August Bengtson
1876 - 1958 (82 years)
Person ID: I0263 | Tree: Marlys Jones - Brodd Family | Last Modified: 3 Jul 2018
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Name August Bengtson [1] Notes
WAHOO NEWSPAPER - OCTOBER 9, 1958
LAST RITES HELD FOR AUGUST BENSON, 82
Services were held Monday, September 29 at 3 p.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg for August Benson, 82, retired Saunders County farmer who passed away in Omaha, Friday evening, September 26th after a long illness at the home of his dhter, Mrs. Naomi Meyer.
Survivors, Mrs. Josina Benson, Omaha; daughter, Mrs. Naomi Meyer, Omaha; Mrs. Fern Rolofson, Lincoln; Mrs. Genevieve Walther, San Antonio, Texas; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Lilly Brodd, Lincoln; Mrs. Esther Td, Sanford, Florida; brother, Emil Benson, Lincoln.
Internment was at Grace Lutheran Cemetery.
Birth 6 May 1876 Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska 
[1] Gender Male Died 26 Sep 1958 Omaha, Nebraska Buried Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska [2] -
Parents
Father Nels (Nils) Bengtson (ID:I0266), b. 7 Mar 1840, Sk d. 6 Feb 1917, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 76 years) Mother Nilla (Nellie) Bengtssdotter (ID:I0265), b. 29 Jan 1842, Hissmasa, Sweden d. 16 Jan 1925, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 82 years) Marriage 26 May 1871 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Notes - LANCASTER COUNTY NEBRASKA MARRIAGE RECORDS 1866-1876
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Bengtson-Bengtsdotter
M. at Lincoln, Nebr., May 26, 1871 by S. C. Larson, Pastor of Lutheran Church. Nils Bengtson, of Saunders Co., Nebr., age 30, born in Sweden, son of Bengt Nilson and Bothilda Ericsdotter. Nilla Bengtsdotter of Lan. Co., Nebr., age 29, born in Sweden, dau. of Bengt Anderson and Johanna Petrosdotter. Witss: Nils Truelson of Saunders Co., Nebr., and Betty Dedrich of Lan. Co., Nebr.
Children 1. 
Betsey Bengtson (ID:I0264), b. 27 Aug 1872, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 10 Aug 1956 (Age 83 years)2. Hilda Bengtson (ID:I0262), b. 1874, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 1874, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 0 years)3. August Bengtson (ID:I0263)
(current person)
, b. 6 May 1876, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 26 Sep 1958, Omaha, Nebraska (Age 82 years)4. Lillie Bengtson (ID:I0142), b. 12 Feb 1878, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 11 Jul 1964, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 86 years)5. Wilhelm Bengtson (ID:I0260), b. 2 Oct 1879, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 23 Oct 1927, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 48 years)6. Hilda Bengtson (ID:I0261), b. 28 Sep 1881, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 30 Apr 1906, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 24 years)7. Emil Bengtson (ID:I0234), b. 30 Sep 1883, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. Dec 1970 (Age 87 years)8. Hermanda Bengtson (ID:I0934), b. 28 Apr 1885, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 19 May 1948, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 63 years)9. Esther Bengtson (ID:I0258), b. 9 Mar 1887, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 21 Apr 1973, Sanford, Seminole County, Florida (Age 86 years) - LANCASTER COUNTY NEBRASKA MARRIAGE RECORDS 1866-1876
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Family
Wife Josina Mariana Erlander (ID:I1193), b. 9 Feb 1874 d. 7 Feb 1961 (Age 86 years) Marriage 19 Feb 1902 Concord, Dixon County, Nebraska Children 1. Ruth Helena Bengtson (ID:I1194), b. 16 Nov 1902, Concord, Dixon County, Nebraska d. 23 Sep 1913, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska (Age 10 years)2. Naomi Concordia Bengtson (ID:I1195), b. 16 Nov 1902, Concord, Dixon County, Nebraska d. 9 Jul 1997, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska (Age 94 years)3. Fern Anita Lenea Bengtson (ID:I1196), b. 22 Jun 1907, Concord, Dixon County, Nebraska d. 6 Jun 2009, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 101 years)4. Genevieve Tekla Hildegard Bengtson (ID:I1197), b. 28 Sep 1910, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 19 Jun 1987, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 76 years) -
Other Personal Events
Baptism 5 Jun 1876 Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska [2] Confirmation 10 May 1891 Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska [2] -
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