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Best way to confirm identity
« on: Monday 11 November 13 23:14 GMT (UK) »
Hello, I am researching my paternal line and would like to know the best way to confirm identities of family members. My great, great grandfather was (I believe) Harry Tempest Bentley born in 1868 in E. Yorkshire. Research indicates his father was Tempest Bentley born in 1830.

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Re: Best way to confirm identity
« Reply #1 on: Monday 11 November 13 23:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi

The best way is to work backward from your parents and grandparents, using censuses and certificates to confirm parents.

You are lucky with a name like that, there appears to be only one in the censuses. In 1881 Harry Tempest Bentley is with him, so it is the correct man.  Piece: 4771 Folio: 32 Page: 10 

16, Kates Terr, Kingston Upon Hull Holy Trinity And St Mary

Tempest Green Bentley    Head   Married   M   52   Labourer Dockside  Selby, Yorkshire   
Jane Bentley   Wife   Married   F   47   1                                           Mappleton, Yorkshire   
John Charles Bentley   Son   Single   M   17     Coachman                      Goole, Yorkshire   
Henry Tempest Bentley    Son   Single   M   12                             Cottingham, Yorkshire   
Sarah   Bentley Daughter   Single   F   6                                  Hull, Yorkshire   
Anne   Bentley Daughter   Single   F   3                                          Hull, Yorkshire
 
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« Reply #2 on: Monday 11 November 13 23:43 GMT (UK) »
Here's Henry Tempest Bentley's birth registration, that would confirm his father and give his mother's maiden name.

 BENTLEY Harry Tempest
 Sculcoates  Yorkshire
 1868    Oct-Nov-Dec quarter
 Volume  9D  Page  125
 
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« Reply #3 on: Monday 11 November 13 23:52 GMT (UK) »
Looks as if Tempest Green Bentley married twice

BENTLEY, Tempest Green
Sculcoates   Yorkshire
1859  Jan-Feb-Mar
Volume   9D Page   230

Either Mary Jane Haigh or Charlotte Pope

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BENTLEY, Tempest Green
Sculcoates Yorkshire
1867  Jul-Aug-Sep
Volume  9D Page n 209

Bride Jane Tennison. This must have been Harry's mother
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 11 November 13 23:59 GMT (UK) »
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 12 November 13 00:38 GMT (UK) »
According to yorkshirebmd both of Tempest's marriages took place at All Saints, Sculcoates
Dinsdale, Ellis, Gee, Goldsmith,Green,Hawks,Holmes,  Lacey, Longhorn, Pickersgill, Quantrill,Tuthill, Tuttle & Walker,  in E & W Yorks, Lincs, Norfolk & Suffolk. Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 12 November 13 01:56 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much for taking the time to look up the info and respond.
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