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Household of Bessie Madge Blissard

She is married to Ernest Zimmerman.

They got married on February 28, 1925 at Paxton, Ford Co., IL, she was 24 years old.

Ernest Zimmerman oo Bessie Madge Blissard

Marriage source: Stroup, Ron, Blizzard Chart, (Shelby OH, R.S., xxi Feb MCMXCVI) <>

Child(ren):

  1. Leona Mae Zimmerman  1926-1995 


Notes about Bessie Madge Blissard

Bessie Madge Blissard

Sources: Author: Stroup, Ron; Title: Blizzard Chart, (Publication site: Shelby OH, Publisher: RS, Publication date: xxi Feb MCMXCVI)

Author: Cannon, Bob & Nancy; Title: "Bessie Blissard Zimmerman," (Publication site: Gibson City, IL, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxiv July MMXV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149716696/bessie-zimmerman

"Photo [of his portion of the stone] added by Bob & Nancy Cannon Added [photograph of stone shared with Ernest Zimmerman] by Bob & Nancy Cannon

Bessie Blissard Zimmerman Birth 29 Jun 1900 Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, USA Death 17 Mar 1984 (aged 83) Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Burial Drummer Township Cemetery Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, USA Memorial ID 149716696

She married Ernest Zimmerman on February 28, 1925 at Gibson City, Illinois.

Family Members
Parents

William Henry Blissard 1866-1918
Chloe Warfield Blissard 1870-1965

Spouse

Ernest Zimmerman 1897-1971

Siblings

Rollin P. Blissard 1898-1982
Earl Vance Blissard 1907-1976

Half Siblings

Infant Son Blizard unknown-1892

Children

Leona Mae Zimmerman Swenson 1926-1995

Created by: Bob & Nancy Cannon Added: 24 Jul 2015 Find A Grave Memorial 149716696"

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bessie Madge Blissard

Peter Blissard
1837-1913
Sarah Lephart
1846-1926

Bessie Madge Blissard
1900-1984

1925

Ernest Zimmerman
1896-1971

Leona Mae Zimmerman
1926-1995

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    Historical events

    Birthday June 29, 1900

    • The temperature on June 29, 1900 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
      • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
      • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
      • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
      • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
      • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.

    Day of marriage February 28, 1925

    • The temperature on February 28, 1925 was between 2.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
      • January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
      • February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
      • March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
      • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
      • August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
      • September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

    Day of death March 17, 1984

    • The temperature on March 17, 1984 was between -1.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
      • January 24 » Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
      • June 5 » Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
      • September 14 » Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
      • October 12 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
      • December 20 » The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
      • December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
    

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