Flora Smith Amussen

Brief Life History of Flora Smith

When Flora Smith Amussen was born on 1 July 1901, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, Carl Christian Amussen, was 76 and her mother, Barbara Mc Isaac Smith, was 33. She married Ezra Taft Benson in 1926, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1926 and lived in District 7, Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1940. She died on 14 August 1992, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezra Taft Benson
1899–1994
Flora Smith Amussen
1901–1992
Marriage: 1926
Reed Amussen Benson
1928–2016
Reed Amussen Benson
1928–2016
Beverly Amussen Benson
Bonnie Amussen Benson
Mark Amussen Benson
1929–2012
Barbara Amussen Benson
1934–2020
Beverly Amussen Benson
1937–2024
Bonnie Amussen Benson
1940–2025

Sources (119)

  • Flora A Benson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Flora Amussen Benson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Flora Smith Amussen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1902 · Old Main (Utah State University)

The first building on the Utah State University Campus was named Old Main and is the oldest functioning academic building in Utah. It was built after the current site was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees for the new college. Construction started in 1889 and the entire building was completed in 1902. During the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1919, the building was used as a makeshift hospital to take care the effected residents in the surrounding area. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Arno, Detlef, Kurt, Manfred.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Asmus, a shortened form of Rasmus .

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

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Find A Grave Memorial# 10855093 Find A Grave Memorial# 10855093

Find A Grave Memorial# 10855093 Birth: Jul. 1, 1901 Logan Cache County Utah, USA Death: Aug. 14, 1992 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Wife of LDS Church President Ezra Taft Benson. Flora …

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