Benson Family History
Benson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name
Benne, a pet form of Benedict (see
Benn).English: habitational name from a place in
Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtun
‘settlement (Old English tun) associated with
Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a
derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): patronymic composed of a pet form of the personal name
Beniamin (see Bien, Benjamin) + German
Sohn ‘son’.Scandinavian: altered form of such names
as Bengtsson, Bendtsen, patronymics from Bengt,
Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Benson
Name Distribution of Benson Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Benson families
 1,075 - 2,148  359 - 1,074 |
 1 - 358  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Benson families
|
113 - 223 38 - 112 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Benson census records
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Benson Family Origin
Benson Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Benson Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Benson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Benson census records
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