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Record #4224

Name :: : Alfred BENTLEY (1877 - )
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BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 25 Jan 1877
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Farnley

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 29 Jun 1892
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesParents: John Bentley, born 1844, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, son of John and Elizabeth Bentley; and Maud Mary Linfoot, born 1852, daughter of William Linfoot and Elizabeth Miller, married 1876, Wetherby, Yorkshire, England, Vol. 9a, page 167.

[POSSIBLE MATCH] in 1881, Alfred Bentley, 4 years of age, was residing at his grandfather's home at Sackville Street, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Family members in the home included: grandmother, Eliza Bentley, 65; grandfather, John Bentley, 65, blanker raiser; father, John Bentley, 37, engine stoker; and uncle, Michael Bentley, 39, blanket raiser. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 4557; Folio: 50; Page: 60; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342098.)

[POSSIBLE MATCH] in 1891, Alfred Bentley, 14, glass blower, is shown residing at 6 Parrish Yard, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Other family members included: Elizabeth Ellen Bentley, 12; John Bentley, 6; Lillian Maud Bentley, 5; Martha Bentley, 8; and Maud Mary Bentley, 39, charwoman. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 3735; Folio 102; Page 37; GSU roll: 6098845.)

In 1892, Alfred Bentley, 13, arrived at Quebec, along with a group of 85 children from Middlemore Home in Birmingham, England, en route to Macpherson Home in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. (This is an unusual circumstance for Middlemore children to be placed in Stratford, Ontario.)

On January 17, 1912, at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alfred Bentley, 35, soldier, born in England to John and Maud Mary Bentley; and Mabel Albertha Sulis, 22, born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, to William H. and Amelia Sulis.

On February 1, 1915, at Salisbury, New Brunswick, Canada, Albert Bentley, 36, re-enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; that his next of kin was his wife, Mabel Albertha Bentley, who resided at 232 Britain Street, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; that his date of birth was January 25, 1877; that he was a solider; that he had previously served in the Canadian Ordinance Corps., and 43rd Regt. Canadian Active Militia. He was described as 5 foot 7 inches in height; dark complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair. He was a member of the Church of England. He had a mole at the inner end of his right collarbone; a mole on his left shoulder blade; a scar on the inner side of his right arm; and a scar on the inner side of his left elbow.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-19 21:13:18 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 14:20:35 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3074	ABEL, Edith Mary	1874	ENG,	Jul 1884 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
3072	ABELL, John J.	1866	ENG,	Feb 1883 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
3073	ABELL, William	1867	ENG,	Feb 1883 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
8692	ABIGAIL, Frederick Martin	1876	ENG,	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
3087	ABRAHAM, John	1873		Apr 1884 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
2766	ACHIEVERS, Mary	1866	ENG,	Sep 1882 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
17058	AIRD, Lizzie	1871	ENG,	May 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Louisa Birt
8751	ALDGATE, Esther	1880	ENG, LDN, London	Jun 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
2754	ALLNUTT, Ernest Raymond	1877	ENG, KEN, Bromley	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes	14Germain
6260	AMEY, Mary Ann	1871	ENG, SFK, Sudbury	Aug 1882 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
22215	ASHFORD, John	1867	ENG,	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22466	ATKINS, Albert H	1880	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
9827	ATKINS, Selina	1880	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1890 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
21884	BAKER, George	1875	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21885	BAKER, Jessie	1869	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21886	BAKER, William	1880	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
4229	BALDWIN, Edward	1879	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
3479	BARLEY, Mary Louisa	1877	ENG, BDF, Olwarden	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
3480	BARLEY, Maud Evelyn	1880	ENG, MDX, Bow, London	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
18458	BARNES, A	1873	ENG,	Oct 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
18471	BARNES, Alfred	1871	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18479	BARNES, Arthur	1869	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18789	BARNES, William	1867	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18813	BARNES, William Samuel	1877	ENG,	1885 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
21891	BARRY, Edward	1881	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21894	BASENDALE, Thomas	1881	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
4238	BEAGLE, George William	1868	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
20501	BECKETT, Thomas	1870	ENG,	May 1886 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
20714	BECKWITH, J.A.	1883	ENG,	May 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
13883	BEGWOOD, John	1878	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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