Inez E. Benson

30 September 1864–20 June 1942 (Age 77)
Conneaut Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Inez E.

When Inez E. Benson was born on 30 September 1864, in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, Leslie Clark Benson, was 21 and her mother, Alice May Beckwith, was 17. She married Carl Dwight Palmer on 16 February 1887, in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Kingsville Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 20 June 1942, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kingsville, Essex, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Carl Dwight Palmer
1862–1942
Inez E. Benson
1864–1942
Marriage: 16 February 1887
Ollie Fenn Palmer
1888–1949
Mrs Mrs Ernest Harwood
–
Nellie J. Palmer
1894–1974

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 February 1887Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1865
    Age 1
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
    1866 · Cleveland Police Department Established
    Age 2
    The Cleveland Police Department was created under the Metropolitan Police Act by the Ohio General Assembly. It was headed by a board of police commissioners tasked with the job of appointing a superintendent and officers. The department had become more innovated, starting with adopting the callbox system, using police wagons, and forming mounted units. In 1903, the department was handed over to the city to fund and control it.
    1886
    Age 22
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Benn
    Bonson

    Sources (20)

    • Inez Benson in entry for Nellie Palmer, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
    • Inez E. Benson in household of Henry Benson, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Inez Benson in entry for Ernest Harwood and Nellie Palmer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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