BENTLEY Family

[sonstar]

My grandfathers nephew in New Zealand emailed me this excerpt from my grandfathers sisters diary - just before she passed away: its truly amazing... but now i have many things to find on the tree haha...

Code: [Select]

She recalls....." I remember going
to grannie's in Yorkshire [Baildon] where UncleTed and Aunty Annie lived
next door...he was a very keen gardener..Uncle George, dad's eldest
brother lived in the next street with his wife Aunty Laura..they had 3
boys William, Fred,Robert  who  all worked in the Baildon Woollen Mills.
Grandad  used to wander off down the road and hop on a bus with no money
and nowhere to go, but  the driver would take him for a ride and drop
him off close to home...auntie Ettie used to tie a tag around his neck 
with his name and address on so people could see him home...He died when
he was 78......[ no doubt he travelled a lot]. Grandma died when she was
92.... Dad's sisters were Mary,Ettie,[Hetty???]Lotty. Lotty had 2
children...Ted and Hetty
.Ettie[Hetty] and Mary never married...they looked after Grandma who
was very partial to a drop of brandy.
Aunty Lottie was 99 when she died...I didn't  see much of them as they
lived in Otley near leeds..
Those were my fathers relations 6 of them
.George,Ted,Jess,Lotty,Hetty,Mary...Dad[Jess] ran away from home and
joined the army and fought in the Boer wars, then went to Liverpool  and
worked in a drapers store where he met and married my mum,Milly Stockley
, who lived in Bloxwich near Walsall..Grandad Stockley was a coal miner
.never met Grandma she died early. Mum had a brother Tom who worked in
the mines..he was very tall but died about 28 years of age...
Dad [Jess] managed a shop in Stanley Rd Bootle where i was born..I had 2
sisters, Alice and Mary,who died when she was 5 years old, and 2
brothers,Bill and George......"....................[.to be continued]

[AMBLY]

Hi Sonstar

I love to read 'original' family tales like that, thankyou !

And Oh, a treasure chest for Rootschatters who love to dig and delve and solve 

Tell us what you want help with and we'll get started! (if you do that is!)
Births, Deaths, marriages, Census?

Couldn't resist working out  the following outline - I hope I got it right?
THE BENTLEY Family

Father BENTLEY
      lived in Baildon, Yorkshire
      died age 78

Mother (BENTLEY) - nee ??
    lived in Baildon, Yorkshire
    died age 92
    cared for in old age by maiden daighters Mary and Hetty/Ettie

They had 6 children:
George BENTLEY
    married Laura;
    3 sons: William, Fred and Robert; George & family lived in the next street from his parents
    The sons (and George?) all worked in Baildeon Woollen Mills

Ted (Edward?) BENTLEY
    married Annie;  they lived next door to his parents.

Jess BENTLEY
    Ran off and joined Army, fought in Boer war
    Went to Liverpool Lancs after Boer war and worked in Drapers store
    met & married Millie STOCKLEY of Bloxwich near Walsall, \Lancs
    Managed a shop in Stanley Road, Bootle
    They had 5 BENTLEY children (not in order?)
        1) Diary writer - born Stanley Road Bootle
        2) Alice
        3) Mary (died age 5)
        4) George
        5) Bill (William?)
       
Lotty (Charlotte?) BENTLEY
    married to ?
    2 children: Ted and Hetty (Edward & Henrietta??)
    Lotty died age 99
    They lived in Otley near Leeds

Hetty/Ettie (Henrietta?) BENTLEY
    Never married (cared for mother)

Mary BENTLEY
    Never married (cared for mother)
THE STOCKLEYS

Father STOCKLEY
    A Coal Miner

Mother STOCKLEY nee ??
    Died early

They had 2 children:

Millie STOCKLEY
    married Jess BENTLEY

Tom (Thomas?) STOCKLEY
    a Miner
    died at about age 28

Cheers
AMBLY

[sonstar]

THE BENTLEY Family

William BENTLEY
      born 1844
      lived in Baildon, Yorkshire
      died age 78, 1922

Rachel (BENTLEY) - nee Slater
    born 1850
    lived in Baildon, Yorkshire
    died age 92 i have death at 1911 (but i guess i found a wrong record)
    cared for in old age by maiden daighters Mary and Hetty/Ettie

They had 6 children:
George BENTLEY
     born 1872
    married Laura;
    3 sons: William, Fred and Robert; George & family lived in the next street from his parents
    The sons (and George?) all worked in Baildon Woollen Mills

(Ted) Edward BENTLEY
     born 1883
    married Annie (i think it was Shaw 1908);  they lived next door to his parents.

Jesse BENTLEY
    born 1881 died 1942
    Ran off and joined Army, fought in Boer war
    Went to Liverpool Lancs after Boer war and worked in Drapers store
    met & married Milly STOCKLEY of Bloxwich near Walsall, \Lancs
    Managed a shop in Stanley Road, Bootle
   married Amelia rosetta Stockley 1907 in west derby
    They had 5 BENTLEY children (in order)
        1) Mabel Bentley 1908 (12 apr) - 1990
        2) Alice Maud bentley 1912 - 1999
        3) Mary F Bentley 1914 - 1922
        4) William Slater bentley 1910 - 1969
        5) George Leslie Bentley 1923 - PRESENT
       
(Lotty) Charlotte BENTLEY
     born 1874 died approx 1973??
    married to ?
    2 children: Ted and Hetty (Edward & Henrietta??)
    Lotty died age 99
    They lived in Otley near Leeds

Hetty/Ettie (Henrietta?) BENTLEY
     born 1878
    Never married (cared for mother)

Mary Ann BENTLEY
     born 1875
    Never married (cared for mother)

THE STOCKLEYS

William STOCKLEY
    born 1860
    A Coal Miner

margaret STOCKLEY nee BATES (not 100% sure if this is right could be a margaret)
    a margaret bates born 1861
    Died early

They had 2 children:

Amelia Rosetta STOCKLEY
     born 27 oct 1884 died 1971
    married Jess BENTLEY 1907

Thomas STOCKLEY
     born 1883 died approx 1911
    a Miner
    died at about age 28

Thank you for your help Ambly i am glad that you are excited about this too its brilliant hearing stories i completely agree... i have got some info just cant piece some of the marraiges have edited your text that you posted and i here is a link to my orignial query:  i was looking for the Robert bentley in Baildon who worked in a mill and lookie we have now found him haha!!!

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326425.0.html

[AMBLY]

Hi Sonia 

I popped over to the other topic, and put my tuppence-worth in there!

Now, with the information in that topic, combined with what's here - you have happily gathered a lot of information re:

B D M and Census and more,  of your BENTLEY  and STOCKLEY ancestors.

IMHO, perhaps you now wish to consolidate that information, then post new topics asking for help as/when/if you need it - but always: list what you already have (with references) so folk don't go "doubling up" on searches - nothing has us gnashing our teeth more, as happy as we are to spend hours digging up the bones of someone else's family, than to find we've spent ages re-inventing a wheel 

I see you have  also recently  posted messages on other forums, as is your perogative, of course (Ancestry Aid included - I visit there occasionaly, so spotted it  ) and have been provided with much of the same information as on Rootschat  Your head will be spinning trying to keep up with replies  and computing of info!

For example, on this topic (and the other one here at Roots as linked above) I didn't see a whole lot abt Lottie BENTLEY and Ted BENTLEY - and would quite happily have a delve for you - however I am googling up references to them on other forums ...so, perhaps you now have more information on them provided elesewhere?

Then of course, taking the William BENTLEY/Rachel SLATER  and William STOCKLEY/Margaret BATES  back to before  their marriages,,,again not sure if or what you need there.

Let us know how we can help you further.

Cheers 
AMBLY

[sonstar]

For example, on this topic (and the other one here at Roots as linked above) I didn't see a whole lot abt Lottie BENTLEY and Ted BENTLEY - and would quite happily have a delve for you - however I am googling up references to them on other forums ...so, perhaps you now have more information on them provided elesewhere?

Then of course, taking the William BENTLEY/Rachel SLATER  and William STOCKLEY/Margaret BATES  back to before  their marriages,,,again not sure if or what you need there.

Morning Ambly

I would love more info on the Lottie and Ted, im trying to work out if the George (oldest brother) did pass and if so why did Mabel call him the oldest brother - confusing... i would love the WW1 records that would be fantastic- have PMd you my email.

I dont really have much on the other siblings etc apart from what Mabel wrote in her diary - i am eagerliy awaiting my next portion of it, bless my grandfathers nephew - he must be in his 60s and staying up til midnight to help me haha!!! I feel honoured!

I am trying to piece together what happened to M Bates... she died early - but im not sure when as i cant find the record.

and im basically trying to puzzle together Mabels info with what i already had!!!

Thanks guys 

[sonstar]

Mabel continues  "Dad decided to  open a drapers shop in
Strand Rd Bootle, but lost the business due to his taking the money from
the till and betting on the races....losing most of it. Mum used to work
in the shop trying to hold it together but eventually Dad was bankrupt
and  the shop had to go."
  [ Me speaking now....mum goes on a bit about her friends and work and
where  they would go for dances..etc then  says...]"my friend  Muriel
Hesketh invited me to tea one night and some of her brothers friends
were there, one of them pinched my gloves and wouldn't give it back
unless i went to the pictures with him tomorrow night, that was Alex
Jones..After about 6 months  i met his mum and dad and sisters..... and
when i was 21 became engaged.
Mrs Jones was a cockney born in London and her husband Charlie was born
in Bristol ,a very quiet man,they had 6 children Alfred,Maude,
Gertie,Carry,Dolly and Alex. Alfred was killed in the 1914-1918 warMaude
married and lived in Everton,Gertie married a third engineer Jim Cargill
and lived in Bootle,Carry married a ships steward Tom Barton,Dolly
married a drayman and i can't remember his name...Mrs Jones had a sister
,Mrs Dunbar who was a sea captain.They had a son who joined the Cunard
line and rose to be Lieutenant Commander and sailed on the Queen Mary.....
.Shortly after mum left my dad and  he sold up the household in
Litherland Rd, Alice and I had to look for somewhere to live and found
board with Mrs Davies ,a widow, and stayed for about 2 years.Alex  and I
married when  I was 22years old. He had a very good job as a hairdresser
in a large gentlemen's shop in Liverpool, and we were lucky to get a new
house  in Orrell !3 Howarth Drive where we stayed for about 15years.By
that time we had 3 children...Eyrlys,Olive and Alex junior" [Hey that's
me]....Me again, mum goes on about the war and the bombings and Dad's
call up into the Royal Artillery , and the capture of a german
submarine.....".........the war ended but we were still on rations so we
decided to go to New Zealand or South Africa..we had a leter from Alice
and Harry saying they were going to retire in NZ so that decided it.My
brother Bill, and Alex  travelled to NZ and met up with Alice and Harry
who had purchased a 20 acre farm in Pongaroa.
Harry decided to return to Abadan for a couple of years and Alex and
Bill were to look after the farm till he came back, unfortunately he
died whilst having a  minor operation .We all travelled by sea on the
Rangitata and landed in Wellington NZ  to start a new life
Farming was not Alex's life and he soon got fed up with it and decided
to go back to hairdressing,  so we bought a house in Castlecliff 
Wanganui..Bill decided to travel to Australia and then return to England
where he stayed with Mum  at Southport...he took ill and died aged 57
Sandra was born in Wanganui ,the last of the four children.
Alex senior died suddenly of a heart attack one Saturday morning whilst
he was playing bowls in a club tournament,a good way to go, but what a
shock for us all ....[to be continued]
Well the second installment is over and i guess the rest is history so
they say ..mum doesn't mention that Alice and Michael also moved to
Wanganui about the same time i think ... and lived in Gonville. I guess it is up to me
to add my little bits here and there, but will talk with Olive and
Sandra to see if they would like to add their story as well..
Erylys died when she was 52 ,of cancer and god  how we prayed they would
find a cure for her...alas....
Her husband Alan is still alive, and they had 2 boys Barry and Mathew ,
i can't remember their birthdays and haven't seen them for a couple or
so years..Sandra lives close to them so perhaps she can carry that story
a little further..

update from Mabels diary

[sonstar]

i have spoken to my grandads cousin the infamous ROBERT BENTLEY he is still alive and lives in Baildon still and has said that all our family lived in Baildon - except my grandfathers dad who ran away during the war to liverpool.

But then jesse went back to Baildon in his later years and thats where he is buried.

Robert also told me he has ancestry information dating back to the 1700s so whoop whoop i cant wait to get that back!!!   

[Only-Ash]

Hi there,

perhaps I can add more to the story by brining it right up to date as Charlotte Bentley (Slater) is my great grand mother.

Charlotte Bentley married John Light and had my Grandmother Ettie (Im not sure about Ted?)

Ettie married Albert Heaps and had two children Valerie and Albert (known as Peter, my uncle).

Valerie had myself Ashley and I have to children Lucy with my ex wife and 12 week old Charles with my girlfirend.

I would love to get my hands on any information on branches of the tree, I've only been looking for 3 days but so far have managed to amass 45 relations in all directions currently going back to William Bentley in 1844.

Ash

[sonstar]

Hi there,

perhaps I can add more to the story by brining it right up to date as Charlotte Bentley (Slater) is my great grand mother.

Charlotte Bentley married John Light and had my Grandmother Ettie (Im not sure about Ted?)

Ettie married Albert Heaps and had two children Valerie and Albert (known as Peter, my uncle).

Valerie had myself Ashley and I have to children Lucy with my ex wife and 12 week old Charles with my girlfirend.

I would love to get my hands on any information on branches of the tree, I've only been looking for 3 days but so far have managed to amass 45 relations in all directions currently going back to William Bentley in 1844.

Ash

Yes we seem to be quite a large family with many branches haha i am using GR at the moment as i didnt know that existed until the other day and im working on Ancestry with my tree, ive found many helpful people on here that helped me find some relatives they are brilliant. Any info you need just ask