Brief Life History of James W
When James W Benson was born on 1 September 1948, his father, William Bruce Benson, was 58 and his mother, Hazel Agnes Larman, was 45. He lived in Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, United States in 1999. He died in 2016, at the age of 68.
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- Jimmy Benson in entry for Hazel Katherine Or Mickey Thum, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Jimmy Benson in entry for Hazel Or Mickey Katherine Thum, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- James W Benson, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009"
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1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
1966 · The Freedom of Information Act
Is a federal law that requires that full or partial disclosure of all previously unreleased government documents or information to be given upon request.
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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