Mary Lavinia Bentley

Brief Life History of Mary Lavinia

When Mary Lavinia Bentley was born on 8 June 1849, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Richard Bentley, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Price, was 27. She married Edwin Gordon Woolley on 4 October 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 23 July 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Gordon Woolley
1845–1930
Mary Lavinia Bentley
1849–1918
Marriage: 4 October 1869
Edwin Gordon Woolley Jr.
1870–1966
Richard Bentley Woolley
1872–1941
Mary Louisa Woolley
1874–1955
Frederick Ralph Woolley
1876–1956
Frank L. Woolley
1877–1900
Emma Geneva Woolley
1878–1878
Charles Robert Woolley
1881–1881
Joseph Roscoe Woolley
1882–1882
Elizabeth Price Woolley
1883–1969
Clio Myrtle Woolley
1886–1980
Paul Clifford Woolley
1888–1979
Margaret Woolley
1892–1985

Sources (73)

  • Lavinia Bently in household of Richard Bently, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Lavinia Bentley - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Mary Lavinia Bentley
  • Mary Lavinia Woolley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

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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MARY LAVINIA BENTLEY WOOLLEY written by her eldest daughter, Mary Louisa Woolley Wells

My mother, Mary Lavinia Bentley Woolley, was born at Kanesville Pottawatomie County, Iowa, 8 June, 1849, the second child of Richard and Elizabeth Price Bentley. Her parents had been driven from Nauv …

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