Brief Life History of Bessie Belle
When Bessie Belle Glass was born on 1 February 1875, in New York, United States, her father, William H. Glass, was 20 and her mother, Mary Strader, was 18. She married James Alma Cunningham about 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 March 1966, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (32)
- Bessie B Glass in household of Wm H Glass, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
- Bessie Belle Henry, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Bessie B Cunningham, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1842–1919 Male
1875–1966 Female
Children (3)
1904–1993 Female
1907–1907 Male
1909–1961 Male
Parents and Siblings
1854–1912 Male
1856–1930 Female
Siblings (2)
1875–1966 Female
1879–1953 Male
World Events (8)
1884
Age 9
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 16
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
Age 31
Name Meaning
English and German: metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, from Old English glæs ‘glass’, Middle High German glas. In English, the name may also derive from a nickname from Old French glas, clas ‘clash of arms, noise, tumult (of battle)’.
Irish (Ulster), Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the epithet glas ‘slate colored, gray’, or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.
German: from an altered form of the personal name Klass, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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