Twelfth Generation15525. Esther Miller MEYER455 was born on 17 October 1913 in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon.455 She appeared in the census on 10 January 1920 in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. Age 6, born Oregon, parents born Iowa, living with parents. Name on census: Esther Meyer. She appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. Age 16, born Oregon, father born Minnesota, mother Iowa, living with parents. Name on census: Esther M. Meyer. Esther appeared in the census on 8 April 1940 in East Umpqua, Douglas, Oregon. Age 26, born Oregon. She was living with husband Vernon, 31, and children Thomas, 5; Mary, 3; and Charlene, 6 months. Name on census: Esther Bentley. She died on 12 September 1987 at the age of 73 in Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon.455 Esther Miller MEYER and Vernon Thomas BENTLEY were married on 30 June 1933 in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon.455 Vernon Thomas BENTLEY455, son of Charles Moore BENTLEY and Helena M. BROWN, was born on 24 August 1908 in Garfield County, Oklahoma.455 He appeared in the census on 18 May 1910 in Blue Grass, Beaver, Oklahoma. Age 1 year 3 months, born Oklahoma, father born South Dakota, mother, Kansas, living with widowed mother. Name on census: Vernon T. Bentley. He appeared in the census on 5 January 1920 in Orlando, Logan, Oklahoma. Age 11, born Oklahoma, father born South Dakota, mother Kansas, living with mother and stepfather. Name on census: Thomas V. Bently. Vernon appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Orlando, Logan, Oklahoma. Age 21, born Oklahoma, father born South Dakota, mother Kansas. He was single, unemployed, and living with his grandmother. Name on census: Vernon Bentley. He appeared in the census on 8 April 1940 in East Umpqua, Douglas, Oregon. Age 31, born Oklahoma. He was a laborer with the fish commission and his household included his wife Esther and their 3 children. Name on census: Vernon Bentley. He died on 22 January 1978 at the age of 69 in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon.455 Vernon was buried at Roseburg Memorial Gardens in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon.455 His obituary was published on the Internet at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42623481 . Vernon Thomas Bentley was the only son of Charles Moore and Helena (Brown) Bentley. He was only 15 months old when his father was killed in a well drilling accident. His mother married 2) Henry Ringer Morris by whom she had three sons: Robert Theodore, Louis Charles, and Paul Eugene Moris. Vernon served in the U.S. Navy from 1925-1928. While visiting relatives in Oregon, he met and later married Esther Miller Meyer on 30 June 1933, in Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon. Vernon and Esther Bentley were the parents of Thomas Henry Bentley, Mary Faith (Bentley) Forney, Charlene Louise (Bentley) McLain, and Dick Prentiss Bentley. Esther Miller MEYER-66422 and Vernon Thomas BENTLEY-66423 had the following children:
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