Brief Life History of Edwin Turpin
When Edwin Turpin Bennion was born on 8 April 1868, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Bennion, was 47 and his mother, Mary Turpin, was 28. He married Mary Elizabeth Lindsay on 12 October 1892, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 3 April 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Edwin Bennion, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Edwin Bennion, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Edwin Bennion, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Amstel Brewery
Amstel Brewery was founded on June 11, 1870, in Amsterdam. It is named after the Amstel River which served for refrigeration. They use ice from canals to help keep their brews cold.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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