBERT Lester [1885-1947] & Undena's descendants)
NB: Timeline & Sources is 1 of 3 interrelated web pages. Click here for Photos & Documents. Click here for Selected Individuals.
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| Before 1900 | | |||||
| c1500 |  France | History | DE GUIBERT family | "Roxane EBERLEIN did a lot of work on the family tree as far as I can recall." | C.Benninger 09Nov12 | |
| 1782 Jan 3 | Maine, France | Birth | Louis Alexandre DE GUIBERT [1782-1866]
| Will be soldier under Napoleon & move to USA in 1833. | Website | |
| 1805 Dec 2 |  Austerlitz,CzechR | Battle | Louis Alexandre DE GUIBERT [1782-1866]
| Fights in Napoleon's victorious army during Battle of Austerlitz. | Wikipedia | |
| 1809 July 5-6 |  Wagram, Austria | Battle | Louis Alexandre DE GUIBERT [1782-1866]
| Fights in Napoleon's victorious army during Battle of Wagram. | Wikipedia | |
| 1818 Nov 12 |  Richmond, IN | Wedding | John INGELS & Rosa (Rosey) GARR | Her nephew will build the Gaar Mansion (now open to the public) in 1876. | Family records | |
| 1821 Mar 10 | Bentonville, IN | Birth | James INGELS [1821-1883] | Will marry Mary CARVER in 1848. | Family records | |
| 1831 Jun 17 | Bentonville, IN | Birth | Mary CARVER [1831-1907] | Ancestor on Mayflower in 1621. Will marry James INGELS in 1848. | Family records | |
| 1833 |  WoodfordCty,IL | Arrival | Louis Alexandre DE GUIBERT [1782-1866]
| Leaves France after Austerlitz & Nina [sic]. Builds sawmill on Partridge Creek. | Website | |
| c1835 |  Public Landing
| Construct | Thomas Ara SPENCE [1810-1877] & Priscilla WILSON | Construct large house which will become Mansion House B&B in 1999 | Website | |
| 1838 Nov 10 | WoodfordCty,IL
| Birth | Louis A. DE GUIBERT [1838-1913] | Will marry Elizabeth HOSHER & have 8 children (starting with Louis Charles). | Website | |
| 1841 Mar 20 |  Bowling Grn, KY
| Birth | Robert Bruce JAMESON | Will marry Rosa Melinda INGELS & have 4 daughters | Family records | |
| 1848 Feb 24 | Bentonville, IN
| Wedding | James INGELS & Mary CARVER | Move to Illinois in 1854. Have Rosa Melinda, John B., Mary & 8 other children. | Family records | |
| 1849 Apr 30 | Wabash Cty, IN
| Birth | Rosa Melinda INGELS | 1st of 11 siblings. Older sister of Mary INGELS. Moves to IL at age 5. | Family records | |
| 1852 Mar 29 | Wabash Cty, IN
| Birth | John B. INGELS | 3rd of 11 siblings. Older bro. of Mary INGELS. Moves to IL at age 2. Will be dr. | Family records | |
| 1854 Aug 5 |  Ireland
| Birth | Bolton HALL [1854-1938] | Father of the Back to the Land Movement. Will found Free Acres in 1910. | Wikipedia | |
| c1856-WWI | Rationalism, evolution, women's suffrage, reexamination of religion. | Wikipedia | ||||
| 1857 | Peoria, IL
| Move | Robert G. INGERSOLL [1833-1899] | "The Great Agnostic" moves to Peoria. Will stongly influence De Guibert family. | Wikipedia | |
| 1859 May 15 | WoodfordCty,IL
| Wedding | Louis Alexander DE GUIBERT & Elizabeth HOSHER | Will have 8 children (starting with Louis Charles in 1860). | Website | |
| 1860 Jul 21 | WoodfordCty,IL
| Birth | Louis Charles DE GUIBERT [1860-1929] | Of French descent. Family in IL since 1833. Will marry Mary INGELS.
| Family records | |
| 1862 Jan 26 | LaFayette, IL
| Birth | Mary INGELS [1862-1932] | 8th of 11 siblings. Younger sister of Rosa Melinda INGELS. | Family records | |
| 1867 Apr 13 | LaFayette, IL
| Wedding | Rosa Melinda INGELS & Robert Bruce JAMESON | Will have 4 daughters. Go to Des Moines when Abingdon College closes. | Family records | |
| 1868 Oct 15 |  Connecticut?
| Birth | Charles Fitch LESTER | Will marry Davida DE GUIBERT & have no children | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1869 Jan 27 |  Morpeth, Ontario
| Birth | George Alexander CAMPBELL | Will meet Luna May JAMESON at Drake University in Des Moines, IA. | Family records | |
| 1869 Mar 2 |  Jasper Cty, IA
| Birth | Charles Otis CARTER | On farm nr Percy. Will marry Eva Lena JAMESON & Netty C. DEAN | Family records | |
| 1869 Apr 12 | Galva, IL
| Birth | Luna May JAMESON | 1st of 4 Jameson sisters. On Indian Creek farm. Will marry CAMPBELL. | Family records | |
| 1869 Apr 21 | Iowa City, IA
| Birth | Charles Noyes KINNEY | Will be chemistry professor at Drake. Will marry Golda JAMESON. | Family records | |
| 1870 Nov 20 | Galva, IL
| Birth | Eva Lena JAMESON | 2th of 4 Jameson sisters. On Indian Creek farm. Will marry CARTER. | Family records | |
| 1871 Feb 20 | Partridge, IL
| Road | Farm of Louis Alexander DE GUIBERT | "Surveyed from Springbay to Lacon near Guibert's stable." | Partridge Record | |
| 1873 Jul 6 | Galva, IL
| Birth | Golda Gertrude JAMESON | 3th of 4 Jameson sisters. On Indian Creek farm. Will marry KINNEY. | Family records | |
| 1876 May 15 |  Summit, NJ
| Birth | Helen Omara (Nellie) KISSAM | Will live in or near Free Acres & teach Bahá'í Faith to Free Acres youth. | "Little Cabin" p.189 | |
| 1876 June 30 |  Hamilton, OH
| Birth | Ernest August EBERLEIN |  Of German descent. Will marry Undena DE GUIBERT, have 4 daughters.
| "Little Cabin" p.9 | |
| 1877 Sep 19 | Ridgely, MD?
| Birth | Nettie C. DEAN | Will become 2nd wife of Charles Otis CARTER. | Find A Grave | |
| 1878 Jan 13 | In Illinois?
