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Abraham Bessette

Male 1836 - 1917  (81 years)


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  • Name Abraham Bessette 
    Born 11 Jan 1836  St. Alexandre, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 169A3CA43636E84A9B381A0E744FB503A4F2 
    Died 8 Feb 1917  Ozone Park, Queens, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Philomene Houle 
    Married 15 Feb 1858  Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Alphonse Bessette,   b. 1870, St. Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     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 Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Arthur Bessette
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Adeline Normandin 
    Married 17 Sep 1877  Sainte-Gregoire, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Denis Dubuque 
    Married 16 Mar 1889  Sainte-Gregoire, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Praxede Roy 
    Married 28 Aug 1908  Farnham, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart