Tressing, Carrie

Carol "Carrie" B. Benson was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxilary No. 6. 

She was born to Mary and Byron E. Benson in June of 1890 in North Dakota. Byron came to Juneau in January 1898 to work as a miner. The family followed sometime after 1900 and they lived in Skagway.

Carrie married Simon M. Tressing who was a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army. Their daughter Kathleen M. was born 1913 in California. Carrie was living with parents in Juneau in 1920.

Simon retired and they were living in New Hanover, New Jersey in 1940. Carol died on July 10, 1940 in Queens, New York.

1900 U.S. Federal Census Dickinson, North Dakota, 1910 U.S. Federal Census Skagway,
1920/1930 U.S. Federal Census Brooklyn New York Ft Hamilton