Question about Edwin Joseph Bent

Question

Hey Edwin has come up as my potential parental grandfather so am interested in any children especially sons he may of had , I've always been told my dads name was Paul and i had an Uncle John but i am yet to find them unless by some miracle they have taken a DNA

Answer 1

I found only 2 children of Edwin and Lizzie  both born Aston  they are Edwin Joseph  1913 and Irene E  born 1915.  I'm quite sure Lizzie's maiden name was Bent. Just found which possible be the same family in Birmingham mothers maiden name Bent if so there were 2 further boys William born 1925 and Ronald 1927.

Answer 2

Paul Bent born Q3 1954 Birmingham to parents William Bent and Pearl Poppleton has a brother John.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=YE9EnmSfdRvuNq0a2ZF9jw&scan=1

Comments

Paul has a brother called John?  This one would make sense although i was told a different surname for my birth father and uncle

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This Paul does ... but I've checked and he doesn't seem to be a descendant of Edwin Joseph. He's probably a complete red herring.

I have many magic tricks to find people and I used Alan Channon's finding of a William Bent born 1925 to look for suitable matches. This Paul's father is William BUT it's a different William Bent.

If you tell us all the information you have it will make it much easier ...

Answer 3

I entered the profile for Edwin Bent coming to it via a marriage to an Atkin.and then I came to an abrupt halt.

Edwin J Bent almost certainly married a Lizzie Bent in 1913  but 2 years after the 1911 census. A search in the Birmingham area gives a possible 10+ children with a Bent mother and father inside the mothers child bearing years. The years 1912 to 1937 saw a whole load of changes to the registration districts. They didn't have to move residence to be registered in anyone of the 3 locations Aston, Kings Norton and Birmingham. The next marriage of a Bent to a Bent that seems likely in the Birmingham area in in 1946. But there are 2 other in Rugby in 1919 and Salford in 1948. Almost certainly Edwin, Irene and Clifford are their children. On naming pattern Alfred is a likely bet. I think It's going to take a finding an elderly relative or someone with a far a better knowledge of Brum records to sort out the rest.

I have added these three links to UKBMDs invaluable explanations of Birmingham registration districts which explains why Aston disappeared and Kings Norton and Birmingham joined in the fray ;-) 

https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/aston.html

https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/kings norton.html

https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/birmingham.html