When William Benson Milner was born on 1 July 1798, in Inskip, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Milner, was 29 and his mother, Ann Benson, was 26. He married Mary Jemson on 4 December 1837, in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Toxteth Park St Michael, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died about 1869, at the age of 72, and was buried in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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