Brief Life History of Clarissa
When Clarissa Benedict was born on 4 November 1837, in Bastard Township, Leeds, Upper Canada, British North America, her father, Ezra A Benedict, was 31 and her mother, Edith Parish, was 24. She married Chester Justice Sweet on 1 February 1856. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Lee, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Harrison Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 17 July 1889, in Des Moines Township, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Vincennes, Lee, Iowa, United States.
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- Claura Sweet in household of Clet Sweet, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Clarissa Sweet, "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990"
- Benedict in entry for Myrtle A Culp, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Scotland County created from Non-County Areas 19, 26, and 27.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Lee, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
English, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Benedict, from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. This owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to Saint Benedict of Norcia (c. 480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in Romance countries. Occasionally the English surname may derive from Latin benedicite ‘bless (you)’, perhaps given as a nickname to an habitual user of the expression. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed the German variant Benedikt and many cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Benedek , Slovenian Benedik (see Benedick ), and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Italian Benedetti .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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