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
Sources (8)
- 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"
Spouse and Children
1883–1950 Male
1885–1938 Female
Children (4)
1905–1972 Male
1907–1979 Female
1911–1992 Male
1914–1984 Male
Parents and Siblings
1865–1937 Male
1865–1930 Female
Siblings (4)
1885–1938 Female
1892–1892 Female
1896– Female
1901–1961 Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 1
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 15
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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