Benjamin Janis was listed in the Indian Census on the date of in 1886 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA; Living with Ben Janis (22) was his wife Susanna (24), sons Wally (4), & Benny (2).
4 Benjamin Philip Janis Jr. was born in 1895 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA.
5 Conflicting evidence states that Benjamin was born at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA, in 1896.
1,3 He was the son of
Benjamin Janis and
Susanna Richard.
1,3 Benjamin Janis was listed in the Indian Census on the date of in August, 1896 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA; Benjamin is listed as father at the age of 30 and living with his wife Susanna (age 36) and children; James (age 8), Ben (age 1-4m), Bessie (age 5), & Agie (age 2-8).
5 An unknown person nF was enrolled with the Oglala Sioux(!) and assigned an enrollment number of Oglala Sioux(!).
1 Benjamin Janis was listed in the Indian Census on the date of on June 30, 1904 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA.
3 He applied for homestead land at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on December 18, 1906.
6 Benjamin's occupation: Mail Carrier at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, in 1916. "By 1916, the country was booming with horses, at top prices due to the war time plans for using horse drawn cannon and Cavalry in Europe. Neighbor's boys found jobs easily as cowboys, mail carriers, clerks in stores, etc. Some of my brothers liked cowboying best. Bob Brewer started clerking in the Corder Store in Pine Ridge. Philip Janis, son of neighbor Ben Janis, Sr., and Susannie Reshaw, became a mail carrier."
[Reservation Roundup, pg.3-4]..
2 He married
Josephine Pourier at USA on May 9, 1920.
1 Benjamin's occupation: Road Crew at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, in 1920. In 1920 he worked on building roads and bridges on Porcupine Creek and over in Fog Basin. ."
[Reservation Roundup, pg. 37]..
2 Benjamin died on August 27, 1947 at USA.
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