Brief Life History of Miranda Louisa
When Miranda Louisa Benton was born on 19 December 1872, in Christian, Missouri, United States, her father, James Marion Benton, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Garoutte, was 19. She married William Washington French on 26 September 1889, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Hansford, Texas, United States in 1920 and North Battleford No. 437, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1926. She died on 27 June 1955, in Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lloydminster, Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada.
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- Miranda French, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
- Miranda Louisa Benton French, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs W W French in entry for Leta A French, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Hansford, Texas, United States
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Name Meaning
habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Benton Green in Berkswell, Warwickshire, Bentons in Suffolk, and Little Benton and Longbenton in Northumberland. The places are named with Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular) or beonet ‘bent grass’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
in Yorkshire and possibly also Staffordshire, a variant of Bentham .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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