Bessie G (Kerr) Harris (1885 - 1975)

Born 23 Sep 1885 in Machias, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Leslie Maxwell Harris — married 1 Jan 1913 in Machias, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

Died 29 Aug 1975 at age 89 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, United States

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Biography

Bessie Kerr was born in September 1885 in New York. Her parents were Richard Kerr and Irene Unknown. She died in 1975 in the hospital at Dunkirk, NY.

Sources

• New York, State Census, 1892. Machias, Cattaraugus, Election District: 02

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS68-PY9 : accessed 1 May 2021), Grace E Kerr in household of Richard H Kerr, Machias Township, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 6B, family 384, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,011.

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Machias, Cattaraugus, New York; Roll: T624_927; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0070; FHL microfilm: 1374940

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5M9-WLP : accessed 1 May 2021), Bess Kerr in household of Richard Kerr, Machias, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 70, sheet 9B, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 927; FHL microfilm 1,374,940.

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNB-BYPN : 9 March 2021), Bess Gertrude Kerr in entry for Leslie Maxwell Harris, 30 Dec 1912, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 1,009,774.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKB-2T5 : 2 February 2021), Bess Harris in entry for Leslie M Harris, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7HG-QGJ : accessed 1 May 2021), Bess K Harris in household of Lesley M Harris, Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 12A, line 40, family 288, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1414; FHL microfilm 2,341,149.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQMP-6ZJ : 18 November 2019), Bess Harris in household of Maxwell Harris, Fredonia, Pomfret Town, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-117, sheet 9B, line 50, family 221, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2512.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1WG-1MX : 8 January 2021), Bess Harris, Aug 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24266262/bess-harris