| Birth | Rosalie DE GUIBERT | Louis' sister. Undena & Davida's aunt. Will marry John EIBAN after Davida. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1878 Sep 20 | Baltimore, MD | Birth | Upton SINCLAIR [1878-1968] | Will meet Undena in NYC, write The Jungle in 1904, found Helicon Hall in 1906. | Wikipedia | |
| 1879 | Peoria, IL
| Publish | Robert G. INGERSOLL [1833-1899] | "Some Mistakes of Moses," the classic work of agnosticism. | Wikipedia | |
| 1879 Sep 14 | Eureka College,IL
| Diary | Mary INGELS (age 17) | "Went to church w/Mary Cheatham, in the eve w/Mr. De Guibert." | "Little Cabin" p.15 | |
| 1879 Sep 15 | Eureka College,IL
| Diary | Mary INGELS (age 17) | "Played croquet. Studied in the parlor w/Louie." (1st use of his 1st name) | "Little Cabin" p.15 | |
| 1880 July | Peoria?, IL
| Photo | Mary INGELS (age 18) & Louis DE GUIBERT (age 20) | Formal wedding photo in richly furnished Victorian parlor. | LMJC album | |
| 1880 July 21 | LaFayette, IL
| Wedding | Mary INGELS (age 18) & Louis DE GUIBERT (age 20) | Both are students at Eureka College in Eureka, IL. Will have 2 daughters. | Family records | |
| 1881 Nov 15 | Sioux City, IA
| Birth | Undena DE GUIBERT | 1st of 2 De Guibert sisters. Will marry EBERLEIN & have 4 daughters. | Family records | |
| 1882 Nov 26 | In Illinois?
| Birth | Pauline JAMESON | 4th of 4 Jameson sisters. Will be glamorous & have 3 husbands. | Family records | |
| 1883 Jan 23 |  LaFayette Cty, FL
| Death | James INGELS (Mary's grandfather) | Accidentally killed by own rifle while on a hunting trip from Iowa | Family records | |
| 1883 | LaFayette, IL
| Trip | Robert Bruce JAMESON | Takes train to Florida to retrieve body of father-in-law James INGELS | His letter | |
| 1883 Sep 6 | Sioux City, IA
| Work | Louis Charles DE GUIBERT | Admitted to bar by Sioux City circuit court. | Lacon Home Journal | |
| 1885 | Abingdon, IL
| Closing | Abingdon College (where Jameson girls might have gone) | Closes & merges with Eureka College in Eureka, IL | Wikipedia | |
| 1885 Sep 6 |  Where?
| Birth | Davida (Dovie) DE GUIBERT | 2nd of 2 De Guibert sisters. Will be "a raving beauty." | Golda Osterberg | |
| 1887 | LaFayette, IL
| Establish | Irvin INGELS (age 28) | Establishes LaFayette Home Nursery near "the Ingels home place." | Family records | |
| 1889 | Partridge, IL
| Construct | Louis Alexander DE GUIBERT, Jr. (age 51) | "Fine frame residence" (De Guibert homestead). See photo. Burns down 1944. | Woodford Cty Hist | |
| 1892 Dec 20 | Des Moines, IA
| Wedding | Luna May JAMESON & George A. CAMPBELL | At her home. He's called one of the "KKK." Will have 3 daughters & 2 sons. | Family records | |
| 1893 Apr 4 | Des Moines, IA
| Wedding | Eva Lena JAMESON & Charles Otis CARTER | At her home. He's called one of the "KKK." Will have 3 sons. | Family records | |
| 1890s-1920s | Labor, Women's Suffrage, Anti-Corruption & many other causes. | Wikipedia | ||||
| 1895 Feb 5 | In Illinois?
| Birth | Louis Milton (Milton) DE GUIBERT | Son of Louis but not Mary. Will marry Gladys Hadden of Sioux City, IA. | Family records | |
| 1895 Jun 3 | Des Moines, IA
| Birth | Lowell Jameson CARTER | 1st of 3 Carter sons. Will be dentist & marry Mildred STIMSON. | Family records | |
| 1896 July 15 | Des Moines, IA
| Wedding | Golda Gertrude JAMESON & Charles Noyes KINNEY | At her home. He's called one of the "KKK." Will have 2 daughters & 1 son. | Family records | |
| 1897 Oct 29 |  NY City, NY | Death | Henry GEORGE (Age 58) | Proponent of "Single Tax" (eg Free Acres). Biggest US funeral after Lincoln. | Wikipedia | |
| 1897 Xmastime | Sioux City, IA | Move | Undena DE GUIBERT (16), her parents & sister Davida | "We lost all our property & had to go back to Peoria. I entered new HS at 16." | "Little Cabin" p.250 | |
| 1898 Summer | Partridge, IL | Move | Undena DE GUIBERT (17), her parents & sister Davida | "We moved to LaFayette. I taught in Richmond Valley on Rock Island road." | "Little Cabin" p.250 | |
| 1899 Jul 21 | DobbsFerry, NY | Death | Robert G. INGERSOLL (Age 65) | "The Great Agnostic." Interred in Arlington National Cemetery. | Wikipedia | |
| 1901 Aug 5 | Boone, IA
| Birth | Elledge Houston CARTER | 2nd of 3 Carter sons. Will be Maytag employee & marry Vera PRICE. | Family records | |
| 1901-1902 | Benson, IL
| Work | Undena DE GUIBERT | Teaches school | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1902 | LaFayette, IL | Graduation | Davida DE GUIBERT | From LaFayette High School. | LaFayette Hist, p.62 | |
| 1903 May 18 | Chicago, IL | Letter | From Undena DE GUIBERT (age 21) | "Air fine up here. Good you didn't write May to come [to station]." | "Little Cabin" p.62 | |
| 1903 May 21 | NY City, NY
| Move | Undena DE GUIBERT (age 21) | Arrives from Illinois. Enrolls in Stanhope Wheatcroft Dramatic School. | "Little Cabin" p.65 | |
| 1903 Aug 6 | NY City, NY | Letter | From Undena DE GUIBERT | "The Straight Edge...like Roycrofter only they cook healthy things..." | "Little Cabin" p.76 | |
| 1903? | NY City, NY
| Meeting | Undena DE GUIBERT & Ernest EBERLEIN | At the "Straight Edge" ("Utopian Christian enclave" in Greenwich Village) | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1904 Feb 9 | Urbana, IL
| Birth | Merlin Ingels CARTER | 3rd of 3 Carter sons. Will be USAF officer & marry Lois CHRISTENSEN. | Family records | |
| 1904 May 30 | NY City, NY
| Wedding | Undena DE GUIBERT & Ernest EBERLEIN | Or June 30? At 323 West 56th Street. | "Little Cabin" p.77 | |
| 1904 Nov 7 | NY City, NY | Diary | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein (age 23) | "Papa bought soap factory in Oklahoma City, plans move it to LaFayette." | "Little Cabin" p.80 | |
| 1904 Nov 8 |  USA | Election | Vote for president by men only in most states | Roosevelt (336 electoral votes), Parker (140), Debs (0), Swallow (0) | Wikipedia | |
| 1905 Jan 8 | NY City, NY
| In court | Ernest EBERLEIN | NY Times discribes dispute with Straight Edge president Wilbur F. Copeland. | "Little Cabin" p.82 | |
| 1905 Mar 14 | NY City, NY
| Birth | Undena Lisbeth (Betty) EBERLEIN | 1st of 4 Eberlein sisters. | Family records | |
| 1905 Nov 7 | Harlem Casino
| Vote | Harlem Equal Rights League (suffragists) | Straw vote by 324 women. Undena takes baby Betty, is named in NY Sun. | New York Tribune | |
| 1906 Apr 30 | Snow Hill, MD
| Letter | Register of Wills to L. C. deGreibert, Esq. [sic] | "We are willing to split the difference - $2100 for the Seaside house." | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1906 May 16 | Snow Hill, MD
