Wendell Bancroft (1830 - 1918)

Born 7 Aug 1830 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Julia (Temple) Bancroft — married 6 Jan 1853 (to 3 Jun 1856) in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 22 Dec 1918 at age 88 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Wendell Bancroft was born in Reading, Massachusetts, on August 7, 1830, the son of Timothy Bancroft and Rhoda Emerson.^[1]

He married first, Julia Temple, daughter of Timothy and Sophronia W. Temple, in Reading on January 6, 1853.^[2] She died in 1856.

He married second, Nancy J. Eaton.

Wendell died of "influenza," probably in the pandemic of 1918, in Reading on December 22, 1918, aged 88.^[3] He is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Reading.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD9-T86 : 15 January 2020), Wendell Bancroft, 1830.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW5D-XZM : 10 March 2021), Wendale Bancroft and Julia Temple, 6 Jan 1853; citing Reading, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,432,879.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23T4-MR3 : 1 September 2021), Wendell Bancroft, 1918.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139380423/wendell-bancroft : accessed 06 February 2022), memorial page for Wendell Bancroft (7 Aug 1830–22 Dec 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #139380423, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570).