17 JUL 2022 Memorial notes: Incoming transfer, sighted, added gender. 1) Bio content entered/written he creator of the memorial is below the divider.~Elizabeth Esther Bence was born in Dudley Port in South Staffordshire England. I think her parents were William and Elizabeth (Fielding) Bence. Her siblings Amelia, William, Sarah, Henry, Priscila, Daniel, and John. However I don't have any confirmation on names of parents & siblings. In 1877 She married John Edward Penman Chapman Thompson at Durham England. They also lived in the Wheatley Hill area of Durham. The moved to the US between 1878-1882. In the US they lived in Coal Creek Fountain IN, Coalville Palo Pinto TX, Stephenville and Thurber Mine Erath TX, and the the Buckhead Creek area of Cleveland County OK. John was a coal miner. It was in Buckhead Creek that she died while giving birth to her last child Ester. Ester also passed away and may be buried with or near her mother. Her eldest daughter Rebecca may also be buried in Box Cemetery. She and John were the parents of Rebecca, William, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Alice, Margaret, and Ester. John remarried Cora Mae Pirtle Sturdevant and they had 5 more children along with Cora Maes 2 daughters by her first marriage. Our family holds Elizabeth Esther in great regard.
17 JUL 2022 Memorial notes: Incoming transfer, sighted, added gender. 1) Bio content entered/written he creator of the memorial is below the divider.~Elizabeth Esther Bence was born in Dudley Port in South Staffordshire England. I think her parents were William and Elizabeth (Fielding) Bence. Her siblings Amelia, William, Sarah, Henry, Priscila, Daniel, and John. However I don't have any confirmation on names of parents & siblings. In 1877 She married John Edward Penman Chapman Thompson at Durham England. They also lived in the Wheatley Hill area of Durham. The moved to the US between 1878-1882. In the US they lived in Coal Creek Fountain IN, Coalville Palo Pinto TX, Stephenville and Thurber Mine Erath TX, and the the Buckhead Creek area of Cleveland County OK. John was a coal miner. It was in Buckhead Creek that she died while giving birth to her last child Ester. Ester also passed away and may be buried with or near her mother. Her eldest daughter Rebecca may also be buried in Box Cemetery. She and John were the parents of Rebecca, William, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Alice, Margaret, and Ester. John remarried Cora Mae Pirtle Sturdevant and they had 5 more children along with Cora Maes 2 daughters by her first marriage. Our family holds Elizabeth Esther in great regard.
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