My musings.
Joseph BENTLEY son of Joseph and Martha
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Baptised 29 May 1814 Batley, son of Joseph and Martha, clothier, abode Morley
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1816 birth of brother Manoah
1826 death of mother Martha
1827 father, clothier married Sarah BRUMLEY, widow
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1841 census Morley:
Joseph, 55, carrier
Sarah, 50
Joseph, 25, shoemaker (unmarried???)
Mary, 10
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1847 burial of stepmother Sarah BENTLEY
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1851 census West Ardsley,
Joseph, visitor, 37, shoemaker (marital status not stated) GLASSELL family
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1851 census Morley,
father Joseph, common carrier living with his dau Mary and son in law Benjamin DRIVER
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1841-1853. Posssible marriages of Joseph BENTLEY?? as Joseph a widower in 1853
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1853 Joseph widower, shoemaker married Hannah ILLINGWORTH, ?father Joseph, cloth maker signed his name
1853 Feb 13, Joseph, 38, widower. Clothier, father Jonathan, made his mark
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1855 son Manoah born MMN ILLINGWORTH???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
1857 death of father Joseph
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1861 census Bradford
Joseph, 42, shoemaker, born Batley, wife Hannah, 37 son Manoah, 5
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1871 census Bradford
Joseph, mar, 57, cordwainer, Hannah, 47, Manoah, 15
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Most, if not all, trees on Ancestry have Joseph dying on 13 Mar 1874 Morley (which is the date you have for your Joseph). There is another more likely candidate (for Joseph son of Joseph and Martha) whose death was registered Bradford (where he was in 1871) Jun Q 1874 aged 60
Findagrave memorial Joseph 23 May 1874 Scholemoor Crem. (spouse Hannah), child Manoah appears to back my theory
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1881 census Bowling
Hannah, 58, widow Manoah, 27, his wife Hannah, grandson, Joseph 5, granddau Sophia, 1
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Noted that your Joseph named one of his sons Jonathan after his father, the other Joseph, a son Manoah after his brother.
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To me there are two Joseph BENTLEYs.
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My thoughts anyway.:)
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Lin
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