Marie was born in 1917. She is the daughter of AD Bessey and Bessie Drumb.
1920-Marie age 3. Parents: AD age 28, Bessie age 27.
1925-Marie age 8.
1930-Marie age 13. Janice age 5. Parents: AD age 39, worked cost accountant Kodak factory, Bessie age 38.
1940-Marie age 23. Janice age 15. Parents: AD age 49, worked cost accountant film industry, Bessie age 47.
US Census 1920 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJG3-9XX, Marie Bessey in entry for AD Bessey, 1920.
NY Census 1925 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSWH-FD6, Marie Bessey, Rochester Ward 10, AD 04, ED 16, Monroe NY US, Records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by Family Search, citing p.10, line 11, NY Archives Albany.
US Census 1930 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X78N-4GJ, Marie Bessey in household of AD Bessey, Rochester Monroe NY US, citing enumeration district (ED) ED 194, sheet 52A, line 3, family 803, microfilm publication T626, Washington DC NARA, roll 1455, FHL microfilm 2,341,190.
US Census 1940 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K316-9BP, Marie L. Bessey in household of AD Bessey, Rochester Monroe NY US, citing enumeration district (ED) 65-373, sheet 12B, line 55, family 279, Sixteenth Census of US 1940, digital publication T627, Records of Bureau Census 1790-2007, RG29, roll 2852.
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