Brief Life History of William
When William Bentley was born in 1836, in England, United Kingdom, his father, James Bentley, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Chatterton, was 48. He married Louisa Henriette Fuss on 6 April 1857, in Burra, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 20 June 1910, in Redruth, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 74, and was buried in Burra, South Australia, Australia.
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1837
George Grey explores Western Australia.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
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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