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John Bence

John Bence

Male 1828 - 1904  (75 years)


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  • Name John Bence  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Birth 16 Apr 1828  Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    Baptism 6 Jul 1828  Macclesfield, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Jan 1904  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 13, 14
    • Age: 75
    Burial Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Person ID I493  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father John Bence,   b. 1788, See research note Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1855, Stockport, Cheshire, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hannah Pell,   b. 1789, Almondbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1868, Bridegwater, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1812  Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    • banns - aug 9, 16, 23 7
    Family ID F139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Wilson,   b. Abt 1831, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1906, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 9 Apr 1852  Heaton Chapel, St Thomas, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 18, 20
    Children 
     1. Albert Ernest Bence,   b. 6 Sep 1870, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    Death of John Bence, Fall River. Fall River Daily Evening News, 28 Jan 1904, p. 2, col. 2.
    Death of John Bence, Fall River. Fall River Daily Evening News, 28 Jan 1904, p. 2, col. 2.
    Death of Anne (Wilson) Bence, Fall River Daily Evening News, 08 Oct 1906, p. 2, col. 1
    Death of Anne (Wilson) Bence, Fall River Daily Evening News, 08 Oct 1906, p. 2, col. 1

    Histories
    Notes on John Bence
    Notes on John Bence

  • Sources 
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      Birth date: abt 1829
      Birth place: Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England
      Residence date: 1851
      Residence place: Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England
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      1880 United States Federal Census
      1880 United States Federal Census
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      Massachusetts, State Census, 1855


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      Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930