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Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1880	Bessac, Lizzie	Niece	17 E Buffalo St	26	White	New York	Single	None
1900	Bessac, L May	Roomer	418 N Tioga St	46	White	New York	Single	None
1910	Bessac, Mary E	Head	701 N Cayuga St	55	White	New York	Single	Own Income
1920	Bessac, Elizabeth E	Lodger	132 E Mill St	64	White	New York	Single	None
1930	Bessac, Mary E	Head	433 N Tioga St	75	White	New York	Single	None
1940	Bessac, Elizabeth	Boarder	129 Park Pl	85	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1880 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Bessac, Calista	Head	17 E Buffalo St	64	White	New York	Single	Housekeeping
Bessac, Kate	Sister	17 E Buffalo St	52	White	New York	Single	None
Schuyler, Rebecca	Boarder	17 E Buffalo St	60	White	New York	Single	None
Burdick, Daniel W	Boarder	17 E Buffalo St	38	White	New York	Married	Druggist Propr
Burdick, Mary	Boarder	17 E Buffalo St	38	White	New York	Married	None

Relatives in 1900 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Hymes, Jehial	Head	418 N Tioga St	76	White	New York	Married	Teamster
Hymes, Mary	Wife	418 N Tioga St	76	White	New York	Married	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Bloom, Eliza	Head	132 E Mill St	74	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1940 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Jones, Mary E	Head	129 Park Pl	61	White	New York	Married	None
Mandeville, Clarence	Husband	129 Park Pl	64	White	New York	Married	None
Mandeville, Alfred C	Son	129 Park Pl	29	White	New York	Single	None
Eastman, Mary	Boarder	129 Park Pl	77	White	New York	Widowed	None
Boles, Hattie	Boarder	129 Park Pl	77	White	New York	Widowed	None
Tichenor, Helen	Boarder	129 Park Pl	81	White	New York	Widowed	None
Frazier, Goldie	Maid	129 Park Pl	34	White	New York	Married Spouse Not Present	Maid

M Eliz [Elizabeth] Bessac, residence 129 Park Place

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

"Miss Mary Elizabeth Bessac, 95, for many years a resident of 118 E Court St., died Sunday Nov. 27, 1949, at the Pine Crest Nursing Home, Town of Groton, after a long illness.
Before her illness she was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church.
She leaves no near relatives.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Gilbert Memorial Home, 125 E. Buffalo St., with the Rev Walkter A. Dodds officiating.
Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery."

"Deaths, Funerals: Miss Mary Elizabeth Bessac," Ithaca Journal, November 28, 1949, 3.

1949

Mary Elizabeth Bessac, 1854-1949

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