Brief Life History of Julia
When Julia Benedict was born on 24 October 1839, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Thomas Benedict VII, was 42 and her mother, Susan Betts, was 40. She died in 1906, at the age of 67.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Julia Benedict in household of Thomas Benedict, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1797–1883 Male
1799–1876 Female
Siblings (6)
1817–1895 Male
1821–1830 Female
1827– Female
1832–1889 Female
1839–1917 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1846
Age 7
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
Age 9
1863
Age 24
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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