Lydia L (Besse) Gifford (1860 - 1936)

Born 15 Aug 1860 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John I Gifford — married 30 Mar 1880 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Died 22 Apr 1936 at age 75 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne.

Lydia was born in 1860. She is the daughter of Aaron Besse and Emeline Thompson.

Her and her husband, John I. Gifford, had no children.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX4J-XGD : 27 October 2020), Lydia L Bessee, 1860.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N435-1RV : 10 March 2021), John Gifford and Lydia L. Bessey, 30 Mar 1880; citing Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,040.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95Y-TXT : accessed 2 December 2021), Lydia L Gifford in household of John I Gifford, Westport Town (south part), Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 238, sheet 9A, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,639.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #70849634