Yeppa Benson

Brief Life History of Yeppa

When Yeppa Benson was born on 1 April 1866, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Jeppe Bendtsen, was 69 and his mother, Hanna Marthea Hansdatter, was 41. He married Katharine Swivel on 24 September 1889, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Clifton, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 27 November 1929, in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Weston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Yeppa Benson
1866–1929
Katharine Swivel
1868–1955
Marriage: 24 September 1889
Edna Catherine Benson
1890–1918
Clarence Yeppa Benson
1892–1978
Aaron Conrad Benson
1894–1994
Yetta Elverna Benson
1897–1971
Anna Elizabeth Benson
1899–1991
Florence Zweifel Benson
1901–1995
Minnie Zwiefel Benson
1903–2003
Adelia Zweifel Benson
1906–1911
Thelma Christine Benson
1908–1911

Sources (47)

  • Jeffa Benson in household of Jeffa Benson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jeppa Benson, 'Idaho, Deaths and Stillbirths' on MyHeritage
  • Yeppa Benson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1879

Historic Boundaries: 1879: Washington, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Washington, Idaho, United States

1886

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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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Bell Family History On the twenty-second day of February, 1916, the William M. Bell Family held its first Family Reunion in the Latter Day Saints Second Ward Church at Rexburg, Idaho. An enjoyable p …

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