Bessie Ann Russell

Brief Life History of Bessie Ann

When Bessie Ann Russell was born on 5 November 1894, in Kansas, United States, her father, William Russell, was 55 and her mother, Ida May Mohler, was 25. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Leo Merle Malory. She lived in Sigurd Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1940 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1950. She died on 15 December 1969, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leo Merle Malory
1894–1955
Bessie Ann Russell
1894–1969
Gwendolyn June Mallory
1917–1992
Merle Jerry Mallory
1931–2002

Sources (16)

  • Bessie A Russell, "Kansas State Census, 1905"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Bessie or Betha Ann Russell - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Bessie Ann Russell
  • Bessie Ann Russell Mallory, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens

The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.

1914 · The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex

The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex was built downtown Ogden on 20th and Lincoln Ave. It employed over 450 people and produced millions of cans of food from crops of local farmers. It was closed in 1979 but was added as a Historic Place in 2005 to the National Register. It has also become a headquarters for Amer Sports.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.

English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.

Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.

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

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