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Bessie Mae "Bess" Allen

Female 1887 - 1983  (96 years)


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  • Name Bessie Mae "Bess" Allen  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Bess 
    Birth 24 Jan 1887  Lampasas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 Feb 1983  Lampasas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Burial Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The transcription of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas has her date of birth listed as Jan 18, 1887. The SSDI and notes of her sister, Kate Allen Tirado, instead show the date of birth as January 24, 1887. She was also born at the home of her Aunt Kate Noble in Lampasas.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1930 Census
      Texas, Lampasas County, Lampasas City
      Enumerated 141-1 SD 14 Sheet 27A Stamped 207
      715-758
      Key, Eugene Head M W 43 M 28 Tx SC Tx Salesman Grocery Store
      Key, Bessie Wf F W 42 m 33 Tx Ga Ga
      Key, James Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx (son from previous marriage)
    Person ID I37360  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2011 

    Father William Washington Allen,   b. 12 Sep 1839, Noxubee County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1914, Lampasas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Rebecca Maund,   b. 30 Nov 1845, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1929, Temple, Bell County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1870  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7
    • In March, 2011, Sally Clark emailed that: "Elizabeth Maund and W W Allen are my gg grandparents. They had 8 children to my knowledge. I am using their daughter, Kate's notes, and I am using my grandmother's notes on their children. Elizabeth and W W are buried in Lampasas with several Allens. Lampasas is my home. Let me know if you want names and dates for their children and what you need to verify the information."

      Sally Clark
      sjclark@classicnet.net
    Documents
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 1 of 4
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 1 of 4
    Compiled by Katherine Allen Tirado (1873-1964), his daughter
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 2 of 4
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 2 of 4
    Compiled by Katherine Allen Tirado (1873-1964), his daughter
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 3 of 4
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 3 of 4
    Compiled by Katherine Allen Tirado (1873-1964), his daughter
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 4 of 4
    Allen, William Washington Family History, Page 4 of 4
    Compiled by Katherine Allen Tirado (1873-1964), his daughter
    Family ID F668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eugene Littlefield Key,   b. 20 Apr 1887, Lampasas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1963, Lampasas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1920  [4
    Children 
     1. Eugene "Little Gene" Key,   b. 7 Nov 1923, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1928, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    Family ID F11488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jan 1887 - Lampasas County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Feb 1983 - Lampasas County, Texas Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • 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, Lampasas County, JP 5 Enumerated 30 June 1900 SD 4 D 106 Sheet 20B 344-346 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1064] Website "Cemeteries-of-tx.com" West Texas, Lampasas County, Oak Hill Cemetery, (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Wtx/Lampasas/cemetery/OakHill.html).

    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. [S1062] Tirado, Kate Allen (1873-1964) "Dates and Descrpitons ALLEN FAMILY" Four page typescript.

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

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

    7. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.