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- 1900 Federal Census o0f Holyoke, Hampden County, MA (5 Jun 1900)
Alphonse Bessette 28 M Oct 1871 CF CF CF Head Machinist (1885)
Cornelia 33 F May 1867 NY NY CF Wife
Roy 11 M May 1889 NY CF NY Son At school
Homer 7 M Jun 1892 NY CF NY Son At school
Ernest 5 M Oct 1894 NY CF NY Son At school
(Living at 298 Hampden Street) (Married 12 years, 3 children, 3 living)
Springfield Union, January 24, 1964
Mrs. Cornelia Bessette
Mrs. Cornelia (Dumas) Bessette, 96, of 988 Parker St. died Thursday at a local nursing home. She was born in Malone, N.Y., daughter of the late Francis and Adele (Cardinal) Dumas, and had lived in Hartford, Conn., for many years and had been a resident of this city for the past 25 years. She leaves a son, Robert Major, with whom she made her home; two brothers, William and Alfred Dumas of Malone, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Mathias of this city, Mrs. Nettie Beedy of San Gabriel, Calif., and Mrs. Anna Sylvain of East Hartford, Conn.; seven grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the State St. parlors of the George St. Pierre and Son funeral home Saturday at 8 a.m. with a requiem high mass in St. Joseph’s Church at 9. Burial will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery, Visiting hours are today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
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