Marcus Joseph Benson

Brief Life History of Marcus Joseph

When Marcus Joseph Benson was born on 23 April 1865, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Jens Peter Ipsen Benson, was 33 and his mother, Kirsten Martena Ericksen, was 28. He married Magna Olga Larsen on 20 November 1889, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Newton Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 13 June 1949, in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marcus Joseph Benson
1865–1949
Magna Olga Larsen
1868–1921
Marriage: 20 November 1889
Hazel Naomi Benson
1891–1978
Norma Olive Benson
1893–1983
Mildred Minnie Benson
1895–1982
Mark Royden Benson
1900–1980
Helen Benson
1904–1904

Sources (31)

  • Joseph Benson in household of Christine Benson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Marcus J Benson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Marcus Joseph Benson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1866

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Karen A. Jensen Christensen BIRTH 4 Jan 1840 Denmark DEATH 9 Sep 1866 (aged 26) Newton, Cache County, Utah, USA BURIAL Newton Cemetery Newton, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 71881495

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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A Sketch of the life of Marcus Joseph Benson Written by himself in March 1938

I was born the 23rd of April 1865 in Lehi, Utah. My father Peter Benson came across the plains in 185 3 with his parents. They traveled by ox team to Salt Lake. The came from Aaker, Denmark. My m …

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