| Letter | Register of Wills to Mr. L. C deGuibert [sic] | "I congratuate you. Such a beautiful & healthy home at a low figure." | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1906 Jul 5 | Princeton, NJ | Flier | From Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] to followers | "65 people are disposed to undertake the venture. Where to locate?" | "Little Cabin" p.85 | |
| 1907 Jan 7 | LaFayette, IL
| Death | Mary CARVER Ingels [1831-1907] | Mother of Mary & 10 more. This releases Mary & Louis to move to MD? | Family records | |
| 1907 | Public Landing
| Move | Louis DE GUIBERT & Mary INGELS De Guibert | Move from Illinois to "Seaside house" & land on Chincoteague Bay | Golda Osterberg | |
| 1907 | NY City, NY
| Photo | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein | As actrice Jane Gilbert with May Tully's vaudeville troupe. | Flickr | |
| 1907 |
| Theater | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein (stage name Jane Gilbert) | Travels with May Tully (thus missing the fire). Davida cares for baby Betty. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1907 Mar 9 | Helicon Hall, NJ
| Letter | From Ernest EBERLEIN to Undena | "Like a hotel. Davida has many admirers. Girls smoked cigarettes." | "Little Cabin" p.88 | |
| 1907 Mar 16 | Englewood, NJ
| Telegram | From Ernest EBERLEIN to Undena in San Francisco | "Helicon [Hall] burned. Davida & baby safe. Letter coming." | "Little Cabin" p.88 | |
| 1907 July 15 |  Pentwater, MI
| Purchase | Luna May JAMESON & George A. CAMPBELL | Purchase land w/other Chicago ministers for Campbell Park summer colony | Family records | |
| 1907 Sep 5 | Public Landing
| Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Eva is packing. They leave tomorrow. We had two ocean trips." | "Little Cabin" p.90 | |
| 1907 Sep 17 | Public Landing
| Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert to her 2 daughters | "Milton likes his school. Teacher different from last year in Berlin." | "Little Cabin" p.91 | |
| 1907 Oct 3 | Public Landing
| Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert to Davida | "Milton likes his school. Children are much nicer than at La Fayette." | "Little Cabin" p.93 | |
| 1907 Oct 29 | Public Landing
| Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert to Davida (Dove) | "George Campbell at Norfolk convention. He admired Eva's shells." | "Little Cabin" p.94 | |
| 1907 Dec 10 |  Pittsburgh, PA | Theater | Review published in Pittsburgh Leader | "Miss Jane Gilbert as Sally Green did a delicious piece of acting." | "Little Cabin" p.105 | |
| 1907 Dec 22 | Public Landing
| Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert (age 45) | "I had a most lovely time at Eva [Carter]'s, but I wanted to get home." | "Little Cabin" p.103 | |
| 1908 Feb 20 | Des Moines, IA
| Death | Rosa Melinda INGELS Jameson | At home of daughter Golda JAMESON Kinney near Drake campus. | Family records | |
| 1908 Feb 27 | Public Landing | Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert to her 2 daughters | "They are going to build a trolley line. Our place will double in value." | "Little Cabin" p.111 | |
| 1908 Feb 29 | Public Landing | Letter | From Mary INGELS De Guibert to her 2 daughters | "Aunt Rosa lay unconscious for 8 days. Eva or May never left her." | "Little Cabin" p.111 | |
| 1908 Nov 19 | Winchester, MD
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Half hour from Berlin, Eva welcomed us to her fine Colonial home." | "Little Cabin" p.128 | |
| 1910 Jan | Maryland
| Work | Nettie C. Dean (daughter of Mr C H Dean of Ridgely) | Appointed stenographer to Speaker of the House of Delegates | Denton Journal | |
| 1910 Apr 16 | Public Landing
| Birth | Davida Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN | 2nd of 4 Eberlein sisters. Will be secretary & mistress of Adlai Stevenson. | Family records | |
| 1910 | Free Acres, NJ
| Establish | Free Acres | By Bolton Hall [1854-1938] of the back-to-the-land movement | Free Acres website | |
| 1910 Date> | Somewhere in IL
| Wedding | Davida DE GUIBERT & John EIBEN | Very short marriage. He later marries her aunt Rosalie DE GUIBERT. | Family records | |
| 1910 Nov 22 | Snow Hill, MD
| Letter | From Davida to friend Ethel E. ADAMS (Moline, IL) | "Thot I loved John but could not stand it & disgraced my grandparents." | Email 11Oct12 | |
| 1910 Dec 24 | Public Landing
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Uncle Ed Carver [Mary CARVER Ingels' brother] died today age 76." | "Little Cabin" p.132 | |
| 1911 Jan 25 | Public Landing
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Got ready for Eva, baked wild ducks. Had fine visit, went to bed early." | "Little Cabin" p.134 | |
| 1911 Feb 17 | Public Landing
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Milton went to town to get Lowell Carter from Berlin." | "Little Cabin" p.135 | |
| 1911 Feb 21 | Public Landing
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Milton went to Norfolk to join the navy. Davida went after corn." | "Little Cabin" p.135 | |
| 1911 | NY City, NY | Meeing | Davida DE GUIBERT & Charles LESTER | At Kit Kat Skelter. | "Little Cabin" p.219 | |
| 1911 Dec 20 | Where?
| Birth | Rosalle Jane (Janey) EBERLEIN | 3rd of 4 Eberlein sisters. Actress, teaches in Evanston, has 2 husbands. | ||
| 1911 or 1912 | NY City, NY
| Painting | Davida DE GUIBERT [1885-1947] | By Kenneth Frazier [1867-1949]. Given to Laurel Hessing by Ernestine Benninger. | "Little Cabin" p.92 | |
| 1912 | NY City, NY
| Photo | Davida DE GUIBERT [1885-1947] | As artists' model in Greenwich Village. | Flickr | |
| 1913 Apr 16 | Public Landing
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Roxy's 3rd birthday. Had party in the room where she was born." | "Little Cabin" p.148 | |
| 1913 Fall | Illinois
| Wedding | Rosalie DE GUIBERT (age 35) & John EIBEN | His first wedding in 1910 to Davida DE GUIBERT was very brief. | "Little Cabin" p.155 | |
| 1914 Jan 22 | Brooklyn, NY | Letter | Charles Fitch LESTER to Davida DE GUIBERT | "Dear Mermaid: I hope you're coming up for the Kit Kat ball Feb. 27." | "Little Cabin" p.150 | |
| 1914 Mar 23 | Des Moines, IA | Letter | Lowell Jameson CARTER (age 19) to his parents | Fire at Kinney house. "The attic was a furnace of fire & smoke" | Barb Tuinstra | |
| 1914 May 15 | NY City, NY | Letter | Undeda DE GUIBERT Eberlein to Davida (age 29) | "You're a grass widow. We've a man for you who makes $100 a week." | "Little Cabin" p.152 | |
| 1914-1919 | ||||||
| 1914 Jun 28 |  Sarajevo | Assassin | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Assassination - Effective beginning of World War I. | ||
| 1914 | In Maryland?
