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Bessie Davenport

Person ID

174349

About

White Female born in 1900

Bessie Mabel VanWoert Davenport, 1900-1993: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138040736/bessie-mabel-davenport

Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1930	Davenport, Bessie	Daughter	407 W Green St	26	White	New York	Married	None
1940	Davenport, Bessie	Head	407 W Green St	39	White	New York	Divorced	Clerk
1950	Davenport, Bessie	Head	786 White Church Rd	49	White	New York	Widowed	Teaches 1st 6 Grades in Rural School

Relatives in 1930 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Stevens, Julia	Head	407 W Green St	44	White	New York	Divorced	None
Davenport, Mavis	Granddaughter	407 W Green St	4y 1mo	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1940 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Davenport, Doris	Daughter	407 W Green St	16	White	New York	Single	None
Davenport, Mavis	Daughter	407 W Green St	14	White	New York	Single	None
Stevens, Julia	Mother	407 W Green St	56	White	New York	Divorced	None

Relatives in 1950 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Seamon, Gerald	Nephew	786 White Church Rd	28	White	New York	Married	Trucker
Seamon, Lorraine	Niece	786 White Church Rd	29	White	New York	Married	None

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Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives

"Bessie was born July 16, 1900 in Spencer, NY to Edmund and Julia Stevens VanWoret [VanWoert].
She taught school for many years in area country schools and with the Ithaca City School District. She was a graduate of Cortland Teachers College.
Bessie is survived by 2 daughter, Mrs. Mavis Lattin of Brooktondale and Doris 'Dottie' Johns of iIhaca."

Obituary of Bessie Davenport, Ithaca Journal, February 8, 1993, 4.