Elizabeth Batchelder (Copley) Bonine (1886 - 1969)

Born 28 Oct 1886 in King City, Monterey, California, United States

Wife of Thomas Cornelius Bonine — married 23 May 1923 in Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA

Died 14 Jan 1969 at age 82 in San Mateo County, California, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth "Bessie" Batchelder Copley was born on 28 Oct 1886 in Monterey County, California, USA. She was the daughter of William Stilwell Copley, 1855–1929, and his wife, Isabel (Gorsline) Copley, 1857-1949. They had been married on 12 January 1879, in King City, Monterey, California, United States.

On 4 December 1908, in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, Bessie Copley married Zina Zebina Dowd Jr., 1888–1955.^[1] The couple lived on a family farm in San Joaquim County, California, and had 2 children:

1. Unknown child Dowd, 1909–1917
2. Wilbur Zina Dowd, 1912–1991

After September 1917, when he declared himself married with 2 children, Bessie Copley divorced Zina Z. Dowd.^[2]

On 23 May 1923, in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, Thomas C. Bonine married 36-year-old divorcee, Elizabeth "Bessie" Batchelder (Copley) Dowd, b: 28 October 1886; d: 14 January 1969. ^[3] Bessie had one living son by her previous marriage. She and Tom Bonine had no known children together.

On the 1930 US Census, Thomas and Bess Bonine were recorded as 38 and 39 years old, respectively, married, living on a rented farm in Porterville Township, Tulare County, California, USA. He was working as a "Farm Laborer". ^[4]

While they were still living in Porterville in 1935, according to the 1 April 1940 US Census, between then and 1940 they moved out of Tulare County to Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, where they were both recorded as 48 years old, living in a rented house, not a farm, in Glendale, California. Tom was working as an "Oil Tool Mechanic". ^[5]

Thomas Cornelius Bonine passed away at 74 years old on 5 October 1965 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.^[6] He was a US Army Veteran from World War I (Service: 23 Jun 1918 - 30 Jun 1919). ^[7] Tom C. Bonine was buried near his Bonine relatives at Hillcrest Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare County, California, USA.^{[8] [9]}

Elizabeth "Bessie" (Copley) Bonine survived her husband's passing. She moved north to San Mateo County, California, where she died on 14 January 1969 at 82 years old.^[10] She was buried next to her husband of 42 years, Thomas C. Bonine, at Hillcrest Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare County, California, USA. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9WQ-MPN2 : 24 March 2020), Elizabeth Copley in entry for Zina Z. Dowd, 1908.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKQ-Q6J : 24 August 2019), Zina Z Dowd, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZJK-5J6 : 19 October 2018), Tom C Bonine and Bessie Dowd, 1923.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJ8-CC6 : accessed 18 July 2020), Tom C Bonine, Porterville, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 8B, line 99, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 225; FHL microfilm 2,339,960.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97V-BLG : 9 December 2019), Tom C Bonine, Tract 400, Glendale, Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-198, sheet 16B, line 48, family 360, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 230.
6. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4N-S38 : 26 November 2014), Tom C Bonine, 05 Oct 1965; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
7. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTD-5KC6 : 27 October 2019), Tom Cornelius Bonine, 30 Jun 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #84854350
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGQ3-T4C : 15 July 2020), Tom Bonine, Oct 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
10. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKB-7L2 : 26 November 2014), Bessie C Bonine, 14 Jan 1969; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #84854337

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