| Divorce | Charles Otis CARTER & Eva Lena JAMESON Carter | Otis' separation from his family is deeply resented by son Elledge. | Family records | |
| 1914 Oct 2 | Snow Hill, MD
| Letter | From Davida to friend Ethel E. ADAMS (Moline, IL) | "Undena&I operations. Rosalie=my father's sister so John=my uncle." | "Little Cabin" p.154 | |
| 1914 Oct 12 | Winchester, MD
| Letter | From Eva JAMESON Carter to Louis DE GUIBERT | "Trying sell. Will you help? Lowell working. Limmerick about Otis." | "Little Cabin" p.155 | |
| 1916 Jun 5 | NY City, NY
| Arrest | Bolton Hall (Free Acres founder) | With Ida Rauh Eastman for distributing birth control pamphlets in Union Sq. | Wikipedia | |
| 1916 June 12 | NY City, NY
| Birth | Ernestine (Gretchen) EBERLEIN | 4th of 4 Eberlein sisters. Will marry Lawrence (Larry) BENNINGER. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1916-1919 | NY City, NY
| Publish | Charles Fitch LESTER | Illustrates at least 10 children's books by Alice Hale Burnett. | Abe Books | |
| 1916 Sumr | Free Acres, NJ
| Visit | Ernest EBERLEIN, Undena Eberlein & their 4 daughters | In a tent. Also summers of 1917 & 1918. | ||
| 1917 Oct 31 | Denton, MD
| Wedding | Charles Otis CARTER & Nettie C. DEAN | At home of Elizabeth Lewis | Denton Journal | |
| 1917 |  Washington, DC
| Reside | Charles Otis CARTER & Nettie C. DEAN Carter | Otis works for Pension Board? | Denton Journal | |
| 1918? | Ocean City, MD
| Purchase | Charles Otis CARTER & Nettie C. DEAN Carter | Purchase Colonial Hotel (on the Boardwalk between 1st & 2nd Streets) | ||
| 1918 Aug 17 |  Manila,Philippines
| Wedding | Ada INGELS (Mary's niece) & Oscar Peter RHUDIE | She is a nurse. They will survive Japanese internment during WW-II. | Family records | |
| WW-I | France | Wound | Milton DE GUIBERT | "Ex-soldier two years overseas. Severely wounded at Chateau Thierry." | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1918 Oct 9 | Snow Hill, MD
| Letter | Davida DE GUIBERT to Milton in a French hospital | "My darling Buzzer, The whole country has heard of your wound." | "Little Cabin" p.176 | |
| 1919 Apr 7 | NY City, NY
| Telegram | Milton DE GUIBERT to Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein | "Arrived NY Safe going camp Merritt docked on Mauritania." | "Little Cabin" p.177 | |
| 1919 | Free Acres, NJ
| Move | Ernest EBERLEIN & Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein | From New York City to Free Acres community | ||
| 1919 | Free Acres, NJ
| Photo | Sisters Betty, Roxane, Jane & Ernestine EBERLEIN | With other children & Helen Richalton in a grassy meadow. | Flickr | |
| 1919 | In NY City?
| Wedding | Davida DE GUIBERT (34) & Charles LESTER (51) | Her 2nd wedding. They will have no children. Date error somewhere. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1920-1929 | Wikipedia | |||||
| 1920 Jan 26 | Free Acres, NJ
| Letter | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein to her mother in MD | "Tell Dovie we have bought Mr. Ryan's house. We are paying $600." | "Little Cabin" p.180 | |
| 1920 Nov 27 | Where?
| Wedding | Davida DE GUIBERT (35) & Charles LESTER (52) | Her 2nd wedding. They will have no children. Date error somewhere. | Family records | |
| 1921 Jan 25 | Free Acres, NJ
| Letter | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein to her mother in MD | "Dearest Mudder, Aut pencil aut nullus. For your birthday..." | "Little Cabin" p.183 | |
| 1921 Apr 27 | Free Acres, NJ
| Letter | Janey EBERLEIN (age 9) to her grandmother in MD | "With Gladys & Milton we picniced w/full view of Mukdenke Castle." | "Little Cabin" p.187 | |
| 1921 | Free Acres, NJ
| Construct | Charles Fitch LESTER & Louis DE GUIBERT | Construct "The Little Cabin." (Click here for 1938 photograph.) | "Little Cabin" p.8 | |
| 1921 Oct 11 | Pisgah, IA
| Death | Milton DE GUIBERT (age 26) | "His Dodge roadster settled in ditch, & he was almost instantly killed." | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1922 Feb 7 | Free Acres, NJ
| Fire | Little Ryan House burns to ground. | "It makes us sick to think of all the many things we lost." | "Little Cabin" p.200 | |
| 1922 | Free Acres, NJ
| Photo | Betty EBERLEIN | In costume. As Bo Peep? | Flickr | |
| 1923 or 24 | Public Landing
| Visit | Golda INGELS Osterberg & others from Illinois | "It's an old colonial with enormous rooms lighted by kerosene lamps." | Golda Osterberg | |
| 1924 | Public Landing
| Move | Louis DE GUIBERT & Mary INGELS De Guibert | Move from old house to adjacent modern bungalow. | "Little Cabin" p.? | |
| 1924 | NY City, NY?
