Joseph Taylor Bentley

Brief Life History of Joseph Taylor

When Joseph Taylor Bentley was born on 6 March 1906, in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, his father, Joseph Charles Bentley, was 46 and his mother, Maud Mary Taylor, was 20. He married Kathleen Bench on 14 June 1928, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He immigrated to El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 15 June 1993, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Taylor Bentley
1906–1993
Kathleen Bench
1905–1998
Marriage: 14 June 1928
Maurine Anne Bentley
1930–2018
Kathleen Bentley
–2023
Kathleen Bentley
1933–2023
Robert Frederic Bentley
1937–2004
Frances Janet Bentley
1941–2009

Sources (41)

  • Joseph Taylor Bentley, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Joseph F Bentley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Joseph Taylor Bentley, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1909 · Pioneer Park Opens

A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

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 placename is from Old English beonet ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

In some cases also an Americanized form of South German Bentele or of its Swiss German or South German cognates Bandle and Bandli.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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