Brief Life History of Charles Pridgen
When Charles Pridgen Benson was born in 1904, in North Carolina, United States, his father, John Clinton Benson, was 35 and his mother, Blanche Elizabeth Benson Pridgen, was 30. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1979. He died on 15 May 1979, in Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.
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- Charles Benson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Charles Pridgen Benson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Charles P Benson, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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