| Death | May TULLY | "Untimely death" of Undena's mentor & boss in vaudeville. | Website | |
| 1925 | Summit HS, NJ
| Yearbook | Betty EBERLEIN & Roxane EBERLEIN | Betty-"I am sure care is an enemy to life." Roxane-"My heart is true as steel." | HS yearbook | |
| 1927 Jan 10 |  LaFayette, IL
| Letter | From "Little Mary" to Mary INGELS De Guibert | "My Dad goes to church every Sunday... I was one of the fairies." | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1927 | Unknown
| Publish | Charles Fitch LESTER | Publishes "The Foolish Wish" (a children's nursery lithograph) | Website | |
| 1928 Sep 14 | Toulon, IL | Death | Simeon Edward (Sim) CALLISON | "Hardware/harness merchant. Met Eliza Dale INGELS in Abingdon." | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1928-1932 | Eureka College,IL
| Student | Ronald Reagan (future US president) | From Dixon, IL (103 road miles north of Eureka). | Website | |
| c.1928 | Public Landing
| Sale | Louis DE GUIBERT & Mary INGELS De Guibert | "Parceled their land & made a fine profit but not soon enough to enjoy it." | Golda Osterberg | |
| 1929-1940 | Stock market crashs October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday). | Wikipedia | ||||
| 1929 Sep 26 | Snow Hill, MD | Death | Louis Charles DE GUIBERT (age 69) | Buried in Christian Church Cemetery | "Little Cabin" p.207 | |
| 1930 Jun? |  S.Hadley, MA
| Graduatn | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 20) | Graduates with AB from Mount Holyoke College after majoring in German. | IIE Annual Report | |
| 1930 Jun 20 | NY City, NY
| Letter | Davida DE GUIBERT Lester to her mother Mary | "Rosalie wrote Unny. Janey's $750 for college. Roxy sails tomorrow."
| "Little Cabin" p.209 | |
| 1930 | Free Acres, NJ
| Separatn | Ernest EBERLEIN & Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein | Undena goes to NY City. Ernest lives at Free Acres in poverty. | "Little Cabin", p.? | |
| 1930 Jul-Aug | Berlin, Germany | Trip | Roxanne (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 20) | Way paid by? Meets Ascher & other German families (some Jewish). | "Little Cabin" p.? | |
| 1930 Sep 18 | Berlin, Germany | Letter | Gerda Ascher to Roxanne (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 20) | "Remember Wannsee swimming bath. America is paradies of the world." | "Little Cabin" p.225 | |
| 1931 Jan 8 | Free Acres, NJ
| Death | Ernest August EBERLEIN (age 55) | "Died desperately alone. Walked 17 mi from Elisabeth just 2 months before." | "Little Cabin" p.217 | |
| 1931 Jan 26+ | Des Moines, IA
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert (widow) | "Golda,Charles,LaVerne. Will Rogers w/Pauline. Mary Dressler w/Eva." | "Little Cabin" p.220 | |
| 1931 2/7-8 | Chicago, IL
| Diary | Mary INGELS De Guibert (widow) | "Left Des Moines on a Pullman. Golda Osterberg met me as I pulled in." | "Little Cabin" p.220 | |
| 1931 | Where?
| Wedding | Undena Lisbeth EBERLEIN & Edmund BROWN | Betty & Eddy. Will live in Little Cabin in Free Acres after 1943. | "Little Cabin" p.8 | |
| 1931-1937 | Philadelphia, PA | Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 21-27) | Works at the Carl Schurz Foundation. | "Little Cabin" p.255 | |
| 1932 May 16 | Mt Carmel, OH
| Death | Irvin INGELS (age 72, owns LaFayette Home Nursery) | After car wreck en route from Illinois to visit his sister Mary in Public Landing | Family records | |
| 1932 Dec 3 | Snow Hill, MD | Death | Mary INGELS De Guibert (age 70) | Buried with Louis in Christian Church Cemetery (Jim Auer photos 03Nov12). | Hessing 09Oct12 | |
| 1933-1945 | Wikipedia | |||||
| 1933 Jan 30 |  Nazi Germany | Takeover | Adolf Hitler [1889-1945] | Appointed chancellor of Germany. Beginning of Nazi Germany. | Wikipedia | |
| 1933 Summer | Free Acres, NJ | Talk | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein (age 52) | "Looking Backwards:" Talk in FA farmhouse about her life. (L.Hessing has notes.) | "Little Cabin" p.249 | |
| 1933 Aug | Public Landing | Storm | Waterfront destroyed by Chesapeake hurricane | Public Landing's "hayday as a waterfront destination is overtaken by Ocean City." | "Little Cabin" p.297 | |
| 1933 Nov 7 | Berlin, Germany | Letter | Gertrude Ascher (Frau Heinrich) to Roxanne EBERLEIN | "When our country is better we'd be very enjoyed to see you again." | "Little Cabin" p.229 | |
| 1933 Nov 27 | Philadelphia, PA | Letter | Roxane EBERLEIN TO her mother in Free Acres, NJ | "Aschers are having problems in Germany, & I have fears they are Jewish." | "Little Cabin" p.324 | |
| 1934 | Philadelphia, PA | Move | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein (widow) & her children | From Free Acres to Philadelphia because of her health. | Family records | |
| 1936 May 4 | Philadelphia, PA | Letter | Roxane EBERLEIN to W.E.B. DU BOSE [1868-1963] | From Oberlaender Trust. Encloses PO checks. Offers send steamer ticket to Atlanta. | Univ of Massachusetts | |
| 1936 June 13 | Elma, IA
| Death | Eva Lena JAMESON Carter (age 66) | At home of oldest son Lowell Jameston CARTER (dentist in Elma) | Family records | |
| 1936 Dec 27 | Iowa City, IA | Engagement | Ernestine (Gretchen) EBERLEIN & Larry BENNINGER | Both are students at Univ. of Iowa. Will marry on June 15, 1937. | "Little Cabin" p.247 | |
| 1936 Dec 19 | Philadelphia, PA
| Note | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein (age 56) | "This is my hair. I cut it off tonight. | "Little Cabin" p.246 | |
| 1937 Jan 8 | Philadelphia, PA
| Death | Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein (age 56) | While hospitalized for pneumonia & manic depression. Had been widow for 6 years. | Family records | |
| 1937 May 5 | Philadelphia, PA | Diary | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 27) | "Farewell to this room. I am leaving in a few days." | "Little Cabin" p.257 | |
| 1937 Jun 15 |  Where? | Wedding | Ernestine (Gretchen) EBERLEIN & Larry BENNINGER | Just after his BA in economics. Will have 1 daughter & 1 son. | "Little Cabin" p.247 | |
| 1937 | Where?
| Wedding | Undena Lisbeth (Betty) EBERLEIN & Edmund BROWN | Will live in Free Acres, NJ. Will have no children. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1937 Aug 16 | Public Landing | Letter | Charles Fitch LESTER (age 69) | "Sale came July 10. Davida was there. sold for $3835 less mortgage of $2400." | "Little Cabin" p.272 | |
| 1937 Aug 16 | Ocean City, MD | Letter | Charles Fitch LESTER (age 69) | "Two weeks at hotel of Davida's cousin [Charles Otis CARTER] did us good." | "Little Cabin" p.272 | |
| 1937 Aug 21 | Public Landing | Bankrupt | Mary De Guibert+Charles & Davida LESTER+Undena | 1932, 1933, 1934 & 1936 mortgages paid off. Charles E Tilghman becomes owner. | Worcester Cty Deed | |
| 1937 Oct 20 | Washington, DC | Letter | Harry C. Hawkins to Roxane EBERLEIN | "No secretarial or research vacancies in Trade Agreements Section of State Dept. | "Little Cabin" p.240 | |
| 1938 | Rose Valley, PA
| Theater | Hugh GRAHAM (lover of Roxane EBERLEIN) | Joins WPA-funded Hedgerow Theater at Arts & Crafts community formed in 1901. | "Little Cabin" p.268 | |
| 1938 | Free Acres, NJ
| Photo | "Little Cabin" (Lester home) | Charles LESTER & Louis DE GUIBERT built in 1921. Family papers found here. | Flickr | |
| 1938 Aug 10 |  Where?
