PHOTOS of George and Margit		George and Margit (Bengtsson/Benson) Steele
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		When George Weldon Steele was born on September 14, 1907, in Delaware, Indiana, his father, George, was 37 and his mother, Katherine, was 28. He married Margit Vanja Bengtsson on August 3, 1934, in Indiana. They had three children during their marriage. He died on February 24, 1965, in Western Springs, Illinois, at the age of 57.
		When Margit Vanja Bengtsson was born on October 28, 1906, in Forshaga, Värmland, Sweden, her father, Carl, was 27, and her mother, Agnes, was 24. She married George Weldon Steele on August 3, 1934, in Indiana. They had three children during their marriage. She died on April 8, 2004, in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of 97, and was buried in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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		Date	Age of George	Age of Margit	Life Event
		28-Oct-1906	0		Birth of Margit Vanja (Bengtsson) Steele Margit Vanja Bengtsson was born on October 28, 1906, in Forshaga, Värmland, Sweden, to Agnes Olsson, age 24, and Carl Bengtsson, age 27. 28 October 1906 • Forshaga Var, Sweden
		Stormon			Carl, Agnes, and Margit Bengtsson lived in a house named "Stormon" in Forshaga, Sweden 59°32'10.8"N 13°30'02.3"E
		29-Apr-1907	28	24	Margit's Immigration to U.S. Carl and Agnes Bengtsson immigrated at the end of the Swedish migration to the US. Carl, Agnes with baby Margit and Agnes’ sister Hildur, boarded the White Star Lines S.S. Adriatica in Liverpool, England and landed in New York, in 1907  - http://www.sweden.blackford.info/History/history.html  - Manifest -- http://www.sweden.mbret.tech/manifest.html
		8-May-1907	28	24	Immigration - Departure Liverpool, England
		18-May-1907	28	24	Immigration - Arrival New York, New York
					In America name changed to Benson from Bengtsson
		post card			Residence 1910 • Lake Ward 1, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
		14-Sep-1907	0	1	Birth of George Weldon Steele George Weldon Steele was born on September 14, 1907, in Delaware, Indiana, to Katherine Elizabeth LaRue, age 28, and George W Steele, age 37. 14 sep 1907 • Delaware County, Indiana, USA
		1916	9	10	Death of George's Father George's father George W passed away in 1916 in Delaware, Indiana, at the age of 46.
		1918			End of WW I
		1929			The Great Depression
		3-Aug-1934	26	27	Marriage George Weldon Steele married Margit Vanja Bengtsson in Indiana on August 3, 1934, when he was 26 years old. 3 Aug 1934 • Indiana, United States
		2-Mar-1936	28	29	Birth of Daugher Her daughter Carol Jane was born on March 2, 1936, in Gary, Indiana.
		15-Oct-1940	33	33	Birth of Daughter His daughter Virginia Kay was born on October 15, 1940, in Gary, Indiana.
		12-Jul-1943	35	36	Birth of Daugher Her daughter Margaret Louise was born on July 12, 1943.
		1945			End of WW II
		29-Jul-1948	40	41	Death of Margit's Father Her father Carl Bengtsson passed away on July 29, 1948, in Gary, Indiana, at the age of 69.
		1952	44		George Steele's first heart attack
		31-Dec-1954	47	48	Death of Margit's Mother Her mother Agnes (Olsson) Bengtsson passed away on December 31, 1954, in Gary, Indiana, at the age of 72.
		1954	47	48	Death of George's Mother His mother Katherine Elizabeth passed away in 1954 in Jasper, Indiana, at the age of 75.
		24-Feb-1965	57	58	Death George Weldon Steele died on February 24, 1965, in Western Springs, Illinois, when he was 57 years old. 24 feb 1965 • Western Springs, Illinois, USA
		8-Apr-2004		97	Death Margit Vanja Bengtsson died on April 8, 2004, in Knoxville, Tennessee, when she was 97 years old. 8 april 2004 • Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States of America
		PHOTOS of George and Margit		mBret	author: Michael Bret Blackford - 2021
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