Edith was only 7 when her family boarded the "Caronia" and sailed across the Atlantic in order to start their lives in America. Twenty years later she became a naturalized citizen.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Downey
FATHER: Albert Edward Benson
SIBLINGS:
Robert Jenkin Benson
Stanley Edward Benson, 1915-1999
Beryl Iris Benson, 1922-2020
Frank Edwin Benson, 1926-2007
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Arrival Date: 9 Mar 1925
Birth Date: abt 1918
Birth Location: Wales
Birth Location Other: neath
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Welsh
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Caronia
Source Citation: Year: 1925; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3618; Line: 19; Page Number: 152
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
2. U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Birth Date: abt 1919
Age at event: 27
Court District: Pennsylvania
Date of Action: 28 Mar 1946
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 (M1248); Microfilm Serial: M1248; Microfilm Roll: 38
3. RMS Caronia picture source:
Cunard Line, 1905-1933. Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Downey
FATHER: Albert Edward Benson
SIBLINGS:
Robert Jenkin Benson
Stanley Edward Benson, 1915-1999
Beryl Iris Benson, 1922-2020
Frank Edwin Benson, 1926-2007
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Arrival Date: 9 Mar 1925
Birth Date: abt 1918
Birth Location: Wales
Birth Location Other: neath
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Welsh
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Caronia
Source Citation: Year: 1925; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3618; Line: 19; Page Number: 152
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
2. U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Birth Date: abt 1919
Age at event: 27
Court District: Pennsylvania
Date of Action: 28 Mar 1946
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 (M1248); Microfilm Serial: M1248; Microfilm Roll: 38
3. RMS Caronia picture source:
Cunard Line, 1905-1933. Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Edith was only 7 when her family boarded the "Caronia" and sailed across the Atlantic in order to start their lives in America. Twenty years later she became a naturalized citizen.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Downey
FATHER: Albert Edward Benson
SIBLINGS:
Robert Jenkin Benson
Stanley Edward Benson, 1915-1999
Beryl Iris Benson, 1922-2020
Frank Edwin Benson, 1926-2007
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Arrival Date: 9 Mar 1925
Birth Date: abt 1918
Birth Location: Wales
Birth Location Other: neath
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Welsh
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Caronia
Source Citation: Year: 1925; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3618; Line: 19; Page Number: 152
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
2. U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Birth Date: abt 1919
Age at event: 27
Court District: Pennsylvania
Date of Action: 28 Mar 1946
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 (M1248); Microfilm Serial: M1248; Microfilm Roll: 38
3. RMS Caronia picture source:
Cunard Line, 1905-1933. Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Downey
FATHER: Albert Edward Benson
SIBLINGS:
Robert Jenkin Benson
Stanley Edward Benson, 1915-1999
Beryl Iris Benson, 1922-2020
Frank Edwin Benson, 1926-2007
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Arrival Date: 9 Mar 1925
Birth Date: abt 1918
Birth Location: Wales
Birth Location Other: neath
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Welsh
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Caronia
Source Citation: Year: 1925; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3618; Line: 19; Page Number: 152
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
2. U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Edith Mervine Benson
Birth Date: abt 1919
Age at event: 27
Court District: Pennsylvania
Date of Action: 28 Mar 1946
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 (M1248); Microfilm Serial: M1248; Microfilm Roll: 38
3. RMS Caronia picture source:
Cunard Line, 1905-1933. Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
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