Brief Life History of Emory Otis
When Emory Otis Benson was born on 25 April 1929, in Shelburn, Curry Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, his father, Thurman Otis Benson, was 22 and his mother, Elsie May Marts, was 22. He married Sarah Jeanette Gaskins on 17 June 1950. He lived in United States in 1949 and Curry Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 23 October 1999, in Farmersburg, Curry Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Farmersburg, Curry Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (19)
- Emery O Benson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
- Emory Benson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1929–1999 Male
1929–1981 Female
Parents and Siblings
1906–1968 Male
1907–1982 Female
Siblings (2)
1926–2001 Male
1929–1999 Male
World Events (8)
1931
Age 2
1932
Age 3
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 19
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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