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Bessie Elizabeth Brown 1878 – 1939 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1878

Birth Location: Pathhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Oct 1939

Death Location: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Father: Robert Brown

Mother: Wilhelmina Milligan

Spouse(s): Joseph Smith

Children(s): Willie Smith, George Smith, Effie Smith, Robert Smith, Joseph Smith, Ellen Smith, Elizabeth Smith

According to available records, Bessie Elizabeth Brown was born in 1878 in Pathhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Brown and Wilhelmina Milligan. Following those early years, Bessie Elizabeth Brown married Joseph Smith, and their family grew to include Willie M Smith, George Smith, Effie Smith, Robert Smith, Joseph Smith, Ellen Smith and Elizabeth Smith. In the later years of life, Bessie Elizabeth Brown died in 1939 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.

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Parents

Robert Brown
1850 –
Birth Location: Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
RB
Wilhelmina Milligan
1853 –
Birth Location: New Cumnock Ayrshire, Scotland
WM

Spouses(s)

Joseph Smith
1874 –
Birth Location: England
JS

Children(s)

Willie Smith
1901 –
Birth Location: Alabama
WS
George Smith
1904 –
Birth Location: Alabama
GS
Effie Smith
1908 –
Birth Location: Alabama
ES
Robert Smith
1909 –
Birth Location: Alabama
RS
Joseph Smith
1912 –
Birth Location: Alabama
JS
Ellen Smith
1915 –
Birth Location: Alabama
ES
Elizabeth Smith
1917 –
Birth Location: Alabama
ES

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1877
    Event Place: Pathhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, Parish: New Cumnock; ED: 7; Page: 11; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_194, Year: 1920; Census Place: Coalburg, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T625_22; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 393, Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 26; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0050; Image: 544.0; FHL microfilm: 2339761

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1878
    Event Place: Pathhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: New Cumnock; ED: 7; Page: 11; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_194

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1900
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 26; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0050; Image: 544.0; FHL microfilm: 2339761

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Coalburg, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Coalburg, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T625_22; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 393

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 26; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0050; Image: 544.0; FHL microfilm: 2339761

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 21 Oct 1939
    Event Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Alabama Deaths, 1908-59, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
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