Maria Christena Bengtson

Brief Life History of Maria Christena

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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Family Time Line

Johan "John" August Warnick
1835–1904
Maria Christena Bengtson
1842–1909
Marriage: 5 July 1861
Carolina Augusta Warnick
1861–1892
Johan Gustaf Warnick
1863–1866
Warnick
1866–1866
Charles Edwin Warnick
1868–1868
Annie Charlotte Warnick
1869–1938
John Alfred Warnick
1872–1938
Olivia Christina Warnick
1874–1948
Clara Elnora Warnick
1877–1925
Huldah Cordelia Warnick
1879–1941
Baby Boy Warnick
1882–1882
Florence Mary Warnick
1883–1948
Willard August Warnick
1886–1949
Elmer Richelieu Warnick
1889–1956

Sources (40)

  • Mary C. Warnick in household of August Warnick, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Maja Stina Bengtsdotter Birth and Christening in Bålerud, Älgarås, Skaraborg, Sweden, 1842.
  • Mary Christena Warnick, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

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

1863

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

Name Meaning

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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