Wilhelmina Catherina Johanna Benson was born on 9 September 1928 as the daughter of Johannes Mathys Benson and Johanna Louisa Christina Van Der Walt. She died on 22 November 2021, in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 93.
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.
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