When Emma Viola Benson was born on 5 May 1858, in Cobb, Georgia, United States, her father, Robert McCoy Benson, was 37 and her mother, Mary Catherine Latimer, was 26. She married Drury Daniel Dunn on 27 January 1876, in Cobb, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in District 992, Cobb, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 1292, Cobb, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 16 December 1944, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cobb, Georgia, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1872: Cobb, Georgia, United States
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English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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