Benjaminson Genealogy Pages
Research on the Benjaminson family and descendants from Latvia and their diaspora to South Africa, the U.S. and Israel
Albert BENJAMINSON
1918 - 2013 (95 years)
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Name Albert BENJAMINSON [1, 2, 3] Birth 06 Jun 1918 Bronx, New York 
[3] Gender Male Birth 06 Jun 1918 Bronx, New York, USA [1, 2] Death 5 Dec 2013 Charleston, SC Person ID I167 Benjaminson Master Last Modified 20 Mar 2026
Father Morris BENJAMINSON, b. 09 Feb 1896, Port Elizabeth, South Africa d. Jan 1980, Seminole, Florida (Age 83 years) Mother Johanna MINTUS, b. 23 Aug 1898, New York, NY d. Nov 1979, San Mateo, California (Age 81 years) Marriage Bronx, New York [1, 2, 3] Family ID F30 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Florence GALINSON, b. 13 Feb 1922, Brooklyn, New York d. 02 Aug 2000, Charleston, South Carolina (Age 78 years) Marriage 01 Dec 1940 Brooklyn, New York [3] Children 1. Peter Stephen BENJAMINSON 2. Eric David BENJAMINSON 3. Wendy Anne BENJAMINSON Family ID F34 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Aug 2024
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Photos 
My father Albert, in his U.S. Navy uniform, probably taken in Washington D.C., circa 1941. His rank at this time was Radioman Third Class. 
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My great-grandparents, Bernhard and Betty Benjaminson in Staten Island, New York in about 1920. The child is my father Albert Benjaminson. Bernhard was born in Kuldiga, Betty was born in Sabile, Latvia, they were married in Liepaja, Latvia and emigrated first to South Africa and then to the U.S. in 1906.
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My great-grandmother Basse (Betty) Nurick. She emigrated with my great-grandfather first to South Africa (where this photo was taken) and then to New York in 1906.
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