Surname Definition: See family crest below.

Origins: Scotland.

Alternate Spellings: BENSON, BENISON, BENSONE, BENNISON, GILDEA, GILDAY, GILDEE, BENNSONE, BENNISOUN, BENNISONE, and BENTSON, others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: BANGHAM, BENJAMIN, BENKENDORF, BENNISON, BENSON, BINGAMAN, BINGHAM, BINSKIN.

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• USA Death Records
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• Search Wikipedia – the free encyclopaedia
• DeadFred – Genealogy photo archive
• AncientFaces – Family Treasures
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• Family Tree DNA
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• RootsChat – Genealogy, Family History, Local History, Messaging Forum and more
• CertificateSharing – free sharing of Birth, Baptism, Marriage and Death Certificates in English language only
• Access Genealogy’s Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania search engine
• History of Australia by the Eureka Council
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• National Archives of Australia
• State Records Office, New South Wales, Australia
• Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia
• Archives of New Zealand
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
• Auckland City Libraries – family history resources, New Zealand
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography online
• Search Family Home Pages at FamilyTreeMaker
• Search Encyclopaedia Titanica – Titanic Passenger and Crew Research

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