Brief Life History of George Emmett
When George Emmett Benson was born on 1 August 1903, in Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States, his father, George Milton Benson, was 25 and his mother, Laura Texas York, was 22. He died on 14 December 1982, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, San Diego, California, United States.
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Sources (8)
- George E Burson in household of George Burson, "United States Census, 1910"
- George E Benson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- George Emmett Benson, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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.
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