Ellen Benson

Brief Life History of Ellen

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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Family Time Line

Alexander Robb
1853–1926
Ellen Benson
1857–1922
Marriage: 9 July 1877
Martha Robb
1879–1968
Alexander Robb Jr
1881–1974
Margaret Ellen Robb
1884–1952
Mary Elizabeth Robb
1888–1975
Alice Ann Robb
1892–1981
Pearl Robb
1897–1969

Sources (36)

  • Ellen Benson in household of Nathan Benson, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Benson - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Ellen Benson
  • Ellen Benson, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became 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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