Belva Jane Bentley
6 September 1930–16 May 1969 (Age 38)
Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
The Life of Belva Jane
When Belva Jane Bentley was born on 6 September 1930, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, her father, Clyde Gillins Bentley, was 24 and her mother, Mary Belle Bulloch, was 21. She died on 16 May 1969, in her hometown, at the age of 38, and was buried in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.
Photos & Memories (2)
Family Time Line
Clyde Gillins Bentley
1905–1964
Mary Belle Bulloch
1909–1981
Belva Jane Bentley
1930–1969
Rose Luree Bentley
1932–2013
Dorothy Bentley
1936–2017
John Clyde Bentley
1939–2020
Don Bentley
1941–2020
Linda Bentley
1947–2009
Parents and Siblings
1905–1964Male
1909–1981Female
siblings
(6)
1930–1969Female
1932–2013Female
Dorothy Bentley
1936–2017Female
John Clyde Bentley
1939–2020Male
Don Bentley
1941–2020Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1931
Age 1
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1931 · The Hogle Zoo
Age 1
Being supported through Salt Lake City taxes, the Hogle Zoo has been at its present location at the mouth of Emigration Canyon since 1931 on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hogle. In 1936, the zoo purchased Princess Alice, an elephant, from a traveling circus. She gave birth to the first elephant born in Utah. His name was Prince Utah and he died at eleven months old. Current exhibits include various birds, mammals, and reptiles from around the world.
1941
Age 11
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
1 English: habitational name from any of various places, the chief of which are in Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and East and South Yorkshire. The place name is from Old English beonet ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.2 Probably an Americanized spelling of Swiss Bandle or Bandli or German Bentele, all short forms of the medieval personal name Pantaleon ( see Pantaleo ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Belva Jane Bentley in household of Clyde G Bentley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Belva Jane Bentley, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Belva Jane Prisbrey, "BillionGraves Index"
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