Brief Life History of Agnes
When Agnes Bennett was born on 6 July 1915, in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States, her father, Joseph Bennett, was 24 and her mother, Hettie Jane Stevens, was 25. She married Hyrum ValGene Yorgason on 18 November 1942. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Holden Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 20 November 2000, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Agnes B Yorgason, "United States 1950 Census"
- Agnes Yorgensen, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
- Agnes Bennett, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch
The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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