Elizabeth
Marie
(Bessie)
Hess
formerly Schoonover
Born in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Schoonover
and Mary Elizabeth Whitehead
Sister of
William Robert Schoonover, John James Schoonover, Clarence Smith Schoonover, Earl Lewis Schoonover, Elsie S (Schoonover) Heinhorst and Charlotte Kathryn Schoonover
Wife of
Sterling D Hess
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 63
in Liberty, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
This page has been accessed 217 times.
Biography
In the 1900 Census, she is not listed with her family. They are the last ones on the page (ending with William) and the next page starts another family.[1]
In the 1910 Census, she is named as Bessie, and listed as 15 years old.[2]
She died in 1957.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYS3-SRN?cc=1325221&wc=9BQP-DPP%3A1030552601%2C1031414901%2C1035907601 : 5 August 2014), Illinois > Mason > ED 65 Pennsylvania township > image 15 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJZ-Y32?cc=1727033&wc=QZZQ-LVS%3A133640201%2C137552401%2C142896201%2C1589088982 : 24 June 2017), Illinois > Mason > Pennsylvania > ED 73 > image 13 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31519076/bessie-marie-hess : accessed 15 August 2021), memorial page for Bessie Marie Schoonover Hess (27 Jan 1894–4 Apr 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31519076, citing Mason City Cemetery, Mason City, Mason County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Doug the bug (contributor 46927512) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
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~0.78%
Samantha Escue
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member didelanddoodle
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~0.78%
Tyler Riley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AP7823880 [compare], Ancestry member tkr72484
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