Born in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of William Cocking
and Elizabeth (Oppy) Gall
Wife of
James Henry Dabb
— married
2 Aug 1881 in Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 84
in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States
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Biography
Bessie (Cocking) Pollard was born in Cornwall, England.
Bessie (Cocking) Pollard migrated from England to United States.
Elizabeth was born in 1865, daughter of William Cocking & Eliza Oppy
The Cocking family immigrated to the USA about 1870.
On 22 June 1880 the Cocking family lived in Iron St, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan, USA. [1] William Cacking (44) Miner with wife Eliza Cacking (43) Keeper Of House and children Elizabeth Cacking (15) all born in England and Michigan born children, Minnie Cacking (8), Thomas H. Cacking (5) & Edith Cacking (3).
James Dabb (21) Iron ore miner married Elizabeth Cocking (17) on 2 August 1881 at Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan. [2]
Children
- Edward James Dabb (1883–1961)
- William James Dabb (1885–1964)
- Ida May Dabb (Urban) (1887–1952)
- Albert Thomas Dabb (1893–1967)
On 2 June 1900 the Dabb family lived in Prospect Ave, Iron Mountain Ward 5, Dickinson, Michigan. [3] English born James H Dabb (39) Mechanical Engineer, 26 years in the US, with English born wife Bessie Dabb (35) married in 1881, 5 children born, 4 living with children Edward Dabb (16), William Dabb (15), Ida Dabb (12) & Albert Dabb (7)
Husband James passed away in 1905.
Widow Elizabeth Dabb married William Pollard, of Iron Mountain on 9 November 1908. [4]
On 18 April 1910 the Pollard family lived in Amberg Street, Waucedah, Dickinson, Michigan. [5] William Pollard (26) Iron Miner with English born wife Bessie Pollard (44) 4 children born / living, married 1 year with step-son Albert Dabb (16) Laborer (Iron Mine) and English born in-laws Robert Gall (60) Laborer (Iron Mine) & Naturalized, married 15 years & Eliza Gall (72) 6 children born / living.
She passed away in 1950, married aged 84. [6] and was buried at the Iron Mountain Cemetery Park. [7]
Sources
- ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census
- ↑ Michigan, County Marriage Records, Film Number 001007541
- ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census
- ↑ Dickinson County Michigan Centennial Book: From Earliest Times Through the Twenties
- ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census
- ↑ Michigan, Death Records, 1950; File Number 2201 3614
- ↑ Find A Grave
- Ancestry Family Trees
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 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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~6.25%
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