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Bessie Ward 1889 – 1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Mar 1889

Birth Location: Minden, Montgomery, New York

Death Date: 9 Feb 1974

Death Location: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York

Father: William Ward

Mother: Ellen Lyden

Spouse(s): Oliver Dillenbeck

Children(s): William Dillenbeck, Herman Dillenbeck, Leland Dillenbeck, Harland Dillenbeck, Chester Dillenbeck, Kenneth Dillenbeck

It was in 1889 that Bessie Ward was born in Minden, Montgomery, New York, a child of William Ward and Ellen Lyden. Bessie Ward went on to marry Oliver J Dillenbeck and had children such as William C Dillenbeck, Herman V Dillenbeck, Leland Oliver Dillenbeck, Harland Vedder Dillenbeck, Chester H Dillenbeck and Kenneth Dillenbeck. Bessie Ward was deceased by 1974 in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York.

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Parents

William Ward
1860 –
Birth Location: –
WW
Ellen Lyden
1866 – 1917
Birth Location: Montgomery County, New York
EL

Spouses(s)

Oliver Dillenbeck
1884 – 1956
Birth Location: New York
OD

Children(s)

William Dillenbeck
1910 – 2000
Birth Location: New York
WD
Herman Dillenbeck
1912 – 2003
Birth Location: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York
HD
Leland Dillenbeck
1919 – 1988
Birth Location: Danube, Herkimer, New York
LD
Harland Dillenbeck
1924 – 2011
Birth Location: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York
HD
Chester Dillenbeck
1929 – 2013
Birth Location: New York
CD
Kenneth Dillenbeck
1939 –
Birth Location: New York
KD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 Mar 1889
    Event Place: Minden, Montgomery, New York
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Social Security Death Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Manheim, Herkimer, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02543; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 22-57, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Year: 1920; Census Place: Danube, Herkimer, New York; Roll: T625_1115; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 2, Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 2341177, Year: 1910; Census Place: Danube, Herkimer, New York; Roll: T624_951; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1374964, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Manheim, Her

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Danube, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Danube, Herkimer, New York; Roll: T624_951; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1374964

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Danube, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Danube, Herkimer, New York; Roll: T625_1115; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 2

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 2341177

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Manheim, Herkimer, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02543; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 22-57

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Manheim, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Manheim, Herkimer, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02543; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 22-57

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Manheim, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Manheim, Her

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: Social Security Death Index, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 9 Feb 1974
    Event Place: Little Falls, Herkimer, New York
    Record Source: Social Security Death Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fort Plain, Montgomery, New York
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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