Bessie Preston

Female10 April 1874–15 February 1959

Brief Life History of Bessie

When Bessie Preston was born on 10 April 1874, in Virginia, United States, her father, Charles Isaac Preston Sr., was 40 and her mother, Mary Persinger, was 34. She lived in Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 15 February 1959, in Staunton, Virginia, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Charles Isaac Preston Sr.
1834–1894
Mary Persinger
1839–1922
Florence Olivia Preston
1858–1861
Emma Petty Preston
1860–1889
Frances Ann Preston
1862–
Sarah Matilda Preston
1865–1944
William Moses Preston
1868–1925
Charles Isaac Preston
1871–1946
Bessie Preston
1874–1959
Lucy A. Preston
1876–1963
Claude Albert Preston
1879–1955
Mary Preston
1881–1974

Sources (7)

  • Bessie Preston in household of Roland H Clark, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Bessie Preston, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  • Bessie Preston in household of Harry R Reed, "United States Census, 1940"

Parents and Siblings

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 1

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Age 20

On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 24

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.

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

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