When Evaline M Bennett was born on 24 June 1855, in Henry, Indiana, United States, her father, Christopher Bennett, was 37 and her mother, Rachel J Beauchamp, was 39. She married Joseph Thomas Helton on 18 October 1877, in Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Harrison Township, Henry, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 12 October 1887, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Gilgal Cemetery, Heltonville, Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.
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English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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