Frank Andrus Benson

Brief Life History of Frank Andrus

When Frank Andrus Benson was born on 16 October 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Ezra Taft Benson, was 42 and his mother, Adeline Brooks Andrus, was 40. He married Amanda Charlotta Eliason on 9 December 1880, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 5 May 1937, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Andrus Benson
1853–1937
Amanda Charlotta Eliason
1861–1922
Marriage: 9 December 1880
Eva Amanda Benson
1882–1946
Anna Eugenia Benson
1885–1967
Blanche Benson
1888–1979
Edna Benson
1890–1976
Hedvig Benson
1892–1921
Frank Andrus Benson
1895–1968
Eleanora Benson
1896–1992
Karl Eliason Benson
1899–1980
Helen Benson
1900–1908
Adeline Benson
1904–1904
George Taft Benson
1905–1942

Sources (35)

  • Frank Andros Benson, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Frank Andrus Benson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Frank Andrew Benson in entry for Mrs Edna Benson Ward, "Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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Life Sketch by Eleanora Benson Allen

LIFE SKETCH OF FRANK ANDRUS BENSON By Eleanora Benson Allen Seventh child and 6th daughter Before I start the life story of my father, Frank Andrus Benson, I would like to begin with a short sketch …

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