| Peace | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN to Edwin S. Potter | "I want to get out of the peace movement. Too much of it is just talking." | "Little Cabin" p.276 | |
| 1938 Oct 3 | Free Acres, NJ
| Last letter | Charles Fitch LESTER (age 69) to Roxane in Geneva | "Diagram shows my 2nd chess move. Dovie, Sis & I are OK except my bum leg." | "Little Cabin" p.273 | |
| 1938 Oct 15 | Free Acres, NJ
| Death | Charles Fitch LESTER [1868-1938] | Husband of Davida DE GUIBERT Eiben Lester. Dies sudenly on his 70th birthday | "Little Cabin" p.273 | |
| 1938 Oct 9 |  Geneva, Switz.
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 28) | Arrives in Switzerland on own inititive. | "Little Cabin" p.309 | |
| 1938 Dec 10 |  Thomasville,GA
| Death | Bolton HALL [1854-1938] | Founded Free Acres in 1910. Leaves estate to Henry George School in NYC. | Wikipedia | |
| 1939 Feb 10 | New York, NY | Letter | Siglinde RUHL to Roxane in neutral Switzerland | "I saw Margot in Berlin. There are no human people in Germany any more."
| "Little Cabin" p.281 | |
| 1939 Apr | Pittsburgh, PA
| Refugee | Margot ASCHER | Safe in USA. Connects to parents in Berlin via Roxane in neutral Switzerland.
| "Little Cabin" p.298 | |
| 1939 Apr |
France | Vacation | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN to sister Jane in Free Acres | "Hired bikes in Cannes. Got to Nice by evening. From there on it's all mtns." | "Little Cabin" p.287 | |
| 1939 Apr | 
Monaco | Visit | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN to sister Jane in Free Acres | "Oriole Tucker & her mother are just our kind of folks." Her dad will die 6/22/39. | "Little Cabin" p.287 | |
| 1939 Jun |  Cuba+USA+Can | Denial | MS St. Louis (German passenger ship) | Denied permission to land 930 Jewish refugees. Roxane sailed on same ship. | Wikipedia | |
| 1939 Sep 10 | Free Acres, NJ
| Letter | Davida DE GUIBERT Lester (age 54) to neice Roxane | "I miss my Charlie so much, and have not heard from Sis [?!] since Dec." | "Little Cabin" p.293 | |
| 1939 Dec 3 | Geneva, Switz.
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN to sister Jane in Free Acres | "I am secretary to the US Labor Commissioner Carter Goodrich." | "Little Cabin" p.301 | |
| 1940 Sep 20 | Bern, Switzerland
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN to sister Betty in Free Acres | "I've been in Bern a month [as] telegraph clerk in American Legation." | "Little Cabin" p.305 | |
| 1940 Dec 2 | Bern, Switzerland
| War | Roxane EBERLEIN to Hugh DEENEY in New Jersey | "My sisters & I feel much gratitude for milk. I'm sending check for $100." | "Little Cabin" p.314 | |
| 1941 Feb 21 |  Tulsa, OK
| Birth | Judith BENNINGER | 1st of 2 Benninger children. Will marry fnu BROWN. No children. | "Little Cabin" p.316 | |
| 1941 | Nazi Germany | Birth | Sylvia _____ | Will marry Don Heerens, move to Free Acres, edit "Treasures of the Little Cabin..." | "Little Cabin" p.299 | |
| 1941 Oct 11 |  Ukraine | Holocaust | Sigmar (Shlomo) HESSING (age 7) | Sees family die. Liberated in 1944. Will marry Laurel, editor of "Little Cabin..." | "Little Cabin" p.298 | |
| 1941 Dec 7 |  Jeff.Barracks,MO | War | George Alexander CAMPBELL [1869-1943] | Is driven to see Merlin CARTER but base is closed due to Pearl Harbor attack. | Family records | |
| 1941 Dec 7 | Bern, Switzerland
| War | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 31) |  Relays news of Pearl Harbor attack to Washington, DC | Ernestine Benninger 1990 | |
| 1941 Dec 11 | Bern, Switzerland
| War | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 31) | Receives telegram from Washington re US declaration of war against Germany & Italy. | "Little Cabin" p.321 | |
| 1942 Nov | Hamilton, OH
| Birth | Christopher Charles BENNINGER | 2nd of 2 Benninger children. Famed architect in India. One son (Sidhartha). | "Little Cabin" p.9 | |
| 1942 Mar 4 | Daytona Bch, FL
| Letter | Charles Otis CARTER to son Lowell Jameson CARTER | "Not making expenses at Carter Hall. Nettie is more a she devil." | Barbara Tunistra | |
| 1942 Mar 28 | Philadelphia, PA
| Letter | Margot ASCHER to Roxane EBERLEIN in Switzerland | "Thank you for money. I'm still without job. Julius had baby in Cleveland." | "Little Cabin" p.324 | |
| 1943 Mar 6 | Geneva, Switz.
| Letter | D. Dee Segesser (citing Red Cross) to Roxane EBERLEIN | "Cousin Ada [INGELS] Rhudie is interned in Santa Thomas Camp." | "Little Cabin" p.323 | |
| 1943 Apr 7 | Daytona Bch, FL
| Death | Charles Otis CARTER | Buried in Altoona, Iowa, with his parents | Family records | |
| 1943 Apr 21 | Bern, Switzerland | Letter | Roxane EBERLEIN to aunt Davida DE GUIBERT Lester | "I hope the money's getting to you regularly. News of Gretch & the new baby?" | "Little Cabin" p.325 | |
| WW-II |  California
| Work | Jane EBERLEIN Hall (in her 30's) | "Wrote letter about working with Japanese students during their internment." | L.Hessing 12Nov12 | |
| 1943-1945 | Free Acres, NJ | Dispute | Edmund (Eddy) BROWN (husband of Betty EBERLEIN) | Local PO thinks Roxy is spy. So Eddy walks 2 mi to get her mail in Gillette. | Hessing 15Oct12 | |
| 1944 Jan 21 | PartridgeTwp, IL
| Fire | John EIBEN & Rosalie DE GUIBERT Eiben | 14-room home (De Guibert homestead) burns to ground. French sword lost. | Source 1 Source 2 | |
| 1946-???? | Wikipedia | |||||
| 1947 Jan 19 | WoodfordCty,IL
| Death | Rosalie DE GILBERT Eiben (age c.69) | Leaves personal estate not to exceed $100 & real estate not to exceed $8000 | L.Hessing 20Oct12 | |
| 1945-1947 |  London, England
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 35-37) | Administrative assistant at American Embassy. | "Little Cabin" p.255 | |
| 1947 Jan 31 | London, England
| Study | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 37) | Obtains registration certificate at London School of Economics | "Little Cabin" p.337 | |
| 1947 Jun 17 | Free Acres, NJ?
