Hello, We've been discussing old Amusement Parks in New England on my "Memories" List, and someone brought up the discussion of "Benson's Wild Animal Farm / Park" in southern NH (US). I looked it up, and it was started by a John BENSON. I found a page mentioning that he had previously been a manager at the "Lexington Park" in MA. This might be him in census pages, showing he came from England. BENSON, JOHN T (1910 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, LEXINGTON Age: 35, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: ENGL Series: T624 Roll: 598 Page: 158 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson's_Wild_Animal_Farm However, when trying to find him in census records, I saw that many with the BENSON name came down from Canada. Many others came from England or Sweden, etc. It's a surname we don't see on the New England Lists, and I wondered whether anyone did research it. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator FYI: Come to think of it, were there as many "old amusement parks" in Canada? (I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that my sister and I had a visit to "Parc Safari" around 1978. She and her husband and their young kids and me and my young kids drove up in the middle of a "heat wave." We had a family-size tent and stopped at a campground. Didn't know that "thunderstorms" -happened- quite suddenly without nice - and, while we were swimming, "down" with the tent ! On top of the open suitcases ! No electricity; no dryer; slept in large SUV in wet swimsuits that night.) :o( (Just another of my family's "things to remember.") :o)