Brief Life History of George Worth
When George Worth Bench Sr. was born on 29 June 1913, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, John Longman Bench Jr., was 43 and his mother, Nancy Elvira Cox, was 30. He married Margaret Erma Brinton on 20 December 1941, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 20 February 1986, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- G Worth Bench, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Worth Bench, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- George Worth Bench, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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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.
1933 · Lone Cedar Tree Monument
The Lone Cedar Tree is a historical monument located near downtown Salt Lake City and was the location of the only tree growing in the valley in 1847, when early pioneers arrived in the valley. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers erected the monument to honor the Mormon heritage and history of Salt Lake City.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a bank or raised piece of ground, from Middle English bench(e), banch, binch(e) ‘bench, bank, terrace’ (from Old English benc), signifying one who lived at or near a terrace or (river) bank.
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Benč: from a pet form of a personal name derived from Latin Benedictus (see Benedict and Benko ).
Possibly also an altered form of German Bensch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Worth Bench Sr.
He was a farmer and always working on his farm. He always had a song to sing or a saying to say while he worked.
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