Ira Wainwright Bennion

Brief Life History of Ira Wainwright

When Ira Wainwright Bennion was born on 5 January 1864, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Bennion, was 43 and his mother, Esther Wainwright, was 46. He married Ellen Jennette Gardner on 21 July 1886, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 27 January 1929, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Wainwright Bennion
1864–1929
Ellen Jennette Gardner
1865–1914
Marriage: 21 July 1886
Bennion
1887–1887
Lenore Bennion
1889–1914
Adell Bennion
1890–1890
Marvin Gardner Bennion
1892–1923
Valois Bennion
1896–1996
Laurel Bennion
1898–1930
Preston Bennion
1901–1969
Norma Bennion
1904–1977
Esther Wainwright Bennion
1907–1933
June Bennion
1909–2000
John Archie Bennion
1912–1912

Sources (54)

  • Ira Bennion, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Ira Bennion, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Ira Wainwright Bennion, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: James Webster BIRTH 17 Apr 1792 DEATH 5 Mar 1867 (aged 74) BURIAL Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 130970773

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion, ap Eynon ‘son of Einion’ (see Eynon ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Biography of early life of Ira Bennion Cannon written by his wife, Mary Salmon Cannon

“Ira Bennion Cannon “Was born in Taylorsville, Utah Feb. 11, 1889. “He was the son of Angus Munn Cannon and Maria Bennion. The first two or three years of his life was spent in the home of his grand …

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