Ida May Hurd

1855 - 1945  (89 years)

• Name	Ida May Hurd
  Born	12 Jun 1855	Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., Michigan
  Gender	Female
  _UID	B80CE041A84C6D49899FA2C2FAB3CFBB5249
  Died	21 May 1945	Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota
  Notes	Timothy Bessette, son of Cajetan and Nadeau (Eleonore) Bessette, was born 31 May 1848 in Bourbannais, Kankakee County, Illinois. He married (1) Heloise Lambert on 17 May 1869 in Kankakee County, Illinois by Father Peter Beaudoin. He married (2) Ida May Hurd, daughter of Darius and Clarrissa Hurd, in 1876 in Concord, Cloud County, Kansas. Ida was born 12 Jun 1855 in Leonidas, St. Joseph County, Michigan. She died 21 May 1945 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota. Timothy and Ida were married in Concord, Kansas and lived there for some years. Later, they moved to Oklahoma Territory and from there went to Rapid City in the winter of 1905. The next spring, they hauled lumber with a team and wagon from Rapid City to build their homestead house. They had some trouble crossing the Cheyenne River bed with the loads. While they were building their home, they lived in Pete Lemley's old homestead house on the Cheyenne River, which was three miles north of the Bessette homestead. In 1870 he was living next door to his brother Luc. 1870 Federal Census of Pilot, Kankakee County, Illinois (10 Jul 1870) Timothy Bissett 20 M Illinois Farmer 2000 600 Elzia 19 F Canada Keeping House 1880 Federal Census of Plymouth, Russell County, Kansas (17 Jun 1800) Timothy Bessett 33 M IL EN EN Head Farmer Ida 25 F MI NY NY Wife Keeping House Mable 2 F KS IL MI Daughter 1900 Federal Census of South Wichita, Lincoln County, Oklahoma (Jun 1900) Timothy Bessette 54 M May 1846 IL CF CF Head Farmer Ida M. 45 F Jul 1844 MI NY NY Wife Bert 19 M Jul 1880 KS IL MI Son At School Lawrence 17 M Aug 1882 KS IL MI Son At School Mary 16 F Apr 1884 KS IL MI Daughter At School William 13 M Mar 1887 KS IL MI Son At School Levi 7 M Feb 1893 KS IL MI Son At School Mabel Welch 22 F Jun 1877 KS IL MI Daughter Virgil F. 4 M Sep 1895 KS KS KS Grandson Timothy A. 2 M Jan 1898 KS KS KS Grandson (Married 24 years, 7 children, 6 living)
  Person ID	I1878	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Darius Hurd
  Mother	Clarissa Hurd
  Family ID	F1843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Timothy Bessette,   b. 31 May 1848, Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., Illinois
  Married	1876	Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas
  Children	1. Mable Bessette,   b. 18 Jun 1877, Kansas ,   d. 25 Jun 1939, New Underwood, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma  (Age 62 years)   2. Bert Bessette,   b. 19 Jul 1880, Kansas ,   d. 5 Jan 1919, Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota  (Age 38 years)   3. Lawrence Bessette,   b. 2 Aug 1882, Kansas ,   d. 21 Dec 1963  (Age 81 years)   4. Mary M. Bessette,   b. 8 Apr 1884, Kansas ,   d. 12 Dec 1960, Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota  (Age 76 years)   5. William Lillie Bessette,   b. 7 Mar 1887, Kansas ,   d. 11 Oct 1918  (Age 31 years) + 6. James Lee Bessette,   b. 21 Feb 1893, Shawnee, Oklahoma ,   d. 4 Sep 1989, Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota  (Age 96 years)   7. Lori Bessette,   b. Abt 1893
  Family ID	F738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart