Bessie Mae (Tidwell) Galloway (1933 - 2003)

Born 17 Apr 1933 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Jun 2003 at age 70 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Bessie (Tidwell) Galloway is a part of US Black heritage.

In 1940, 6 year old Bessie M Tidwell was living with her parents, Willis and Odessa Tidwell, at Chester Township, South Carolina. Father, Willis, was a scrubber at a cotton mill. Also in residence were 5 year old Garry L and 4 year old Mary E.^[1]

Based on Social Security Records, Bessie Mae Tidwell appears to have been married twice:^[2]

Aug 1952: Name listed as BESSIE MAE NARE;

19 Mar 1987: Name listed as BESSIE TIDWELL WARE;

22 Sep 1992: Name listed as BESSIE TIDWELL GALLOWAY;

03 Sep 2003: Name listed as BESSIE T GALLOWAY

Bessie Mae Tidwell and Theodore Ware were married January 2, 1952 at Chester, South Carolina.^[3]

Bessie and Theodore Ware were divorced on December 11, 1978 at Mecklenburg, North Carolina.^[4]

Bessie Mae Tidwell Galloway , widowed, died June 26, 2003 in Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. She was born Aprill 17, 1933 in South Carolina.^[5][6] Bessie Tidwell Galloway, widow, was a resident of Charlotte at the time of her death. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K48P-Z48 : 15 March 2018), Bessie M Tidwell in household of Willis Tidwell, Chester Township, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-10, sheet 14A, line 30, family 225, 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 3798.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 60901 #44735303
3. ↑ South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Country Marriage Records. Ancestry.com. South Carolina, County Marriage Records, 1907-2000 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 61450 #900127579
4. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Divorce Index, 1958-2004: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Divorce Index, 1958-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2008, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Original data: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Divorce Index, 1958-2004. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, 2004. Ancestry Record 1115 #366290
5. ↑ Death: "North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004"
   Ancestry ca Record 8908 #12637289 (accessed 23 April 2022)
   Bessie Tidwell Galloway death 26 Jun 2003 (age 70) in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
6. ↑ The Obituary Daily Times. The Obituary Daily Times. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary. Ancestry.com. Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2012 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 70050 #22317397
7. ↑ North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 8908 #12637289