Bessie May Poorman

Female1 April 1886–29 October 1942

Brief Life History of Bessie May

When Bessie May Poorman was born on 1 April 1886, in Swatara, Derry Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Barnhart Poorman, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Jane Keenley, was 29. She married John D. Conrad on 27 February 1905, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died on 29 October 1942, in Londonderry Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Hillsdale Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John D. Conrad
1883–1964
Bessie May Poorman
1886–1942
Marriage: 27 February 1905
Virgie Sarah Conrad
1905–

Sources (11)

  • Bessie Conrad in household of John Conrad, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Bessie Poorman, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Bessie May Conrad in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 February 1905Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 4

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1890 · Woman's Suffrage

    Age 4

    An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 15

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    Name Meaning

    Possibly an altered form of German Purrmann, from a variant of the personal name Burgman, from Old High German burg ‘castle, protection’ + man ‘man’.

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

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