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Bessie Florence PICKERING 1924–1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Oct 1924

Birth Location: Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand

Death Date: JAN 1976

Death Location: Westport, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand

Father: Arthur BACHOP

Mother: Jemima ABERNETHY

Spouse(s): Norman Rossiter, Raymond Welch, Mervyn Barker

Children(s): Allan Barker, Andrew Barker, Faith Barker

In 1924, Bessie Florence PICKERING entered the world in Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand, born to Arthur Pickering Bachop And Jemima Dingwell Abernethy. Bessie Florence PICKERING married Mervyn John Barker, Norman William Rossiter, Raymond William Welch, and had children including Allan Neil Sullivan Barker, Andrew Mervyn Barker, Faith Violet Barker. Bessie Florence PICKERING passed away in 1976 in Westport, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1924, Bessie Florence PICKERING entered the world in Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand, born to Arthur Pickering Bachop And Jemima Dingwell Abernethy.
  • Bessie Florence PICKERING married Mervyn John Barker, Norman William Rossiter, Raymond William Welch, and had children including Allan Neil Sullivan Barker, Andrew Mervyn Barker, Faith Violet Barker.
  • Bessie Florence PICKERING passed away in 1976 in Westport, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Bessie PICKERING's Ancestors

Self
Bessie PICKERING
1924–1976
Birth Place: Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
Parents
Arthur PICKERING BACHOP
1878–1940
Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Jemima (Dingwell) ABERNETHY
1882–1942
Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand
Grandparents
Bethia (Harrower) Bachop
1852–1928
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
James Pickering
1842–1914
Hainton, Lincolnshire, England
James (John) Abernethy
1846–1922
Shetland, Sandsting
Margaret GAIR
1843–1917
Whiteness, zetland
Great-Grandparents
Catherine Anderson
1822–1860
Thomas BAUCHOP
1818–1892
Sarah Burton
1806–1877
William Pickering
1800–1879
Christina Henderson
1809–1892
John Abernethy
1798–1871
Anne Isbister
1820–1901
Jeremiah Gair
1816–1900
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Anderson
1796–1883
Catherine Hutchence
1797–1850
William Bauchop
1779–1860
Bathia Harrower
1779–1851
John Burton
1761–1858
Patience Winter
1771–1854
George Pickering
1770–1849
Anne Carr
1770–1829
Elizabeth Hanson
1783–1857
Alexander Henderson
1775–
Henry Abernethy
1762–1841
Barbara Abernethy
1770–1810
Henry ISBISTER
1788–1841
Margaret Chappie
1790–1841
William Gair
1787–1857
Agnes Gear
1795–1841

Bessie PICKERING's Descendants

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Bessie (Florence) PICKERING (1 Oct 1924–JAN 1976) m. Norman (William) Rossiter (11 May 1923–5 March 2017) m. Raymond (William) Welch (18 November 1919–3 Apr 1982) m. Mervyn (John) Barker (9 Jan 1913–5 December 1995)
  1. 1. Allan (Neil Sullivan) Barker 1945–2021 m. Gloria (Ann) Ramsay 1948–2003
  2. 2. Andrew (Mervyn) Barker 1939–1990
  3. 3. Faith (Violet) Barker 1943–1943

Bessie PICKERING's Timeline

2 Records

1924
1 Oct 1924
Birth of Bessie Florence PICKERING in Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
1976
JAN 1976
Age 52
Death of Bessie Florence PICKERING in Westport, Westland, New Zealand
Westport, Westland, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1924
    Event Place: Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: JAN 1976
    Event Place: Westport, Westland, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westport, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

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