Bessie Patterson: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Bessie Patterson was born in Nov 1871 in Canada; and died.

Notes:

The Michigan Marriage index shows her as a daughter of Rodger Patterson.

Bessie married Hector L. McDermott on 5 Oct 1893 in Grant, Huron County, Michigan. Hector (son of Hugh Carson McDermott and Margaret McLean) was born on 18 Oct 1866 in South Bruce, Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Feb 1922 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Margaret E. "Belle" McDermott was born on 26 Nov 1894 in Michigan; died on 13 Mar 1984 in Orange County, California.
3. Justin Hugh McDermott was born on 4 May 1900 in Michigan; died on 21 Mar 1981 in Contra Costa County, California.

Generation: 2

Margaret E. "Belle" McDermott

(1.Bessie¹) was born on 26 Nov 1894 in Michigan; died on 13 Mar 1984 in Orange County, California.

Notes:

When her father died in 1922, she was listed as "Miss Belle McDermott, teacher in Greenville school." She is listed as Belle McDermott GRISET on the California Death Index.

Justin Hugh McDermott

(1.Bessie¹) was born on 4 May 1900 in Michigan; died on 21 Mar 1981 in Contra Costa County, California.

Notes:

He registered for the draft during World War I in Santa Ana, California, and was working at a Sugar Factory. He was shown as tall, of medium build, with gray eyes and dark hair. When his father died in 1922, he was noted as attending the Polytechnic school of Engineering at Oakland.