1870 United States Federal Census

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The image shows the 1870 census for Brooklyn Ward 10, with 'Norman S Bentley', age 38, Tea Broker, at line 30. This matches the name in the claim, and the age fits a birth around 1831. The census supports the name as recorded but cannot establish anything about the dates beyond the implied birth year.
Matches: Census page is Brooklyn 10th Ward, Kings, New York, 1870, matching the citation's census place; Line 30 reads 'Bentley Norman S', male, white, age 38, a Tea Broker, born NY; Age 38 gives a birth year of about 1831–32, which fits the 1831 birth year in the claim; Household includes Emily (32, born Penn), Mary W (8), George (5) and William (2), and John Bentley (21), grocery clerk, is listed after them
Limits: The claim is only about the name, and a census gives a name as the enumerator recorded it, not as proof of the full name; The 1831–1901 dates cannot be confirmed beyond the implied birth year; the census shows nothing about death; Handwriting is a little hard to read, so the middle initial 'S' is read from a cursive hand; The printed page number (322) differs from the citation's Ancestry page (477B), which is probably a different numbering system and not a real conflict