Bessie Louise Jeffords

Brief Life History of Bessie Louise

When Bessie Louise Jeffords was born on 29 June 1891, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, Tracy Lillie Jeffords, was 26 and her mother, Etta C Stillwell, was 22. She married Carl Adams Reed on 22 April 1912, in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Millersburg, Hardy Township, Holmes, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 14 February 1920, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carl Adams Reed
1890–1964
Bessie Louise Jeffords
1891–1920
Marriage: 22 April 1912
Albert Tracy Reed
1913–1990
Mary Reed
1917–1924
Helen Reed
1918–

Sources (18)

  • Bessie L Jefferds in household of Emma Weld, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Bessie Jeffords - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Bessie Jeffords
  • Bessie J Reed, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

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World Events (8)

1894 · May Day Riots of 1894

The May Day Riots were a series of violent demonstrations that occurred throughout the city on May 1. The riots were caused after Cleveland's unemployment rate increased dramatically during the Panic of 1893, causing panic among the unemployed against the city leaders. The most rioters at one time was recorded as a crowd of 5,000 men.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Gifford , with post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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