Arthur Wellsley Bent1

#32506, (20 December 1843 - 25 December 1900)

Family

Mary Noonan b. c 1843, d. 1888
Children 1.Arthur Jeremiah Bent6 (c 1869 - )
 2.Charles Mariner Bent7 (1871 - )
 3.Mary Bent8 (c 1876 - )
 4.Amy Bent8 (1880 - )
Birth*20 December 1843He was born on 20 December 1843 at Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia.1 
Marriage*13 May 1868He married Mary Noonan, daughter of Jeremiah Noonan and Catherine Hurley, on 13 May 1868 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
1871He and Mary Noonan appeared on the census of 1871 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.3 
1881He and Mary Noonan appeared on the census of 1881 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Trenholm and Allen.)4 
Death*25 December 1900He died on 25 December 1900 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, at age 57.5 
Burial*December 1900He was buried in December 1900 at Bayfield Cemetery, Bayfield, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.5 

Citations

  1. [S2753] Allen H Bent, The Bent Family in America (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900), p. 238.
  2. [S2160] New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950, online Ancestry.com, Westmorland Co. Marriage Register, Book 6, p. 349, no. 5573, img. 175/276. Arthus W Bent of Port Elgin and Mary Noonan of Botsford, marr. by license 13 May 1868 by G Goodridge Roberts, rector of Sackville and Dorchester; witn. Mary Delahunt and Emma Roberts.
  3. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Arthur (27), b. NS, Baptist, English descent, light house keeper; Mary (26), b. NB, Catholic, Irish descent.
  4. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. Arthur W (37), b. NS, Baptist, lightkeeper; Mary (37), b. NB, Catholic.
  5. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Botsford vol., p. 14. Arthur W Bent, d. 25 Dec 1900, age 56.
  6. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, Cte Westmorland, 1859-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 139, B-38, img. 75/426. Arthur Jeremiah Dent, son of Arthur Dent and Mary Noonan of Cape Tormentine, age 3 mos., bapt. 3 May 1869 by P Bradley; sponsors Charles Noonan and Catherine Noonan.
  7. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, 1859-1899, pp. 187-188, B-38, imgs. 99-100/426. Charles Mariner Dent, son of Arthur Dent and Mary Noonan, b. 14 Feb 1871, bapt. 14 Apr 1871 by P Bradley; sponsors Michael Noonan and Catherine Holland.
  8. [S42] 1881 Canada Census.