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Pascal Bessette

Male Abt 1864 - 1935  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Pascal Bessette 
    Born Abt 1864  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 24C206E13D28A243839607EF98B218971FE6 
    Died 11 Oct 1935  Cohoes, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 14 Oct 1935  St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Federal Census of Cohoes, Albany County, New York (14 Jan 1920)
      Pascal Bessette 55 M NY CF CF Head Wholesale Merchant
      Josephine 52 F NY CF CF Wife
      Florine 32 F NY NY NY Daughter Nurse Working Out
      Milford 28 M NY NY NY Son
      Blanche 26 F NY NY NY Daughter
      Eugenie 22 F NY NY NY Daughter
      Sophie 15 F NY NY NY Daughter
      Alice 8 F NY NY NY Daughter

      The Times Record, Troy, N.Y., Friday Evening, October 11, 1935
      Pascal Bessette

      Pascal Bessette, well-known resident of Cohoes and a wholesale tobacconist in that city for the last 36 years, died this morning at the residence, 90 Myrtle Street, Cohoes, after a three weeks’ illness. Mr. Bessette was borjn in Cohoes and had lived there all his life. He was a communicant of the Sacred Heart Church and was a member of the Legion of the Sacred Heart. Survivors include his wife, who was formerly Miss Josephine LaJoie; five daughters, Misses Florine Eugenie and Alice Bessette, Mrs. Clarence Venderwerken, all of Cohoes, and Mrs. Henry Asbury of Green Island, and a son, Milfred Bessette of Cohoes. The funeral will be held Monday morning from the residence, and later from the Sacred Heart Church, where a requiem mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Waterford.
    Person ID I5023  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2014 

    Father Paschal Bessette,   b. Abt 1836, Iberville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sophie,   b. Abt 1838 
    Married Abt 1858 
    Family ID F765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine LaJoie 
    Children 
     1. Florine Bessette,   b. Abt 1888, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Milford Bessette,   b. Abt 1892, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Blanche Bessette,   b. Abt 1894, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Eugenie Bessette,   b. Abt 1898, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Living
     6. Living
    Family ID F1922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart