Bassett Family Association Database
Abraham Bessette
1836 - 1917 (81 years)-
Name Abraham Bessette Born 11 Jan 1836 St. Alexandre, Quebec, Canada Gender Male _UID 169A3CA43636E84A9B381A0E744FB503A4F2 Died 8 Feb 1917 Ozone Park, Queens, New York Notes - Norwich Bulletin, February 15, 1917
Obituary
Abraham Bessette
John M. Bessette returned from New York, where he attended the funeral of his father, Abraham Bessette, 81, formerly a resident of Danielson. Mr. Bessette, whose home was in St. Alexandre, P.Q., was spending the winter in New York with one of his sons, Hector, when he was taken suddenly ill.
Mr. Bessette came here from Canada to make his home in 1880, and remained until 1884, when he returned to Canada. He returned about a year, going back to Canada in 1895. He had been retired for about twenty years. Mr. Bessette was married four times, his first wife dying about 43 years ago, his last wife a year ago.
Five sons from five different states attended his funeral ? John NM., Danielson; Alphonse, Providence; Arthur, New Bedford; Hector, New York, and Harmidas, West Danville, Vt. Another son, Moses oldest of the family, and a daughter, Mrs. Napoleon Gosselin, are residents in St. Alexandre.
Person ID I1157 14B Jean Besset of Quebec Last Modified 6 Apr 2015
Father Abraham Bessette Mother Justine Benjamin Married 8 Nov 1831 Sainte-Marie de Monnoir, Quebec, Canada Family ID F148 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Philomene Houle Married 15 Feb 1858 Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, Canada Children + 1. Alphonse Bessette, b. 1870, St. Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec, Canada 2. Jean Bessette + 3. Michel Moise Bessette 4. Joseph Hector Bessette 5. Eleonore Bessette 6. Josephine Bessette + 7. Joseph Hormisdas Bessette, b. 12 Feb 1879, St. Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec, Canada 8. Arthur Bessette Family ID F450 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Adeline Normandin Married 17 Sep 1877 Sainte-Gregoire, Quebec, Canada Family ID F1247 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Denis Dubuque Married 16 Mar 1889 Sainte-Gregoire, Quebec, Canada Family ID F1249 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Praxede Roy Married 28 Aug 1908 Farnham, Quebec, Canada Family ID F1251 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Norwich Bulletin, February 15, 1917