William Bentley

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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Family Time Line

William Bentley
1836–1910
Elizabeth Bald
1840–1920
Marriage: 11 January 1864
Thomas Friend Bentley
1864–1941
Rosetta Louisa Bentley
1866–1955
Fannie Bentley
1868–1946
Elizabeth Chatterton Bentley
1870–1952
William Alport Friend Bentley
1872–1943
Henry Robert Bentley
1875–1935
Mabel Jane Bentley
1877–1932
James Bentley
1879–1955
Maria Grace Bentley
1880–1970
Allison Bentley
1883–1964

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  • WILLIAM BENTLEY, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

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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