William Dent (1853 - 1945)

Born 17 Oct 1853 in Jeffrey's Rake, Hunstanworth, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Wallace (Oliver) Dent — married 12 Aug 1876 in Consett, County Durham, England

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1945 at age 91 in 7 Shakespeare Street, Consett, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Occupation

Forge Roller

Note

@N00069@

Sources

Notes

N000691881 Census

32 Edith Street, Consett Forge Roller

1891 Census, Consett R12 4090

32 Edith Street, Consett

William Dent Forge Roller born Ramshaw

Jane " 35 Sunderland

Isabella " 14 Blackhill

Richard " 12 "

Elizabeth A. " 10 Consett

George W. " 7 "

John O. " 5 "

Emily " 3 "

Oliver " 1 "

I can remember my Great Grandfather, as a tall, very old man (i.e. to an 8 year old), with a big white beard. I saw him last, I think, when I went down to the house in Siemen Street, Blackhill, where Dick Wilson took my photo, wearing my

cassock, surplice and stiff white collar with bow tie. I can well remember them trying to find a prayer book for me to hold in one hand, and failing this, they came up with a diary, which to make it look thicker, I had to hold open with a

finger between the pages.

I think that our line of Dents may have had their 18th Century roots in Nenthead and or Alston, Cumberland. There is certainly no lack of them in Yorkshire, Durham, and Cumberland. Reasons:

1. A Dent cousin always believed that they came from Nenthead. She must have learned this from someone.

2. The Arkengarthdale Dent's deinitely had some connection. On 18th May 1812 two Dents were baptised at Langthwaite - Henry son of Charles and Mary of Langthwaite, and Mary the 18 YEAR OLD daughter of Thomas and Mary of ALSTON.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Malcolm Hutton for creating WikiTree profile Dent-433 through the import of huttonmay2013.ged on Jun 2, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Malcolm and others.