Brief Life History of Joseph Charles
When Joseph Charles Bentley was born on 31 August 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Richard Bentley, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Price, was 38. He married Margaret McKean Ivins on 30 June 1886, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in London, England in 1881. He died on 7 March 1942, in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 82, and was buried in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Elice Marie Bently Labaron in household of William Farland La Baron, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Chihuahua, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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World Events (8)
1861
Moratorium on foreign debt payments. Tripartite agreement for intervention signed by Britain, France, and Spain.
1862
French forces march on capital but suffer defeat at Puebla.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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A Village in Flames
“Saved By a Village in Flames” By V.W. Bentley I remember some twenty years ago when I was living down in Old Mexico [1916]. It was during the time of the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, was roamin …
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