When Ellen Benson was born on 29 December 1857, in Heskin, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Nathan Benson Sr, was 31 and her mother, Ann Baybutt, was 34. She married Alexander Robb on 9 July 1877. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 20 February 1922, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States.
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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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