Bentley was born at Cheapsides in the parish of Blacktoft, Yorkshire, England, and baptised at the parish church in 1837. He was the son of Thomas and Alice.[1] In 1841 he lived with his parents in Howden, Yorkshire.[2]
At the time of the 1851 census, Bentley was a tailor apprenticed to James Young in Eastrington, Yorkshire;[3] in 1861 he was listed as a tailor and "servant" to Mr Young.[4]
Bentley married James's daughter, Elizabeth, in 1865[5][6] and the couple lived in Eastrington in 1871, when Bentley had two apprentices.[7][8][9][10]
Elizabeth died in 1905 at the age of 70[11] and in 1911 Bentley lived alone in Eastrington.[12]
↑ Baptisms in the parish of Blacktoft. 28 May 1837. Bentley, son of Thomas (labourer) and Alice Hill of Cheapsides. Yorkshire Baptisms Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 23 Apr 2019
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQPT-XGS : 10 April 2019), Thomas Isles and George Hill and Bentley Hill and Thomas Hill and Alice Hill and Mary Phillipson and Harriet Hill, Howden, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG1J-BZ4 : 2 November 2017), Bentley Hill in household of James Young, Eastrington, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England; citing Eastrington, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England, p. 18, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7T3-S3X : 21 April 2019), Bentley Hill in household of James Young, Eastrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Marriage solemnised at the Parish Church in the Parish of Eastrington in the County of York. 4 Mar 1865. Bentley Hill (full age; bachelor; tailor; of Eastrington; son of Thomas Hill, labourer) married Elizabeth Young (full age; spinster; of Eastrington; daughter of James Young, tailor). Witnesses James Young and Hannah ? Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 23 Apr 2019
↑ GRO civil registration marriage index entry. Bentley Hill and Elizabeth Young. Vol 9d p 138. March quarter 1865. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-SNC4 : 11 December 2017), Bentley Hill, Eastrington, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 5, Piece/Folio 4737/158, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,326.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:75MM-VPZ : 11 December 2017), Bentley Hill, Eastrington, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS95-Z8Y : 8 April 2016), Bentley Hill, Eastrington, Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Howden subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ GRO civil registration death index entry. Elizabeth Hill. Vol 9d p 65. March quarter 1905. Registration district Howden. Age 70. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7RB-FRL : 21 December 2018), Bentley Hill, Eastrington, , Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ GRO civil registration death index entry. Bentley Hill. Vol 9d p 132. March quarter 1927. Registration district Howden. Age 89. FreeBMD.org.uk
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