Walter John Bentley (1882 - 1950)

Born 30 Dec 1882 in Millthorpe, Colony of New South Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Leone Marie (Bentley) Rowe — married 1905 (to Dec 1925) in Orange dist, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Elizabeth Mary Wheeler — married 18 Jun 1927 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1950 at age 67 in Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Walter was born in 1883.^[1]

He married Leone Bently in 1905^[2]

Walter sought a divorce based on desertion.^[3] Divorce was granted degree Nisi in April 1925 returnable in six months.^[4]

Divorce Decrees Absolute was granted in December 1925.^{[5] [6]}

He passed away in 1950.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ NSW Births Deaths and Marriages BENTLEY WALTER J 28526/1883 GEORGE G SARAH ORANGE
2. ↑ NSW Births Deaths and Marriages 2040/1905 BENTLEY WALTER J BENTLEY LEONE M ORANGE
3. ↑ [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245234151 Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Friday 10 April 1925, page 5 divorce (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) DECREES NISI.]
4. ↑ [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16219265 Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 10 April 1925, page 4 IN DIVORCE. (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) BENTLEY v BENTLEY. Walter John Bentley petitioned for a divorce from Leone Maria Bentley (for-merly Bentley) on the ground of desertion. The couple were married in 1905 at Orange, according to the rites of the Church of Eng-land. Mr. K. M. White appeared for the petitioner. A decree nisi was granted, returnable in six months.
5. ↑ [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245055470 Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Wednesday 16 December 1925, page 7 DIVORCE (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) DECREES ABSOLUTE. The judge declared absolute the decrees nisi which had been granted in the following suits: — Leister Olive Aland Davies v. George Davies, Walter John Bentley v. Leone Maria Bentley
6. ↑ Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), Sunday 8 December 1940, page 28 JUDGE EDWARDS SAYS 'DESERTION NO JUSTIFICATION FOR ADULTERY' DAUGHTER of a police sergeant, born at Orange, Leone Marie Bentley was 37, and a divorcee, when she married Edward Joseph Carroll, 26, on October 30, 1926, under Salvation Army rules, in George-street, Sydney.
7. ↑ NSW Births Deaths and Marriages BENTLEY WALTER JOHN 11501/1950 GEORGE GUNNEL SARAH MANLY

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