Bernice Bingham

Brief Life History of Bernice

When Bernice Bingham was born on 16 July 1923, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Thomas Sanford Bingham, was 26 and her mother, Annie Adelphia Durrant, was 24. She married Benjamin Keith Hodson on 21 November 1946, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. She immigrated to World in 1945 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950 and California, United States in 2009. She died on 20 May 2010, in Roseville, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Roseville, Placer, California, United States.

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Benjamin Keith Hodson
1920–2010
Bernice Bingham
1923–2010
Marriage: 21 November 1946

Sources (18)

  • Bernice Hodsen, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Bernice Hodson, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Bernice Bingham, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Registers (Worldwide), 1860-1937"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .

American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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