Bessie Louise Pelton

Brief Life History of Bessie Louise

When Bessie Louise Pelton was born on 24 May 1885, in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Frank Lincoln Pelton, was 19 and her mother, Lucy Jane West, was 19. She married Edwin Allen Porter on 3 October 1904, in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 16 December 1938, in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Allen Porter
1883–1950
Bessie Louise Pelton
1885–1938
Marriage: 3 October 1904
Edwin Frank Porter
1905–1972
Helen E Porter
1907–1979
Sterling A Porter
1911–1992
Ernest G Porter
1914–1984

Sources (9)

  • Bessie L Pelton in household of Frank Pelton, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Bessie Pelton, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Bessie L Pelton Porter, "Find A Grave Index"

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1886

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1900 · Gold for Cash!

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Pelton, a place in County Durham,named from an unattested Old English personal name Pēola +tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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