French, Bessie Ada

1896 - 1981  (85 years)

• Name	French, Bessie Ada  [1]
  Born	1 Feb 1896	Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Education	26 Aug 1906	Avoca School, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [7]
  Age: 10y
  Bessie would walk two and a half miles to attend school.
  Education	Jan 1907	Avoca School, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [6]
  third grade
  Occupation	1924  [8]
  packer
  Occupation	1931  [9]
  textile worker
  Occupation	1936  [9]
  home duties
  Occupation	From 1942 to 1943  [10]
  home duties
  Occupation	4 Oct 1942  [2]
  machinist
  Residence	4 Oct 1942	The Patch, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  Occupation	1954  [11]
  home duties
  Died	29 Oct 1981  [3]
  Buried	Kingaroy Cemetery, Queensland, Australia   [12]
  Person ID	I807	Shelley's Tree | Descendants of James Henry French (1849-1915)
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	French, James Henry,   b. 16 Dec 1849, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 2 Apr 1915, Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Tregonning, Elizabeth,   b. 11 Sep 1858, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 11 Nov 1952, Branch Creek, Strathpine, Queensland, Australia  (Age 94 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1893	The Manse, Avoca, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernard, Bruin Farquhar,   b. Abt 1900, Sumatra, Indonesia ,   d. 12 Jul 1983  (Age ~ 83 years)  [2]
  Married	4 Oct 1942	Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Church, Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  	according to the rites of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Church Witness Role: Witness Name: L.T. Giblett Witness Role: Witness Name: J. Dixon
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2016
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Feb 1896 - Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Education - Age: 10y - 26 Aug 1906 - Avoca School, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Education - third grade - Jan 1907 - Avoca School, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Residence - 4 Oct 1942 - The Patch, Victoria, Australia  Married - 4 Oct 1942 - Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Church, Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia  Buried - - Kingaroy Cemetery, Queensland, Australia   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Bessie Ada French face.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S284] BDM Index: Federation index, Victoria 1889-1901, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, 1997), birth entry for Bessie Ada, Parents James Henry FRENCH and Elizabeth TREGONNING), citing 1896, No.319. Birth, Yr.1896, No.319, Bessie Ada, Parents James Henry FRENCH and Elizabeth TREGONNING, Avoca. [S345] Marriage certificate: Bessie Ada French and Bruin Farquhar Bernard, (Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia: Bessie Ada French and Bruin Farquhar Bernard, 4 OCT 1942), 27844. [S27] Death certificate: James Henry French, 1915, (James Henry French, 1915), 5799. [S99] Birth certificate: Richard John FRENCH, 1901, (Richard John FRENCH, 1901), 24005. [S347] Death certificate: Elizabeth French, 1952, (Queensland, Australia: Elizabeth French, 1952), 040831. [S1852] Letters: From Bessie French to 'Aunt Connie'. [S1851] Letter: Bessie Ada French writing to 'Aunt Connie'. [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Victoria, Fawkner division, Toorak: French entries, 1924. p4, listings 5457-5459 [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Victoria, Balaclava division, Caulfield: French entries, 1931 and 1936. pp56-57 [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Victoria, Flinders division, Ferntree Gully: French entries, 1942, 1943. [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Queensland, Petrie division, Kedron: Bernard entries, 1954. [S334] Burial index: Dern Index, Queensland, David and Julie Dern, (Queensland, Australia: David and Julie Dern, 1999), Networked.