Francis (Frank) Herbert Bentley

[ivan b]

I do have Frank's birth certificate plus his army record which states his next of kin was Elizabeth Matilda formerly Ridley his mother where they lived and names of brothers and sister

[lizdb]

So where was he born? What are the names of the siblings?
What is the ref for the family (without him) in 1901?

[lizdb]

So is this his parents marriage?

Jul/Aug/Sep 1880
Chelsea 1a 596
Elizabeth Matilda Ridley
one of grooms on same page - Arthur Thomas Bentley

[lizdb]

As newly weds in 1881 -

RG11 100 109 6

[lizdb]

And 1891 - which fits in with the Mile End birth that was found

Rg12 312 139 21

Joseph Rd Mile End

Arthur 33 horsekeeper groom bn Bermonsey
Elizabeth 29 bn HAstings
Arthur 8 bn Fulham
Alfred 5 bn Fulham
Thomas 4 bn Mile End
Albert 1 bn Mile End

[lizdb]

Which finally leads us to the 1901 - which I hope ties in with what you have got!!
RG13 72 126 10
Godfrey Street Chelsea

Elizabeth widow 37 bn Hastings
Alfred 15 bn Fulham
Thomas 13 bn Tower Hamlets
Albert 11 bn T H
ARchibald 2 bn T H

But I cant see young Frances anywhere. Perhaps he was just missed off?

[ivan b]

Everything you have is correct but Francis seems to elude the net as i  said before (i think) the 1911 census in Canada says Elizabeth widow 47,Alfred son 24, Albert 22,Archibald 13 and Elsie 9 no Francis yet he enlisted 1915 in Montreal

[carol8353]

I do have Frank's birth certificate plus his army record which states his next of kin was Elizabeth Matilda formerly Ridley his mother where they lived and names of brothers and sister

If you have the names of his brothers and sisters and the area they lived in, then have you tried looking for marriages/births on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

It's a work in progress but is more or less complete up to the 1930's now.

I'm presuming you are hoping to bring one or more of them up to the present day?

Carol

Ahhhh added.......so they were all in Canada by 1911 then?

[lizdb]

Interesting Elsie aged 9 -- if she was a widow!