Francis Edward Bender (1870 - 1953)

Born 3 Mar 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Christiane Friederike Hermann — married 17 Sep 1890 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States of America

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1953 at age 83 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

Francis Edward "Frank" Bender was born on 3 March 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Frank was the second youngest child of Philip Bender and Sarah Tuttle.^[1]

DNA tests have confirmed that as a single young man, Frank fathered a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Gilson with Mary Elizabeth Hermann, sister of his future wife. Mary married William Gilson, who raised the child as his own.

He married Martha Hermann on September 17, 1890 in Camden, New Jersey.^[2] Frank and Martha had 10 children together:

1. Francis Bender
2. David Bender
3. Daisy Bender
4. Laura Bender
5. Theresa Bender
6. John Bender
7. John Bender
8. Robert Bender
9. William Bender
10. Martha Bender

Frank had a 40-acre farm at Front and Nedro streets in Philadelphia and a home on four acres of land in Ocean City, New Jersey.

He died on April 22, 1953 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America^[3]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906", FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010), [Original source: Philadelphia Board of Health, "Birth registers, 1860-1903, for the city of Philadelphia", microfilm 1289313, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Department of Records, 1962)]
2. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010), [Original source: Camden Division of Archives and Record Management, "New Jersey Index to Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1848-1900", microfilm 495711, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969)]
3. ↑ "Certificate of Death for Francis Edward Bender", 22 April 1953, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA, Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA, certified copy in possession of Jana Shea

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between a granddaughter of Mary Elizabeth Gilson and her third cousin, Lisa Shanfeld. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 2nd great grandparents, Philip Hess Bender, Sr. and Sarah Tuttle. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 158 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZY9-3H1?cc=1325221&wc=9BQK-BZP%3A1030550501%2C1036056801%2C1036235201 : 5 August 2014), Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > ED 606 Philadelphia city Ward 25 > image 12 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).