Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Wesley Babcock
and Susan May (Kees) Babcock
Sister of
Viola Lucretia (Babcock) Volkenant and Vernon Mathias Babcock
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at age 90
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Created 21 Sep 2010
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Biography
This profile is part of the Babcock Name Study.
Bessie was the daughter of John Wesley Babcock and Susie May Kees.[1] She grew up in Minnesota.[2] She married Burley Johnston in 1930 in Michigan.[3] It does not appear that they had children. Bessie was a graduate of Saint Cloud State University. She was employed as an Office Manager, English teacher, and Speech Therapist. She took greatest pride in her vocation as a homemaker. Bessie held membership in the Eastern Star, Veteran's of Foreign Wars Auxillary and the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Bessie died in 1993[4] and is buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Name: Bessie Beatrice Babcock
- Gender: Female
- Race: White
- Birth Date: 1 Jul 1902
- Birth Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
- Father: John Babcock
- Mother: Susie May Kees
- FHL Film Number: 1498864
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Golden Valley, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T624_699; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1374712. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Golden Valley, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T625_839; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 11. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- Year: 1930; Census Place: Golden Valley, Hennepin, Minnesota; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0280; FHL microfilm: 2340823. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- Name: Bessie B Babcock
- Age: 26
- Birth Year: abt 1904
- Birth Place: Minnesota
- License County: Wayne
- Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1930
- Marriage Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
- Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Father: John W Babcock
- Mother: Susie M Kees
- Spouse: Burley Johnston
- County File Number: 382392
- State File Number: 82 73412
- ↑ Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- Name: Bessie Beatrice Johnson
- [Bessie Beatrice Babcock]
- Gender: Female
- Birth Date: 1 Jul 1902
- Birth Place: Minnesota
- Death Date: 17 Mar 1993
- Death Place: Los Angeles
- Mother's Maiden Name: Kees
- Father's Surname: Babcock
- ↑ Find A Grave ID: 5669824
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DNA Connections
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%
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~0.78%
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