Brief Life History of Erma Iona
When Erma Iona Benson was born on 6 September 1922, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James Frank Benson, was 20 and her mother, Ola Bell Dunlap, was 20. She lived in Civil District 14, Sevier, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 22 April 1985, in Seymour, Sevier, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Blount, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Erma Benson in household of Jim Benson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Erma Benson Ammons, "Find A Grave Index"
- Erma Iona Benson in entry for Bobbie Jean Ammons, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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