Constance Benning (1908 - 1987)

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Eileen Constance Benning
1908 - 1987
updated December 28, 2019
Constance Benning was born on February 2, 1908 in Southampton, United Kingdom. She died on January 28, 1987 in Santa Cruz, California at 78 years old.

I'll never forget that this woman made me walk miles. She also dropped hot water on my head :) she was an amazing woman who decided in her older years to take care of her grandchildren by working hard
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Eileen Constance Benning Biography

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Constance Benning

First name

Eileen

Middle name

Constance

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Gender

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Birth

Eileen Benning was born on at Itchen Bridge, in Southampton, Southampton County, United Kingdom

Death

Eileen Benning died on in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California United States

Cause of death

breast cancer

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Constance Benning lived 6 years longer than the average Benning family member when she died at the age of 78.

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Daniel Pinna
Member since 2003
Grandma - today is 01/28/2019 and you passed away 32 years ago. Wow I was six years old and remember you so well. I wish I had the opportunity to know you as an adult. Thanks to a recent lunch with Pammy I know some of the highlights of your life married to your 3rd husband d'Albert and your time in San Jose & Santa Cruz, Washington, and Anchorage Alaska.
Jan 28, 2019 · Reply
Daniel Pinna
Member since 2003
Great-grandma, or "GG" as I called her, was a free spirit & strong woman. I would take walks with her every day.
May 12, 2015 · Reply

Eileen Benning Obituary

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Constance Benning passed away on January 28, 1987 in Santa Cruz, California at 78 years of age. She was born on February 2, 1908 in Southampton, United Kingdom. We are unaware of information about Eileen's family or relationships.
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1908 - 1987 World Events

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In 1908, in the year that Constance Benning was born, President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals.

In 1937, Eileen was 29 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.

In 1953, Eileen was 45 years old when on January 20th, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States. Formerly the 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe in World War II, Eisenhower had never previously held a political office.

In 1979, at the age of 71 years old, Eileen was alive when on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the power plant at Three Mile Island Pennsylvania. Radiation leaked into the environment, resulting in a rating of 5 on a scale of 7 ("Accident With Wider Consequences") . It ended up costing $1 billion to clean up the site.

In 1987, in the year of Constance Benning's passing, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.

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