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Eli Bence

Male 1865 - 1915  (50 years)


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  • Name Eli Bence  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Birth 17 Jan 1865  Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Age: 0
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 May 1915  Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8] 
    • Age: 50
    Burial Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I500  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father William Bence,   b. 2 May 1826, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1900, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Jane Hudson,   b. 30 May 1826, Cheadle Bulkley, Stockport, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1904, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1853  Heaton Chapel, St Thomas, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14] 
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah A. Hayhurst,   b. 1866, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1899, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jul 1886  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 15] 
    Children 
     1. Roy Sydney Bence,   b. 5 Feb 1889, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Annie C. Maxfield,   b. 14 Jun 1873, Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1923, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1903 
    Children 
     1. Roy Sydney Bence,   b. 5 Feb 1889, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Priscilla Bence,   b. 20 Jul 1907, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1909, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Maxfield Hudson Bence,   b. 18 May 1910, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1981, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    iPod touch Photo    		iPod touch Photo
    Eli Bence death notice    		Eli Bence death notice
    Newspapers.com - The Evening Herald - 5 May 1915 - Page 9
    Eli Bence death notice    		Eli Bence death notice
    Newspapers.com - Fall River Daily Evening News - 5 May 1915 - Page 10
    Eli Insists that Lizzie Borden called for Prussic Acid    		Eli Insists that Lizzie Borden called for Prussic Acid
    Bence Eli Bence    		Bence Eli Bence
    Eli Bence

    Documents
    Eli Bence birth cert.    		Eli Bence birth cert.

    Histories
    Eli Bence and the Borden Murders    		Eli Bence and the Borden Murders

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Fall River Ward 2, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1865
      Birth place: Massachusetts
      Residence date: 1870
      Residence place: Fall River Ward 2, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=33249599&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S335] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915      		 Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915


    3. [S286] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    4. [S350] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    5. [S327] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    6. [S185] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    7. [S319] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    8. [S369] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930      		 U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930


    9. [S333] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C;).

    10. [S62] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: T9_524; Family History Film: 1254524; Page: 305.2000; Enumeration District: 84; Image: 0610.
      Birth date: abt 1865
      Birth place: Massachusetts
      Residence date: 1880
      Residence place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=20952417&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    11. [S353] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsfield Ward 4, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_573; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 425.
      Birth date: abt 1865
      Birth place: Massachusetts
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Pittsfield Ward 4, Berkshire, Massachusetts
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=10637931&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    12. [S267] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro;).
      Marriage date: Oct 1853 Marriage place: Cheshire, Lancashire, United Kingdom
      http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=freebmdmarriage&h=2133960&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

    13. [S81] Ancestry.com, Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    14. [S206] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    15. [S335] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).


 

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