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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1883–1950 Male
1885–1938 Female
1905–1972 Male
1907–1979 Female
1911–1992 Male
1914–1984 Male
1865–1937 Male
1865–1930 Female
1885–1938 Female
1892–1892 Female
1896– Female
1901–1961 Male
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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