Brief Life History of Benjamin Hale
When Judge Benjamin Hale Renshaw Sr was born in April 1869, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Francis H. Renshaw, was 30 and his mother, Eliza Ada Baker, was 25. He married Harriet Fried Simpson on 16 November 1896, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 6 years. He died in 1933, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Bala, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (27)
- Benjamin H Kenshaw in household of Francis Kenshaw, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin H Renshaw - Government record: birth-name: Benjamin H Renshaw
- Renshaw, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951"
Spouse and Children
1869–1933 Male
1871–1951 Female
Children (7)
1897–1992 Female
1899–1976 Male
1904–1994 Female
1906–2000 Female
1908– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1838–1916 Male
1843–1920 Female
Siblings (7)
1869–1933 Male
1871–1924 Female
1874– Female
1877–1952 Female
1879–1880 Female
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 8
1886
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Renishaw in Eckington (Derbyshire), from the Middle English personal name Reynold + shau(e) ‘copse, wood’ (Old English sceaga). The surname forms sometimes show confusion either between the Middle English elements -shau(e) ‘wood’ and -hale ‘nook’, or with another placename that has not yet been identified.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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