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Bessie Belle Wallis 1891 – 1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jun 1891

Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 12 Oct 1958

Death Location: 328 West First Street, Sandwich, De Kalb, Illinois, USA

Father: Robert Wallis

Mother: Mattie Wallis

Spouse(s): Garfield Bernhart, Florous Torrey

Children(s): Sarah Bernhart, Agnes Bernhardt, Constance Bernhardt

The birth of Bessie Belle Wallis took place in 1891 in Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA, to Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis and Mattie Wilson (Lowry) Wallis. Bessie Belle Wallis married Garfield A Bernhart and Florous Edgar Torrey, and together they had Sarah Louise Bernhart, Agnes Lola Bernhardt and Constance June Bernhardt. Bessie Belle Wallis's death occurred in 1958 in 328 West First Street, Sandwich, De Kalb, Illinois, USA.

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Parents

Robert Wallis
1866 – 1951
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee
RW
Mattie Wallis
1873 – 1941
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
MW

Spouses(s)

Garfield Bernhart
1881 – 1938
Birth Location: Sandwich, De Kalb, Illinois, USA
GB
Florous Torrey
1880 – 1962
Birth Location: Somonauk, De Kalb, Illinois, USA
FT

Children(s)

Sarah Bernhart
1911 – 2007
Birth Location: Sandwich, DeKalb Illinois USA
SB
Agnes Bernhardt
1913 – 2008
Birth Location: Sandwich, DeKalb Illinois USA
AB
Constance Bernhardt
1920 – 2001
Birth Location: Sanwich, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
CB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Jun 1891
    Event Place: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Oct 1958
    Event Place: 328 West First Street, Sandwich, De Kalb, Illinois, USA
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