| Death | Davida DE GUIBERT Eiben Lester (age 62) | Widow for 9 years. Outlived sister Undena 10 years. Where die & with whom? | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 1947 | Public Landing | Publish | "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry | Famous story about wild horses across bay from Public Landing. | Wikipedia | |
| 1949 Sept | Springfield, IL
| Separation | Adlai Stevenson (age 49) | New IL governor. Announces divorce fm Ellen Borden (married 1928, 3 sons) | Webpage | |
| 1950 Feb 20 | In Maryland?
| Death | Nettie C. DEAN Carter (widow of Otis CARTER) | Buried in Denton Cemetery, Denton, MD | Find A Grave | |
| 1950 | NY City, NY | Arrival | Sigmar (Shlomo) HESSING (age 16) & parents | Ukrainian refugees aided by HIAS. Will marry Laurel, editor of "Little Cabin..." | "Little Cabin" p.244 | |
| 1952-1953 | Washington, DC
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 42-43) | At Democratic National Committee (DNC) & "Democratic Digest." | "Little Cabin" p.255 | |
| 1953 | Gainesville, FL | Move | BENNINGER family = Larry, Ernestine, Judy & Chris | Lawrence is professor at University of Florida. Judith is 12. Christopher is 11. | Gainesville Sun | |
| 1955-1960 | Chicago, IL
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 45-50) | Secretary to Newton N. Minow, law partner of Adlai Stevenson. | "Little Cabin" p.255 | |
| When start? | Springfield, IL
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN | Secretary of Adlai Stevenson during 1952 & 1956 presidential campaigns. | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 1960 Jun | Free Acres, NJ | Memories | Ernestine EBERLEIN Benninger (age 44) | Writes 50th anniversary memories of Free Acres. Moved to FL in 1952 [sic]. | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 1961 Jan 16 |  Am Radio History
| Gossip | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 51) | "Does she go with Mr. Minow to FCC or with Gov. Stevenson to UN?" | Am Radio History | |
| 1961-1965 | NY City, NY
| Work | Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 51-55) | Mistress to UN Amb Adlai Stevenson.  They live in Waldorf-Astoria. | Chris Benninger | |
| 1962 |  Eugene, OR | Publish | Col. Merlin Ingels CARTER, USAF [1904-1963] | Publishes the history of our Boone ancestors "The Boone-Elledge Family." | Family records | |
| 1965 | Free Acres, NJ
| Play | Jane EBERLEIN Hall (age 54) | Sketches costumes for "Treasure Island" produced by Free Acres Dramatic Guild | Rutgers archives | |
| 1965 Jul 14 | London, England
| Death | Adlai Stevenson [1900-1965] - sudden death | Leaves most $ to his 3 sons, also $3,000 each to Roxane & 2 other women. | Associated Press | |
| 1965 Jul 15 |  Portland, ME
| Reaction | Roxane EBERLEIN (w/Chris BENNINGER & Jane) | "Flew immediately to NYC to clear out papers before others could." | Email 30Oct12 | |
| 1965 Fall | Chicago, IL
| Work | Julian BROWN (future? husband of Judith BENNINGER) | On field staff of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SNLC) | Website | |
| 1968 |  Ahmedabad,India
| Move | Christopher Charles (Chris) BENNINGER (age 26) | Fulbright Fellowship. "Lands in Balkrishna Doshi’s Architecture School." | Chris Benninger | |
| 1968 Apr 7 | Gainesville, FL | Arrest | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown (age 27) | One of 15 protesting "a racist city" during funeral of MLK, Jr. | Newspaper | |
| 1968 Aug | Sandy Aprings, MD | Handbook | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown (age 27) | Presents "Toward a Female Liberation Movement" w/Beverly Jones to SDS meeting. | Redstockings | |
| 1971 | Gainesville, FL | Poem | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown (age 30) | "By sharing our secret pains, we will know where to fight..." | Redstockings | |
| 1971 | Ahmedabad,India
| Move | Christopher Charles (Chris) BENNINGER (age 29) | Arrives Ahmedabad to found School of Planning (now in CEPT University). | Chris Benninger | |
| 1972 Date? |  Where?
| Death | Edmund (Eddy) BROWN (husb of Betty EBERLEIN) | Email 14Oct12 | ||
| 1972-1982 | Free Acres, NJ
| Occupy | Sisters Betty EBERLEIN Brown & Jane EBERLEIN Hall | Occupy the Little Cabin. Both will be killed in same car acident in 1982. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1973 | Public Landing
| Fire | Former De Guibert house = former Bayview Hotel | Burns down? Click here for photo of fire engines at the house | Daily Times 1978 | |
| 1976 Mar |
| Publish | "Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: Life of Adlai E. Stevenson" | By John Bartlow Martin. "Roxane was his right hand when he wrote." | Email 12Oct12 | |
| 1976 | Free Acres, NJ
| Bicent | Rosalle Jane EBERLEIN Hall | Creates may pole for children during open house for US bicentennial. | Email 29Sep12 | |
| 1976 | Pune, India
| Move | Christopher Charles (Chris) BENNINGER (age 34) | Moves to Pune. Will marry Professor Aneeta GOKHALE, then separate. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1982 | Pune?, India
| Birth | Lawrence (Siddartha) BENNINGER | American father & Indian mother. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1982 Aug 23 | Highway 13, MD
| Death | Rosalle Jane EBERLEIN Hall | Injured in car wreak w/sister Betty. Sister Roxane also injured but not fatally. | "Little Cabin" | |
| 1982 Sep 6 | Maryland
| Death | Undena Lisbeth (Betty) EBERLEIN Brown | Injured in car wreak w/sisters Jane & Roxanne. Dies two weeks later. | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 1982 Oct 10 | Free Acres, NJ
| Memorial | For sisters Betty & Jane EBERLEIN | Laurel Hessing reads original poem for each sister. | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 1990 May 2 | Washington, DC
| Death | Davida Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN (age 80) | Never married. No children. Retired from State Department in 1982. | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 1990 June 17 | Free Acres, NJ
| Memorial | For Davida Roxane (Roxy) EBERLEIN [1910-1990] | Click here for tribute by Ernestine Benninger & here for poem by Laurel Hessing. | Email 11Nov12 | |
