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Bert Benson

Bert Benson

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bert Benson (son of Gabriel Oberlin Benson and Eddy Marie Smerud).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gabriel Oberlin Benson was born on 23 Jan 1840 in Norway; died on 2 Dec 1953 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States.

    Notes:

    ! RELIGION: Lutheran.
    ! NOTES: Came to the U.S.A. from Norway. Graduated from Concordia College,
    Moorhead, Minn. and taught there for a while. He was a banker in Halstad,
    Minn. for 25 years. He changed his name when he came from to America;
    probably from Heskestad to Benson. He was from the Stavanger area in
    Norway.

    Gabriel married Eddy Marie Smerud. Eddy was born on 11 Oct 1883 in Spring Grove, Houston, Minnesota, United States; died on 13 Nov 1985 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eddy Marie Smerud was born on 11 Oct 1883 in Spring Grove, Houston, Minnesota, United States; died on 13 Nov 1985 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States.

    Notes:

    !RELIGION: Lutheran.

    Children:
    1. 1. Bert Benson
    2. Lyman Benson
    3. Valborg Geneva Benson