Peter Gaskell Bence

1849 - 1919  (69 years)

• Name	Peter Gaskell Bence  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]
  Birth	30 Nov 1849	26 George's Road, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1919	Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [8, 22]
  	Oak Grove Cemetery, no headstone, buried in plot with father William.
  Death	10 May 1919	Newport, Rhode Island, USA   [8, 11, 22]
  Person ID	I208	My Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	William Bence,   b. 2 May 1826, Stockport, Cheshire, England d. 18 Mar 1900, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Gaskell,   b. 4 May 1826, Disley, Cheshire, England d. 14 Mar 1853, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 Sep 1848	Didsbury, St James, Lancashire, England   [23, 24, 25]
  	BINCE, William to GASKELL,Ann 1848 Church/Register Office: Didsbury, St. James, County: Lancashire Registers at: Archives , Manchester Central Library Reference: 53/2/157
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Jane Ball,   b. 8 Feb 1849, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jun 1890, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1871	Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Children	1. Minnie Bence,   b. 3 Jan 1872, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Mar 1931, 20 Albion Street, Fall River (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frederick William Bence,   b. 14 Dec 1873, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Jun 1955, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Edwin Bence,   b. 17 Aug 1876, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Oct 1878, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. George Hudson Bence,   b. 22 Jun 1879, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 May 1948, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Maud Mabel Bence,   b. 8 Jun 1881, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Jan 1971, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Lillian Elizabeth Bence,   b. 18 Oct 1883, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Dec 1961, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Arthur Ernest Bence,   b. 3 Jun 1886, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Jan 1950, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Frank Bence,   b. 28 Oct 1888, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Jul 1890, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Child Bence,   b. 30 Jun 1890, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jun 1890, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Emma Rowena Macomber,   b. 29 Nov 1853, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA d. 7 Feb 1909, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1892	Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [13, 14, 26, 27]
  Children	1. Raymond Everett Bence,   b. 23 Dec 1892, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Jul 1973, New Hampshire, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Bence police Peter Gaskell Bence as a police officer.
  		Peter Gaskell Bence - Obituary Fall River Daily News, 12 May 1919, p. 8
  		Peter Bence fired from Mount Hope school Newspapers.com - The Fall River Daily Herald - 22 Nov 1902 - Page 6
  		Peter Bence real estate tranfer Newspapers.com - Fall River Globe - 16 Sep 1904 - Page 6
  		Peter Bence death notice Newspapers.com - Fall River Globe - 12 May 1919 - Page 12
  		Peter Bence fired as janitor Newspapers.com - Fall River Globe - 22 Nov 1902 - Page 1
  		Peter Bence real estate transfer Newspapers.com - The Evening Herald - 23 Dec 1904 - Page 4
  		Peter Bence obituary Newspapers.com - Fall River Globe - 12 May 1919 - Page 11
  		Peter Bence job at Mount Hope school Newspapers.com - Fall River Daily Evening News - 7 Feb 1900 - Page 2
  		Peter Bence - Globe Village celebration Newspapers.com - The Fall River Daily Herald - 20 Jul 1900 - Page 5
  		Peter Bence Bowen School suspension Newspapers.com - The Fall River Daily Herald - 20 Nov 1902 - Page 6
  		Peter Bence & Sarah Meigs marriage Newspapers.com - Fall River Daily Evening News - 25 Jan 1871 - Page 2
  		Peter Bence real estate transfer Newspapers.com - The Evening Herald - 10 Dec 1904 - Page 7
  		Peter Bence nominated for Bowen School job Newspapers.com - Fall River Globe - 7 Feb 1900 - Page 7
  		Peter G. Bence death notice Newspapers.com - The Evening Herald - 10 May 1919 - Page 2
  		Peter G. Bence death notice Newspapers.com - Fall River Daily Evening News - 12 May 1919 - Page 8
  		Grand Illuminations - Upper Road Tiverton
  		new nominations for police force - Peter G. Bence
  		Stations of police men - Peter G. Bence
  		Sarah J. Bence obituary
  		Board of Aldermen nominations of the police force - Peter G. Bence
  		Board of Aldermen nominations for police force - Peter G. Bence
  		Scrub Race - Peter Bence
  		Dead Body Found - Peter Bence, night police officer
  		Board of Aldermen interview - Peter Bence
  		Boar of Aldermen, Nominations and Confirmations - Peter Bence constable
  		Memorial Day Regatta 1882 - Peter Bence
  		Peter G. Bence obituary
  		Peter Gaskill Bence Peter Bence, seated on a skiff in the Pottersville section of Somerset about 1915. He was probably visiting daughter Maud Bence Ball.
  		117 Bay St., Fall River On corner of Riverview St.
  		Raymond with his father (left) and an uncle (right)
  		Raymond, his father Peter, and other family members on porch In personal collection of Raymond's granddaughter.
  		Bence P Peter G. Bence during his later years as a carpenter.
  		Peter G. Bence house, northwest corner Bay & Riverview Sts. Lillian Bence Hardy was born and spent her chldhood years here. Her Bence grandparents lived in the house just visible on Riverview St.
  		56 Palmer St Bences lived on the first floor. One of the children is Eva Kelley.
  		Peter Gaskell Bence
  		Raymond on his father's shoulder
  		Newspapers.com - The Fall River Daily Herald - 24 Dec 1881 - Page 4 Dog Fighters Arrested
  		Peter Gaskell Bence with dog
  		Death notice in Fall River Daily Evening News
  		Elected by city aldermen as a patrolman on police force.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Peter Gaskell Bence birth cert.
  		Burial invoice
  		Burial invoice from Oak Grove Cemetery
  		Sarah J. Ball Bence death cert.

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Death Notice & Obituary
  		Notes on Peter G. Bence
  		Peter G. Bence obituary Daily Globe
  		Notes on William Bence

  
  

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