Elizabeth A. Bent (1844 - 1931)

Born 1844 in St. John, New Brunswick [uncertain]

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Died 13 Aug 1931 at about age 87 in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1844. She was the daughter of Gilbert Bent and Mary Bath. She was probably born in St. John as the Bent Family history indicates her father moved from Nova Scotia in 1843. She didn't marry. She lived with her parents on Orange Street in the Queens Ward of St. John (latter spelled Saint John). Her father and two of her brothers ran a successful wholesale grocery company Gilbert Bent & Sons. Elizabeth's mother died in 1878 and her father remarried the much younger Matilda Breeze, whose brother was in the grocery business. After her father's death, Elizabeth lived with Matilda, in one of those strange situations where the stepdaughter was 6 years younger than the stepmother. Elizabeth passed away in 1931 and was buried in Fernhill Cemetery in Saint John.

Sources

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Bent Family in America, Gilbert Bent born April 10, 1813 Annapolis, Nova Scotia moved to St. John 1843 and in 1845 embarked on a wholesale grocery business. He married first Mary Eliza Bath who died Dec 12, 1878 Children: child 3 Elizabeth b. May 4, 1844
• 1901 Census of Canada, Saint John, New Brunswick, Matilda Bent 62, widow, ELIZABETH BENT 56, stepdaughter, Frank G Bent 43, stepson, Gilbert O Bent 46, stepson, Amelia Palmer 50, widow, stepdaughter, Julia Flinn (Flynn) 40, servant
• New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths 1888-1938, Elizabeth A Bent, 87, born 1844, died 13 Aug 1931 Saint John, parents Gilbert Bent, Eliza Bath