Bassett Family Association Database
Anthony Alfred Bessette
1888 - 1937 (49 years)-
Name Anthony Alfred Bessette Born 17 Mar 1888 Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts Gender Male _UID 1B1ED14154E98048BE8D903C2B5404250FD4 Died 22 Nov 1937 Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts Notes - The Day Newspaper, November 23, 1937
Norwich Man Dies in Palmer, Mass. Fall
Fred Bessette, 46, of Norwich met instant death last night when he fell 35 feet from the Central Vermont Railroad overpass to the cement roadway of the Boston Post road at Palmer, Mass. Found in the road, he was at first believed to have been struck by an automobile, but later police investigation disclosed that he had been walking along the tracks and that he probably stumbled in the dar. Bessette had been visiting a brother for two weeks.
1930 Federal Census of Norwich, New London County, CT (14 Apr 1930)
Alfred A. Bessette 42 M MA CF CF Head Besmn? Tender Cotton Mill
Josephine 30 F CF MA CF Wife
Arthur 12 M NH MA CF Son
Rita 11 F MA MA CF Daughter
Laura 10 F MA MA CF Daughter
Alfred W. 8 M NH MA CF Son
Aldgee 4 3/12 M NH MA CF Son
& 1 Boarder
(Married at 28 & 16)
Person ID I5163 14B Jean Besset of Quebec Last Modified 21 Apr 2016
Father Joseph Bessette, b. Aug 1862, Saint-Luc, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada , d. 23 Mar 1936, Palmer, Hampden Co., Massachusetts (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Euphrosine Emma Benoit, b. 10 Feb 1862, L'ange, Quebec, Canada , d. 11 Mar 1911, Thorndike, Hampden Co., Massachusetts (Age 49 years) Married 18 May 1886 Saint-Luc, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada Family ID F791 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Josephine Benoit, b. 20 Jan 1900, Quebec, Canada , d. 1 Jun 1995, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut (Age 95 years) Children 1. Arthur Bessette, b. 2 Oct 1916, New Hampshire , d. 5 Apr 1984, Middletown, Connecticut (Age 67 years) 2. Rita Bessette, b. 15 Mar 1919, West Warren, Massachusetts , d. 17 Mar 2002, East Lynne, Connecticut (Age 83 years) 3. Living 4. Alfred Wilfred Bessette, b. 13 Dec 1921, Peterboro, New Hampshire , d. 1 Nov 2003, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Age 81 years) + 5. Albert Aldge Bessette, b. 17 Jan 1926, Massachusetts , d. 4 Jul 1973, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut (Age 47 years) Family ID F1972 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The Day Newspaper, November 23, 1937