Leland Roy BENSON
- Born: 6 Mar 1894, Mower County, MN 2
- Marriage: Ida Marie SVEEN on 26 May 1925 in Fillmore County, MN 1
- Died: 5 Dec 1991, Fillmore County, MN at age 97 3
Noted events in his life were:
• Census: Dexter, 1895, Mower County, MN. Roll: V290_77, line 16, p 20 of 22
34 Benson Thomas R. 32
Benson Minnie 27
Benson Millie 2
Benson Leland 1
[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1058&iid=MNV290_77-0617]
• Census: Rushford, District 36, 1900, Fillmore County, MN. line 5
165 179 Benson Thomas 37 Feb 1863 Station Agent
--- Minnie 32 May 1868
--- Millie 7 Jul 1892
--- Leven 6 Mar 1894
[page 19 of 22
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• Census: Peterson, 1905, Fillmore County, MN. p 2 of 6
28 Benson Thomas 42
29 Benson Mina 37
30 Benson Millie C 12
31 Benson Lealand 11
32 Benson Myrtle 2
[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1058&iid=mnsc_117-0169]
• Census: Peterson, 1910, Fillmore County, MN.
52 58 Benson Thomas R 47
Minnie 42
Millie S 18
Leland R 16
Myrtle O 7
• Occupation: drayman and mail carrier. Early on, Leland was a drayman [the driver of a dray, a low, flat-bed wagon without sides, pulled generally by horses or mules that were used for transport of all kinds of goods]. After WWI, he took the postal office test and became a mail carrier.
• Notes: WWI Draft Registration, 1917-1918, Fillmore County, MN. 4 1) Name in full: Leland Roy Benson Age: 23
2) Home address: Peterson, Minn
3) Date of birth: March 6th. 1894
4) Natural born citizen
5) Where were you born: Dexter, Minn., U.S.A.
7) What is your present trade: Drayman**
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**A Drayman was historically the driver of a dray, a low, flat-bed wagon without sides, that was used for delivery of all kinds of goods.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drayman]
• Census: Peterson, 1920, Fillmore County, MN. 1, 29, 1A, line 26
8 8 Benson Thomas head 66
Mina wife 51
Millie daughter 27 immigration 1864
Leland son 24
Myrtle daughter 17
Wethe Anton bro-in-law 58 immigration 1868
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• Census: Whalan, 1930, Fillmore County, MN. 25-35, 13, 1B
22 Benson Leland head 36
Ida wife 24
Lois dau 7/12
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• Cemetery: Whalan Lutheran Church Cemetery, 1991, Fillmore County, MN.
Leland married Ida Marie SVEEN, daughter of Iver Tostensen SVEEN and Anne ANDERSON, on 26 May 1925 in Fillmore County, MN.1 (Ida Marie SVEEN was born on 24 Jun 1905 in Fillmore County, MN 5 and died on 5 Jun 1998 in Fillmore County, MN 6.)
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