Gladys May (Pollard) Benting (1904 - 1993)

Born 5 Feb 1904 in Acocks Green, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Benting — married 24 Jul 1929 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Edward Benting — married 20 Sep 1941 in Wellington, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died May 1993 at age 89 in Wellington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Gladys (Pollard) Benting was born in Warwickshire, England.

This profile is part of the Benting Name Study.

Gladys was born in 1904 in Acocks Green, Birmingham. Her parents doted on her as she was their only surviving child, her other siblings, which included twins perished either at birth or were stillborn^[1]. Gladys recalls the poverty in the area at that time and that she was the only child in her street to have shoes.

In 1929 she married Alfred Benting at Birmingham Register Office and they had five children together. Sadly, in 1939 two of the children and Alfred died during the year. Gladys remarried in 1941, her second husband was her first husbands younger brother Thomas Benting and they had one child together, born in 1942.

During World War II Gladys moved from Acocks Green with the remaining children to live in the relative safety of rural Shropshire, living with, and later nearby to, her in-laws.

Gladys and Tom moved from Overley to Wrockwardine and then on to the nearby town of Wellington. Living first in Heath Road and then as Tom’s health deteriorated to a bungalow in Parklands. In the family bible she wrote my dear Tom died May 11th 1978.

For many, many years Gladys kept a regular diary and following the death of her mother in 1927 she became the keeper of her family bible in which she recorded all the births, marriages and deaths of her own family unit. Gladys passed away in 1993 in Wellington^[2]

In the early 1990s Gladys gave Yvonne Benting many details about the family history as well as family photographs and on her death Gladys bequeathed her wedding ring and the family bible to Yvonne.

Sources

1. ↑ pers comm Gladys May Benting, nee Pollard
2. ↑ Birth, death and marriage details from are from the relevant certificates and the family bible

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:99DR-4M7Y : 1 October 2014), Entry for Gladys May Pollard, 1904; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QKYM-58TD : 8 October 2014), Entry for Gladys M Pollard and Benting, 1929; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1929, quarter 3, vol. 6D, p. 771, Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QKY8-KJSZ : 8 October 2014), Entry for Gladys M Benting and Benting, 1941; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1941, quarter 3, vol. 6A, p. 2673, Wellington (Shropshire), Shropshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QKTF-1496 : 26 October 2021), Entry for Gladys May Benting, 1993.