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Personal data Bessie Bell Mack 


Household of Bessie Bell Mack

She is married to Reed R. Shaffer.

They got married on April 22, 1916 at Monroe, Monroe Co., MI, she was 20 years old.

Reed R. Shaffer oo Bessie Bell Mack

Marriage source: Tombstone Inscriptions Fulton Co OH Vol II, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMLXXXVI), pg 67, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Shared tombstone for evidence of marriage.

Rosebrook, Flossie E., Dover Twp., Fulton Co., OH census, (Fulton Co., OH, US Govt., xxii Apr MCMXXX), Sheet 9A-9, e.d. 26-7, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'10, ... Shaffer, Reed R, Head ...ae 34, married, ae 20 at 1st marriage ... 11, Bessie B, Wife-H, ... ae 33, married, ae 19 at 1st marriage ...'

N.N. (Anonymous), Ancestry.com note regarding Belle Zelnar, (Pub. location unknown, http://trees.ancestry.myfamily.com/tree/29553263/person/12193869361/comments, St. Valentine's Day MMXII)

"Belle Zelnar 1871-72 in Ohio, USA

Father: John J. Zelnar Mother: Eliza ?? (maybe Robinson)

Spouse: William Mack- Marriage Date 8 Aug 1888 Fulton County, Ohio, USA

Children: Bessie B. Mack Birthdate: 1897 Spouse: Reed R. Shaffer-Marriage Date 22 Apr 1916 Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan" <>

Child(ren):

  1. Alice Irene Shaffer  1919-1945
  2. Doris Mae Shaffer  1924-1992 


Notes about Bessie Bell Mack

Bessie Bell Mack

Source: Title: Tombstone Inscriptions Fulton Co OH, (Publication location: Swanton OH, Publisher: FCCOGS, Publication date: MCMLXXXVI), pg. 67, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

7 Feb 1920 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, sheet 181A, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"...Shaffer, Reed R., head... ... Bessie B., wife, fem, white, 23, married, can read/write, born OH, parents born OH, can speak Eng, occ = none ... Alice I., dau., ..."

Author: Rosebrook, Flossie E., Title: Dover Twp., Fulton Co., OH census, (Publication location: Fulton Co., OH, Publisher: US Govt., Publication date: xxii Apr MCMXXX), Sheet 9A-9, e.d. 26-7, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"10, 211, 212, Shaffer, Reed R, Head, ... ae 34, married, ae 20 at 1st marriage, ... b. OH ... 11, Bessie B, Wife-H, fem, white, ae 33, married, ae 19 at 1st marriage, not in school, can read OR write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Occ = None 12, Alice Irene, Daug., ... ae 10 ... b. OH ... 13, Doris M, Daug. ... ae 5 ... b. OH ..."

Title: Fulton County, Ohio Birth Records Transcriptions Book #3 1902-08 & 1920-1924, (Publication location: Swanton, OH, Publisher: FCCOGS, Publication date: MMIX), pg. 158, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

"Shaffer, Doris Mae b. July 8, 1924 Ohio Fulton Pike Male Father Reed R. Shaffer Mother Bessie Mack Physician C.F. Hartmann"

Title: Fulton County, Ohio Birth Records Transcriptions Book #2 1886 - 1902, (Publication location: Swanton, OH, Publisher: FCCOGS, Publication date: MMIX), pg. 98, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

"Mack, Bessie Bell b. April 4, 1896 Fulton Fem Father William Mack Mother Bill Zilner Residence of Parents Fulton"

Author: Berta, Maryam, Title: e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: MB, Publication date: xix July MMXV)

"David, Your Bessie Bell Mack Shaffer died in Toledo, Lucas, OH on 27 Jun 1931 and is buried in Aetna Cemetery, Winameg, Fulton, OH. She is my 2nd cousin 1 removed, Citing this Record "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X84B-ZLJ : accessed 19 Apr 2013), Bessie Belle Shaffer, 1931." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bessie Bell Mack

William Mack
< 1874-????
Belle Zelnar
1872-????

Bessie Bell Mack
1896-1931

1916

Reed R. Shaffer
1895-1955

Alice Irene Shaffer
1919-1945
Doris Mae Shaffer
1924-1992

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Historical events

Birthday April 4, 1896

  • The temperature on April 4, 1896 was about 6.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
    • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
    • August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
    • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

Day of marriage April 22, 1916

  • The temperature on April 22, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
    • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
    • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
    • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

Day of death June 27, 1931

  • The temperature on June 27, 1931 was between 9.0 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
    • March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
    • March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
    • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
    • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
    • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.


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