| 1991 June 1 | Gainesville, FL
| Death | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown (age 50) | Gainesville attorney & civil rights activist. No child. Predeceased her mother. | Gainesville Sun | |
| 1991 Feb 10 | Free Acres, NJ
| Article | From New York Times | "Free Acres Journal: A Haven Where Resident Own the Houses but Not the Land" | NY Times | |
| 1992 Spring | Free Acres, NJ | Publish | "Annotated Anthology of Free Acres Writing" | Edited & annotated by Laurel Hessing. | Free Acres website | |
| 1993 July | Free Acres, NJ
| Cleaning | Christopher Charles (Chris) BENNINGER | Empties "Little Cabin" & leaves papers with Laurel Hessing | "Little Cabin", p.11 | |
| 1994 Spring | Berkeley Hts, NJ
| Exhibit | Laurel Hessing & Sylvia Heerens | "Exhibition of Janey {Eberlein]'s artwork at the Berkeley Heights Public Library." | "Little Cabin" p.9 | |
| 1994 | Pune, India
| Career | Christopher (Chris) BENNINGER (age 52) | Switches from academia to full-time architecture. | Chris Benninger | |
| 1994 Aug 3 | Free Acres, NJ
| Cabin | Laurel Hessing | "The little house is completely gone. Sold to Laurianne & Richard Holsten." | "Little Cabin" p.248 | |
| 1995 Jun 6 | Gainesville, FL
| Letter | Ernestine Benninger (age 79) to Laurel Hessing | "I love every letter you ever sent. Mama suggested I read a story about death." | "Little Cabin" p.247 | |
| 1995 | Public Landing | Visit | Sylvia Heerens & 3 others from Free Acres, NJ | "We heard about it from Betty & Jane & were curious to see the place." | Email 25Oct12 | |
| 1996 Oct 21 | Rutgers Univ, NJ | Letter | Archivist Fernanda Perrone to Laurel Hessing | "I am enclosing the completed Free Acres finding aid. Hello to Sylvia." | Free Acres website | |
| 1997 Dec 13 | NY City, NY | Award | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown [1941-1991] | Among liberation movement founders honored by Veteran Feminists of America. | Alachua Freenet | |
| 1999 | Public Landing | Purchase | Carol Pauley & George Hogeboom | Purchase the Mansion House B&B (across from former De Guibert houses) | Website | |
| 1999 | Free Acres, NJ
| Publish | "Treasures of the Little Cabin...Tells the Stories..." | Edited by Laurel Hessing & Sylvia Heerens. On-line by Ctr for Jewish Hist. | "Little Cabin" | |
| After 1999 | ||||||
| 2000 Jul | Free Acres, NJ
| Anniversary | Free Acres Community | Click here for 90th anniversary photo including L.Hessing, S.Heerens & families. | Flickr | |
| 2001 Jan 25 | NY City, NY
| Musical | "Sketching Utopia" by Laurel Hessing | About Undena DE GUIBERT Eberlein & Ernest EBERLEIN | NJ Discussion List | |
| 2003 | Pune, India
| Graduatn | Lawrence (Siddartha) BENNINGER (age 21) | Fergusson College BA in economics. Now project planner at CDSA in Pune. | ||
| 2003 Jul 25 | Gainesville, FL | Death | Ernestine EBERLEIN Benninger Bauer (age 87) | Baha'i faith. To Gainesville in 1953. Remarried in her 80's to fnu BAUER. | Email 14Oct12 | |
| 2003 Aug 24 |  Gainesville, FL? | Chris BENNINGER to Laurel HESSING in Free Acres | "Ram&I sent 2 packages-my sister's Eberlein & Free Acres papers." | Email 14Oct12 | ||
| 2003 Dec 30 | Gainesville, FL
| Publish | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown [1941-1993] | Mentioned in "Freedom in the Family" by Patricia Stephens Due & Tananarive Due | Tananarive Due | |
| 2004 Feb |  Thimphu, Bhután
| Talk | Christopher (Chris) BENNINGER | Presentation to Seminar on Gross National Happiness. | Chris Benninger | |
| 2005 | Free Acres, NJ | Publish | "Berkeley Heights Revisited" | "Images of America" book by Virginia B. Toreger includes Free Acres. | Google Books | |
| 2006 Sep 11 | Gainesville, FL | Publish | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown [1941-1993] | Bio by Carol Giardina in "The Human Tradition in the Civil Rights Movement". | Amazon.com | |
| 2007 Oct 30 | RutgersUnivPress | Publish | "Utopia, New Jersey: Travels in the Nearest Eden" | By Perdita Buchan. Explores Free Acres & 7 other Utopian communities. | Amazon.com | |
| 2008 Dec 18 | Kolkata, India
| Award | Christopher (Chris) BENNINGER | Receives the Great Master's Award for architecture. | Chris Benninger | |
| 2010 | Free Acres, NJ
| Centennial | Hessing family, Heerens family, et al | "About 250 guests & Free Acreites participate." | Free Acres blog | |
| 2011 Apr | Mumbai, India
| Arrest | Sidhartha BENNINGER (son of Chris BENNINGER) | Times of India | ||
| 2011 5/5-22 | NY City, NY | Play | "Winter Wedding" by Hanoch Levin | Translated from Hebrew by Laurel Hessing & David Willinger. | Free Acres website | |
| 2011 Jul 13 | India
| Publish | "Letters to a Young Architect" by Chris BENNINGER | "Memoir of his life in India & his personal concerns about architecture." | Amazon.com | |
| 2011 Sep | Gainesville, FL
| Publish | Judith (Judy) BENNINGER Brown [1941-1993] | Mentioned in "Freedom for Women: 1953-1970" by Carol Giardina | Florida Univ Press | |
| 2012 Jun 20 | Pune?, India
| Photo | Lawrence (Siddartha) BENNINGER & ______? | Emgagement photo shows couple wearing traditional Indian clothing. | Email 07Nov12 | |
| 2012 Jul 31 |  Knoxville, TN | Webpages | Ted Lollis (grandson of Luna May JAMESON Campbell) | Starts this webpage & illustrated companion webpage. | Email 31Jul12 | |
| 2012 Oct 13 | Mumbai, India
| Talk | Christopher BENNIGER | TEDx talk on "Re-imagining Urban Lifescapes." | Mumbai Boss | |
| 2012 Oct 15 | Free Acres, NJ
| Comments | Laurel Hessing about "Treasures of the Little Cabin.." | "We'll look soon at some letters Sylvia Heerens stored in the 1990's." | Hessing 15Oct12 | |
| 2012 Oct 29 | Free Acres, NJ | Storm | Hurricane Sandy | Trees down. No electricity until November 13. | Heerens 13Nov12 | |
| 2012 Nov 3 | Snow Hill, MD | Visit | Jim Auer (grandson of Luna May JAMESON Campbell) | Obtains family info at county library. Visits graves of Mary & Louis De Guibert. | Email 10Oct12 | |
| 2012 Nov 4 | Public Landing | Visit | Jim Auer (grandson of Luna May JAMESON Campbell) | Photographs De Guibert bungalow & home site. Meets CH & Ruth Bradford. | Email 10Oct12 | |
