Albert Charles Benninger

1884 - 1937  (52 years)

• Name	Albert Charles Benninger
  Born	27 Aug 1884	Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Park named for him.
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Military	1898
  	He joined the United States Marine Corps and served during the Spanish-American War (1898-1899).
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134200
  Died	18 Mar 1937	Glendale, Queens, New York, USA   [2, 4]
  Buried	Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I134200	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Benninger,   b. 18 Sep 1844, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 28 Sep 1914  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Rellinger,   b. 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jun 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F22045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Benninger Playground Located on Madison Street between 60th Place and Fresh Pond Road, Benninger playground is named after former Queens Parks Commissioner Albert C. Benninger (1885-1937). Benninger was born in the town of [New] Germany, Canada, and moved to the United States at the age of four. He joined the United States Marine Corps and served during the Spanish-American War (1898-1899). In 1905, after leaving the military, Benninger moved to the Glendale section of Queens, New York. Seven years later, he was elected Queens Assemblyman, and he later served on the Board of Aldermen. In 1916, he served briefly as Commissioner of Public Works. Two years later, Mayor John F. Hylan (1869-1936) appointed Benninger Commissioner of the Queens Parks Department. In 1928, Benninger retired from this position, but was re-appointed two years later and served until 1933. Between 1933 and 1937, he served as Federal Marshal for the Eastern District of New York. Benninger Playground is located in Ridgewood, a neighborhood that straddles the Brooklyn-Queens border near Myrtle Avenue. The community is bounded by Metropolitan Avenue to the north, the Long Island Railroad to the east, Central Avenue to the south, and Flushing Avenue to the west. Dutch farmers displaced the region's original inhabitants, the Mespachtes Native Americans, in the early seventeenth century. Later, English colonists gave the area the name Ridgewood for its wooded topography. In the 150 years after the area's first European settlement, the larger surrounding communities of Queens and Brooklyn took shape. During this time, many people argued over which of these future boroughs rightly held Ridgewood. In 1769, English colonists settled the dispute by placing the "Arbitration Rock" at the intersection of Montrose and Onderdonk Avenues, officially defining Ridgewood as a part of Queens. The City of New York acquired this property by condemnation on August 20, 1936; Parks assumed jurisdiction on the same day. In 1937, the Board of Alderman passed a resolution that named the property Albert C. Benninger Playground. When the playground opened, it featured a handball court, play equipment, and a basketball/volleyball court that could be used as a wading pool during the summer months. Fifty years later, the playground underwent a $623,000 renovation and Parks shortened the property's name to Benninger Playground. New handball and basketball courts, play equipment, safety surfacing, drinking fountains, fencing, and benches were added. In 1995, the playground received an $85,000 perimeter steel fence funded by Council Member Thomas V. Ognibene. Today, the facility features two handball courts, a full basketball court, assorted swings, modular play equipment, safety surfacing, a spray shower, and game tables. An inscribed bronze, bas-relief plaque, located on the outer wall of the comfort station, honors the life of Albert C. Benninger and serves as a reminder of the important contributions he made to the New York City park system. www.nycgovparks. org 2010 ____________________ Obituary of Albert Benninger Albert C. Benninger. Brought from his home at Glendale, Long Island, New York, the body of U. S. Marshall Albert C. Benninger was laid to rest beside the grave of his mother in St. Boniface Cemetery at New Germany yesterday afternoon. The funeral was from the Lippert-Hunter funeral home at 2 o'clock with a short service conducted by Father Joseph Diemert. At Glendale prominent political leaders and public officials paid tribute to the dead marshal who also fought with U.S. Marines in the Spanish-American War. More than 5,000 lined the streets of Ridgewood and Glendale, suburbs of Brooklyn, N.Y., as the funeral cortege proceeded to St. Pancras R.C. Church on Monday. Flanking the hearse as it proceeded from the funeral home to the church were Aldermanic President Wm. F. Brunner, Justices William Carswell and Frank F. Adel of the Appellate Division, District Attorney Charles P. Sullivan, Police Inspector Michael J. Murphy and city court Justice Charles W. Froesel, the casket bearers. A squad of marines followed the hearse. paper unknown

  
  

• Sources

  [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 36368 (1884), Albert Benninger. Albert Beninger Date of Birth: 27 Aug 1884 Gender: Male Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: Martin Beninger, farmer of Waterloo Township, Mother's Name: Magdalina Rellinger [S93] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich, Maryhill - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic - www.findagrave. com. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 46. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90503681/albert-c-benninger.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Aug 1884 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Mar 1937 - Glendale, Queens, New York, USA Buried - - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth