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Anna Elizabeth "Bessie" Meador

Female 1891 - 1988  (96 years)


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  • Name Anna Elizabeth "Bessie" Meador  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Bessie 
    Birth 27 Nov 1891  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Jan 1988  Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • She is said to have married Joseph Roland Tisinger. Her last residence on the SSDI was shown as Houston, however Texas Death Records show that she actually died in Bexar County.


      Mackie and Kay McCary's transcription of the Meador Cemetery shows that her gravesite was marked with "In Loving Memory - Married Roland Tisinger - Founder of the Shepard, Tx Library - Mother of Louise, Mazo, Betty, Peggy"
    • (Research):She married a TISINGER.
    Person ID I34643  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Benjamin Franklin Meador, Sr.,   b. Dec 1848, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1922, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Anna Elizabeth "Bettie" Tillman,   b. 3 Feb 1860, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1941, South Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 18 Aug 1875  Patroon, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Photos
    Meador, Benjamin and Bettie (Tillman) Family Portrait, ca 1928
    Meador, Benjamin and Bettie (Tillman) Family Portrait, ca 1928
    Appears to have been taken after their move from Milam to South Houston
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Nov 1891 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jan 1988 - Bexar County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Meador Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Milam Enumerated 21 and 22 June 1900 SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 11B 201-201 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S334] Rootsweb, Texas Death Records, 1964 thru 1998.

    3. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    4. [S932] McCary, Mackie & Kay "Meador Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979.

    6. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).