Brief Life History of Ezra Taft
When Ezra Taft Benson was born on 29 September 1882, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Brigham Young Benson, was 23 and his mother, Margret Ann Adams, was 22. He married Cynthia Esther Pingree on 9 December 1909, in Peterson, Morgan, Utah, United States. He lived in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 10 April 1963, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hayward, Alameda, California, United States.
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- E Taft Benson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Ezra Taft Benson, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
- Taft Benson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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Margret Ann Adams
LIFE SKETCH OF MARGRET ANN ADAMS BENSON Compiled by Gretta Benson Curless, August 2015 Margret Ann Adams was born 12 June 1860 in Logan UT to Hugh and Margret Webster Adams. Little Margret was the t …
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