When Thelma Maude Bennett was born on 23 May 1903, in Camden, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Edgar Lewis Bennett, was 30 and her mother, Eva M. Holt, was 30. She married Lester Sanford Annis on 5 June 1926, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1920. She died on 8 June 1988, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Bucksport, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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