Winston Lyle Benson

Brief Life History of Winston Lyle

When Winston Lyle Benson was born on 21 May 1921, in Trenton, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Vance Hugh Benson, was 30 and his mother, Neta Joannah Hansen, was 22. He married Katie Elizabeth Muse on 11 September 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He immigrated to World in 1944 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 7 March 2000, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Winston Lyle Benson
1921–2000
Katie Elizabeth Muse
1918–1999
Marriage: 11 September 1946

Sources (34)

  • Winston Lyle Benson in household of Vance Hugh Benson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Winston Lyle Benson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • Winston, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.

President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

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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