Difference between revisions of "Mathias and Margaret Benson"
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| grandparent family=Andrew and Mathilda Benson; Oliver and Margaret Belnap | | grandparent family=Andrew and Mathilda Benson; Oliver and Margaret Belnap | ||
| child family=Jim and Ruth Smith | | child family=Jim and Ruth Smith | ||
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| marriage year=1906 | | marriage year=1906 | ||
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| − | Mathias was Margaret | + | As an adult, Mathias worked on the family farm. Around 1901, he began teaching school. He was also heavily involved with the LDS Sunday School, acting as the Superintendent for the Moreland Ward and then the Blackfoot Stake. |
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| + | Margaret met Mathias when he was here 8th grade school teacher. A few years later, they dated and decided to marry in 1906. Before the planned marriage, Mathias received a call to serve an LDS mission in Scandinavia; they agreed to proceed with the wedding, and Mathias departed for the mission 5 days later. | ||
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| + | Mathias spent the majority of his mission presiding over the Trondjhem Conference in Norway. He also visited Bornholm, his birthplace, a few times. | ||
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| + | On Mathias's return, he and Margaret settled in a log cabin in Moreland, Idaho. They lived here for 9 years, with Mathias teaching school, farming, and once again leading the Stake Sunday School. Marvin and Leone were born here. | ||
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| + | In 1918, the family relocated for a short time to Kimberly, Idaho, where Thelma was born. The next year, they settled in Boise. | ||
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Revision as of 21:45, 22 July 2015
Family of Mathias Julius Benson & Margaret Belnap, 1901-1948 (b. 1877, m. 1906)
Residence: Bingham County, Idaho; Ada County, Idaho
Grandparents:
Descendants:
Parents' Childhood
Mathias was born in 1877 to Andrew and Mathilda Benson in Bornholm, Denmark. The family immigrated to Weber County, Utah when he was 9 years old. In 1896 (age 19), the family relocated to Bingham County, Idaho.
Margaret was born in 1885 to Oliver and Margaret Belnap in Weber County, Utah. Her mother died when she was 8 years old, and she spent many of the following years with extended family, separated from her siblings. In 1898 (age 12), Oliver Belnap moved his family to Bingham County, Idaho.
Married Life
As an adult, Mathias worked on the family farm. Around 1901, he began teaching school. He was also heavily involved with the LDS Sunday School, acting as the Superintendent for the Moreland Ward and then the Blackfoot Stake.
Margaret met Mathias when he was here 8th grade school teacher. A few years later, they dated and decided to marry in 1906. Before the planned marriage, Mathias received a call to serve an LDS mission in Scandinavia; they agreed to proceed with the wedding, and Mathias departed for the mission 5 days later.
| 1906 | Marriage in the Salt Lake Temple |
| 1906 | Mathias departs for Scandinavia Mission; Margaret remains in Weber County, Utah |
| 1908 | Mathias returns from mission; move to Bingham County, Idaho |
| 1909 | Marvin Mathias born |
| 1914 | Leone born |
| 1918 | Move to Twin Falls County, Idaho |
| 1918 | Thelma born |
| 1919 | Move to Ada County, Idaho |
| 1922 | Ruth born |
| 1922 | Margaret died |
Mathias spent the majority of his mission presiding over the Trondjhem Conference in Norway. He also visited Bornholm, his birthplace, a few times.
On Mathias's return, he and Margaret settled in a log cabin in Moreland, Idaho. They lived here for 9 years, with Mathias teaching school, farming, and once again leading the Stake Sunday School. Marvin and Leone were born here.
In 1918, the family relocated for a short time to Kimberly, Idaho, where Thelma was born. The next year, they settled in Boise.
Related Files
Moreland School class photo
Mathias Benson young portrait
Mathias Benson wedding portrait
Margaret Benson wedding portrait
Mathias Benson mission portrait
Mathias Benson on mission
Mathias Benson 8th grade class
Margaret Benson with baby Thelma
Mathias Benson in Boise 2nd Ward bishopric
Ruth Benson baby portrait
Ruth Benson in a bathtub
Ruth Benson in Moreland house parlor
Mathias Benson older portrait
Ruth Benson teenager
Marvin and Marie Benson young
Margaret Baldwin on sofa
Thelma Benson young portrait
Sonja Benson baby
Ruth Benson high school portrait
Ruth Benson 1940 portrait
Mathias Benson with Thelma
Duane McQueen military portrait
Smiths and Bensons at Kinney house
Thelma Benson portrait 1945
Duane and Thelma McQueen wedding
Duane McQueen portrait
Sonja and Dwight Kelsey wedding
Marvin and Marie Benson older
The Story of Mathias and Margaret Benson
