Clara Marinda Bennett

Brief Life History of Clara Marinda

When Clara Marinda Bennett was born on 3 February 1883, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, her father, Hiram Bell Bennett, was 59 and her mother, Ellen Greenhalgh, was 31. She married Anton Johan Theodore Sorensen on 26 February 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1940 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1949. She died on 27 September 1966, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Meadow Cemetery, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anton Johan Theodore Sorensen
1877–1974
Clara Marinda Bennett
1883–1966
Marriage: 26 February 1902
Vance Sorsensen
1911–
William Theodore Sorensen
1920–2017

Sources (26)

  • Clara Marinda Bennett Sorensen in household of Anton J T Sorensen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Clara Marinda Bennett, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Clara Marinda Sorensen, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1896 · Utah becomes a state

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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Bennett, Hiram Bell 1823-1912

HIRAM BELL BENNETT 1823-1912 by daughter Clara Marinda Bennett Sorenson Hiram Bell Bennett was born on 1 March 1823 at Nashville, Sumner, Tennessee . His parents were William J. Bennett and Eliz …

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