Brief Life History of Edward Evald
When Edward Evald Benson was born on 30 November 1927, in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, United States, his father, Oscar Walter Benson, was 40 and his mother, Johanna Sophia Rydquist, was 42. He had at least 1 daughter with Shirley Joan Erdman. He lived in Clam Lake Township, Wexford, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 July 2007, in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, United States.
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- Edward Benson in household of W Oscar Benson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edward Evald Benson, "Find a Grave Index"
- Edward E Benson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
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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