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Anthony Alfred Bessette

Male 1888 - 1937  (49 years)


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  • Name Anthony Alfred Bessette 
    Born 17 Mar 1888  Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 1B1ED14154E98048BE8D903C2B5404250FD4 
    Died 22 Nov 1937  Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1936, Palmer, Hampden Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Euphrosine Emma Benoit,   b. 10 Feb 1862, L'ange, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1911, Thorndike, Hampden Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 18 May 1886  Saint-Luc, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Benoit,   b. 20 Jan 1900, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1995, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Children 
     1. Arthur Bessette,   b. 2 Oct 1916, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1984, Middletown, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Rita Bessette,   b. 15 Mar 1919, West Warren, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 2002, East Lynne, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     3. Living
     4. Alfred Wilfred Bessette,   b. 13 Dec 1921, Peterboro, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 2003, Colorado Springs, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +5. Albert Aldge Bessette,   b. 17 Jan 1926, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1973, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F1972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart