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Albina Delia Bessette

Female - 1959


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  • Name Albina Delia Bessette 
    Born Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 748778E03D571F49B2B8B852B24433746069 
    Died 17 Jan 1959  Chicopee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Jan 1959  Calvary Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • North Adams Transcript, Massachusetts, July 14, 1896

      Clovis Massier and Miss Delia Bessette will be united in marriage at the church of Notre Dame next week.

      Springfield Union, July 23, 1953
      Messiers Wed 57 Years; Day Spent Quietly
      Husband Worked at Chicopee Manufacturing; Wife was a Bessette

      Chicopee, July 22. Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Messier of 12 Chapman St., observed their 57th wedding anniversary today but because of the recent death in North Adams of Mrs. Messier’s brother. The anniversary was spent quietly at home.
      Mr. Messier, 77, a native of Ruxton Falls, Canada, and a retired textile worker employed for 17 years at the Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. mill in Chicopee Falls. His wife, the former Albina Bessette, is 79 and a native of St. Plouis, P.Q.
      They were married July 22, 1896, in Church of Notre Dame in Adams and have resided in Chicopee for more than 25 years. They have two children, Wilfred J. Messier, former school committeeman of Chicopee and MRs. Henry Kowaleski of Baltimore, Md.
      Mr. Messier is a member of the Sacred Heart Society of the Assumption parish and Mrs. Messier has been active in the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association and the St. Ann’e Society of Assumption Parish.

      Springfield Republican, June 23, 1946
      Mr. and Mrs. Clovis N. Messier

      Chicopee, June 22 – Mr. and Mrs. Clovis N. Messier of 12 Chapman street will observe their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow. After an anniversary mass at 10.30 at Assumption church on Springfield street, a reception will be held for immediate members of the family.
      “Open House” will be held tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 in the evening, 7 Gilmore street.
      Mr. and Mrs. Messier were married in Notre Dame Church, Adams, by the late Rev. L.L. Triganne. They have two children, Wilfred J. Messier, a member of the school board, and Mrs. Kowalewski of Baltimore, Md., and five grandchildren.

      Springfield Union, January 18, 1959
      Mrs. Clovis N. Messier

      CHICOPEE – Mrs. Albina (Bessette) Messier of 12 Chapman St. died Saturday in Mercy Hospital, after a long illness. She was born in Canada and had made her home here for the past 35 years. She was a member of St. Anne Society of Assumption Church and the LCBA. She leaves her husband, Clovis N. Messier, a son, School Committeeman Wilfred J. Messier, a daughter, Mrs. Dora Kowalweski of Catonsville, Md.; a sister, Mrs. Alphonsine Barber of Manchester, N.H.; five grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Grise funeral home Tuesday at 8:15, with a solemn requiem high mass in Assumption Church at 9. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visting hours are today and Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10.


      Springfield Union, July 22, 1952
      Retired Textile Worker Married 56 Years Today
      Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Messier to Observe Anniversary Quietly at Home

      Chicopee, July 21 – Clovis N. Messier, a retired employee of the Chicopee Manufacturing Corp., of 12 Chapman St., Chicopee Center, and Mrs. Messier will observe their 56th wedding anniversary at their home tomorrow. The elderly couple will be greeted by friends informally at an anniversary mass in the Church of the Assumption as has been their practice for many years.
      Mr. Messier before taking employment 17 years ago at the Chicopee Falls textile plant was engaged as a caretaker at the Assumption Church.
      He and Mrs. Messier, whose maiden name is Albina Bessette, were married on July 22, 1896, in Notre Dame Church in Adams. They have resided in Chicopee for more than 25 years.
      Mr. Messier is 76 and was born in Ruxton Falls, Canada, Mrs. Messier, 77, was born in St. Louis, P.Q. They are the parents of Wilfred J. Messier, former Chicopee school committeeman, and Mrs. Henry Kowaleswki of Baltimore, Md.. They have five grandchildren.
      Mr. Messier is still an active member of the Sacred Heart Society of the Assumption parish and his wife was formerly active as a member of the Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association and the St. Anne’s Society of the Assumption Parish.
    Person ID I5129  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2014 

    Father Pascal Bessette,   b. Abt 1838, Saint-Luc, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1907, Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Priscilla Laplante,   b. Abt 1842 
    Married 15 Oct 1861  Saint-Luc, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clovis N. Messier,   b. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1964, Holyoke, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 22 Jul 1896  Chuirch of Notre Dame, North Adams, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Wilfrid J. Messier,   b. 23 Feb 1899, Adams, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1965, Chicopee, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Dora Messier
    Family ID F1961  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart