When Maria Christena Bengtson was born on 1 September 1842, in Elgarås, Skaraborg, Sweden, her father, Erik Bengtson, was 22 and her mother, Anna Greta Erickson, was 31. She married Johan "John" August Warnick on 5 July 1861, in Sventorp, Skaraborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Pleasant Grove Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 12 February 1909, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Nils, Algot, Britt, Kjersten, Lars, Nels.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Bengtsson . In some cases this is also an Americanized form of the rare Danish and Norwegian cognate Bengtsen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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