14HBG. James Allen Benson was born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, on Friday, September 2, 1960. Lynda Sian Blair was born in Congleton, England, on Sunday, November 21, 1965. They were married in Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, on Saturday, August 18, 1990. She did not change her name. He is the son of Robert Wayne and Janette Margaret (Duffy) Benson. She is the daughter of Athol Malcolm John Newman and Avril Moira June (Watts) Blair. They had no children.
Lynda moved to the US in summer of 1978 when her father took job as
Study Director at IRDC (International Research and Development Company).