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Virginia Elbertine Benson 1857–1935 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1857

Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 10 May 1935

Death Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Father: John Benson

Mother: Elmyra Farr

Spouse(s): Charles Lightner

Children(s): William Lightner, Bessie Lightner, Isadora Lightner, Margaret Lightner, George Lightner, Mamie Lightner, Alfred Lightner, Charles Lightner

Virginia Elbertine Benson was born in 1857 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA, the child of John Thomas Benson And Elmyra Farr. Virginia Elbertine Benson married Charles Joseph Lightner, and had children including Alfred Benjamin Lightner, Bessie Marion Lightner, Charles Clarence Lightner, George Barklay Lightner, Isadora Lightner, Mamie Estelle Lightner, Margaret Virginia Maggie Lightner, William Joseph Lightner. Virginia Elbertine Benson passed away in 1935 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

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Biography

  • Virginia Elbertine Benson was born in 1857 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA, the child of John Thomas Benson And Elmyra Farr.
  • Virginia Elbertine Benson married Charles Joseph Lightner, and had children including Alfred Benjamin Lightner, Bessie Marion Lightner, Charles Clarence Lightner, George Barklay Lightner, Isadora Lightner, Mamie Estelle Lightner, Margaret Virginia Maggie Lightner, William Joseph Lightner.
  • Virginia Elbertine Benson passed away in 1935 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Benson
1811–1879
Birth Location: Maryland, USA
JB
Elmyra Farr
1821–1867
Birth Location: Maryland, USA
EF

Spouses(s)

Charles Lightner
1852–1921
Birth Location: At Sea
CL

Children(s)

William Lightner
1878–1959
Birth Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
WL
Bessie Lightner
1890–1974
Birth Location: Indiana
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Isadora Lightner
1875–1964
Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
IL
Margaret Lightner
1882–1966
Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ML
George Lightner
1886–1937
Birth Location: Baltimore City, Maryland
GL
Mamie Lightner
1884–1971
Birth Location: Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
ML
Alfred Lightner
1892–1951
Birth Location: Pendleton, Madison, Indiana, USA
AL
Charles Lightner
1880–1954
Birth Location: Frederick Co, Maryland
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Virginia Benson's Ancestors

Self
Virginia Benson
1857–1935
Birth Place: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Parents
John Thomas Benson
1811–1879
Maryland, USA
Elmyra Farr
1821–1867
Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Benson
1772–1860
Maryland, USA
Elizabeth McNew
1788–
Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Samuel Farr
1804–1857
Cheshire
Maria Booth
1806–1870
Maryland
Great-Grandparents
John Benson
1756–1821
Anne Edmonston
1743–1792
Basil MacKnew
1748–1817
Mary Edmondson
1750–1796
Joseph Farr
1775–1830
Elizabeth Clark
1782–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Benson
1728–1795
Esabellah Brown
1730–1789
Archibald Edmonston
1701–1786
Dorothy Brooke
1709–1780
Jeremiah McKnew
1731–1817
Martha MacKnew
1732–1796
Archibald Edmondson
1733–1786
Susan Blanchanah
1737–1784

Virginia Benson's Descendants

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Virginia (Elbertine) Benson (4 Mar 1857–10 May 1935) m. Charles (Joseph) Lightner (28 Dec 1852–7 Apr 1921)
  1. 1. William (Joseph) Lightner 1878–1959 m. Nettie (Myrtle) Kershaw 1888–1951
    1. 1. Vincent (Vernon) Lightner 1925–1986 m. Betty (Ruth) Morris 1928–2016 m. Thelma (Elinor) Hoag 1927–2002
      1. 1. Mark (Allen) Lightner 1948–2001
    2. 2. Isabelle (I) Lightner 1910–1975 m. Arthur (Hitchens) Shaw 1903–1981
    3. 3. William (Thomas) Lightner 1916–2000 m. Anna (Mary) Vidmar 1919–2009
    4. 4. Clarence (Edward) Lightner 1920–2002 m. Claudelle McChesney 1921–2000
  2. 2. Bessie (Marion) Lightner 1890–1974 m. Donald (E) McKinney 1888–1952
    1. 1. Virginia (Coraetta) McKinney 1911–1994
    2. 2. Geraldine (E) McKinney 1916–1919
  3. 3. Isadora Lightner 1875–1964 m. Henry Decker 1866–1952
    1. 1. Carl (Henry) Decker 1895–1981
    2. 2. Lillian (Cristina Virginia) Decker 1901–1990
  4. 4. Margaret (Virginia "Maggie") Lightner 1882–1966 m. Joseph (Edward) Hanes 1872–1945 m. John (T) Perkins 1869– m. Paul (Wesley) Smith 1879–1977
    1. 1. Thelma (Mayme) Hanes 1902–1989
    2. 2. Opal Hanes 1907–
    3. 3. Esther (Pearl) Hanes 1910–2004
    4. 4. Harold (Edward) Hanes 1912–1983
    5. 5. Joseph (Leroy) Hanes 1915–1989
    6. 6. Charles (William) Hanes 1920–1981
  5. 5. George (Barklay) Lightner 1886–1937 m. Constance Briggs 1894–1937
  6. 6. Mamie (Estelle) Lightner 1884–1971 m. Albert (Floyd) Ebbert 1880–1918 m. William (N) Elzey 1882–1962 m. Robert (A) Whyte 1854–1924
    1. 1. Charles (Arthur) Ebbert 1905–1975
    2. 2. Clarence (Albert) Ebbert 1907–1966
    3. 3. George (Roland) Ebbert 1909–1909
    4. 4. Maurice (Elstun) Ebbert 1912–1999
  7. 7. Alfred (Benjamin) Lightner 1892–1951 m. Dollie (C) Driskell 1892– m. Frances (Josephine) Pearson 1890–1982
    1. 1. Orland (Alfred) Lightner 1914–2002
    2. 2. Geneva (Josephine) Lightner 1917–1998
    3. 3. Alan (Wray) Lightner 1919–1945
  8. 8. Charles (Clarence) Lightner 1880–1954 m. Charlotti Lightner 1875–
    1. 1. Anna Lightner 1892–
    2. 2. Nora Lightner 1894–
    3. 3. Clara Lightner 1898–
    4. 4. Hazel Lightner 1902–
    5. 5. Raymond Lightner 1909–

Virginia Benson's Timeline

2 Records

1857
4 Mar 1857
Birth of Virginia Elbertine Benson in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
1935
10 May 1935
Age 78
Death of Virginia Elbertine Benson in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1857
    Event Place: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1935
    Event Place: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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