Brief Life History of John Perry
When John Perry Benson, Jr. was born on 1 January 1883, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, John Perry Benson, was 33 and his mother, Eveline Lydia Hales, was 28. He married Mabel Page on 24 May 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and South Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 27 September 1956, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- J Perry Benson, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Parry Benson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Perry Benson, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894
Historical Boundaries: 1894: Carbon, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Carbon, Utah, United States
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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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