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Family: Joseph J. Besha / Rosalie S. Simonett (F243)

m. Feb 1870


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  • Father | Male
    Joseph J. Besha

    Born  1841  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jan 1925  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  1925  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  Feb 1870  [1, 2, 3]   
    Father  Jean Baptiste Bichet | F246 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Julia Moureaux | F246 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Rosalie S. Simonett

    Born  1849   
    Died  11 Sep 1919  Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Sep 1919  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Marcel Simonett | F356 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Adele Kepler | F356 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Arthur Besha

    Born  10 Sep 1871   
    Died  29 Sep 1882   
    Buried  1882  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Besha

    Born     
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 3 | Female
    Blanch Besha

    Born     
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 4 | Male
    Arthur R Besha

    Born  2 Nov 1873  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Feb 1950  Brownville, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  16 Feb 1950  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Kate M Farrell | F574 
    Married  1900   
    Spouse  Anne Amelia Farrell | F578 
    Married  1910   

    Child 5 | Male
    Herman J. Besha

    Born  1886   
    Died  21 Mar 1948   
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), Thursday, Sept. 18, 1919, page ?, col. 3 (Reliability: 3), 8 Apr 2006.
      Mrs. Joseph J. Besha.

      Mrs. Joseph J. Besha, aged 70, died last Thursday evening at her home in Evans Mills. She was born in the town of Orleans, a daughter of Marcel and Adele Kepler Simonett, and for the last forty years had been a resident of Evans MIlls and vicinity. The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Besha was to have been celebrated next February.
      There survive besides her husband, two sons, Arthur Besha and Herman Besha, both of Brownville; two daughters, Mrs. Morris Grantland, of Evans MIlls, and Miss Blanch Besha, of Ogdensburg; and three brothers, Joseph Simonett, of Evans Mills, Augustus Simonett, of Croghan, and Eugene Simonett, of Spragueville.
      Journal and Republican
      Journal and Republican


    2. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 22 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,ROSALIE S. WF JOSEPH J. 1849-1919 ST.MARYS

    3. [S70] US Census 1900 Lewis County, New York (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2004.
      married 30 years per 1900 census