Justin and MaGee - Colonial Americans » Joseph William Benson (1888-1952)

Personal data Joseph William Benson 

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Household of Joseph William Benson

He has/had a relationship with Sarah F "Sadie" Kennedy.


Child(ren):

  1. Bernadine Mary Benson  1909-1955 
  2. Joseph J Benson  1915-1967

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph William Benson

Joseph Benson
1868-????

Joseph William Benson
1888-1952


Sarah F "Sadie" Kennedy
1890-1946

Bernadine Mary Benson
1909-1955
Joseph J Benson
1915-1967
George William "Bill" Benson
1924-1991

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Sources

  1. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, Roll: 30955_164603; Local board: Jacksonville , Illinois.
    Birth date: 30 Aug 1887 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: Residence place: Jacksonville, Illinois
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  2. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 1243; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 527; Image: 205.0.
    Birth date: abt 1890 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1930 Residence place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
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Historical events

Birthday August 31, 1888

  • The temperature on August 31, 1888 was about 13.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
    • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Day of death February 18, 1952

  • The temperature on February 18, 1952 was between -1.9 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
    • July 21 » The 7.3 Mw  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
    • October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
    • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
    • November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
    • December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
  • 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
  • 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)
  • 1890 » August Alle, Estonian poet and author († 1952)
  • 1893 » Lily Laskine, French harp player († 1988)
  • 1894 » Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author († 1982)

Source: Wikipedia


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