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William M. Besha

Male Cal 1862 - 1937  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name William M. Besha  [1, 2
    Born Cal 1862  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Role: Household Member
    Census 21 Jun 1875  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Role: Household Member
    Occupation 1890  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    farmer 
    Residence 1890  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1920  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Name William M.  [10
    Name William M. Bisha  [11
    Reference Number 185 
    _UID 3C3312B6576045F88513816C5F0C019BB7A1 
    Died 1937  [12
    Buried 1937  LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Address:
    n/a 
    Person ID I185  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph Victor Bichet,   b. 7 Jun 1815, Ronchamp, Haute-Saone, Franche-Comte, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1883, LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Almira Sixbury,   b. 16 Mar 1817, LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1906, LeRay, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1841  [14, 15, 16
    Children 11 children 
    Family ID F53  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Cal 1862 - New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 21 Jun 1875 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1890 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1890 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Address:
    n/a - 1937 - LeRay, Jefferson, New York
    Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    'Grandpa, Uncle Will, Aunt Net, Mamma'
    "Grandpa, Uncle Will, Aunt Net, Mamma"
    Handwriting at bottom of photo reads:
    "Grandpa, Uncle Will, Aunt Net, Mamma"
    Grandpa=Ferdinand Besha (seated left)
    Uncle Will=William Besha (standing right)
    Aunt Net= Julia Annette Besha (standing left)
    Mamma=Mary Lillian Besha (seated right)
    See photo 2 for back side of photo.
    Back side of photo 1
    Back side of photo 1
    The back side of the first photo in this picture gallery reads "Uncle Will, Aunt Nettie, Gramp Besha, Mother"

  • Notes 
    • This brother relationship is only a guess, but it seems a good one.
      The 1910 Census for Jefferson County, Town of LeRay shows a William Besha
      (age 48 ) and a Annette Besha (age 54) (sister) living on Gardner Road

      occupied homestead

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      1930 Census
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7ZG-JH2

      ----------- [17, 18]

  • Sources 
    1. [S433] The Journal and Republican, R.A. Van Namee, Local Editor, (M. A. Phillips, Publisher Lowville, N.Y.), March 2, 1933, pg. 7, col. 2 (Reliability: 3), 5 Apr 2006.
      FERDINAND BESHA

      Expires at the Afe of 80 Years at His Farm Home on the Pleasant Lake Road.

      Ferdinand Besha, 80, died suddenly Saturday morning at his farm home on the Pleasant Lake road, four miles from Carthage. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Besha was born Oct. 4, 1852, in the town of Leray, a son of Joseph and Elmira Sixbury Besha. He had always been a farmer and for the past 24 years had resided on the farm where he died.
      He was a communicant of the Evans Mills Catholic Church and also was a member of the Champion Grange.
      Mr. Besha leaves a brother, William; sister, Miss Nettie Besha; a daughter, Mrs. Fraley, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Walter Webert, Miss Marion Fraley and Robert Fraley, all of Evans Mills.
      The funeral was held Tuesday morning from the Evans Mills Catholic Church, Rev. J. A. O'Brien officiating. Interment in Evans Mills cemetery.
      The Journal And Republican
      The Journal And Republican


    2. [S17] Child's Gazetteer, Town of LeRay, Hamilton Child, (Syracuse Journal Co., Syracuse, New York, 1890. Portions of this journal excerpted by volunteers (directed by Shirley Farone) and posted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childler.htm) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2004.
      Joseph V. Bisha came from France to his country in 1828, at that time being 13 years of age. In 1841 he married Almira, daughter of Robert Sixbury, and followed the occupation of farming on road 8, where they remained 16 years. They then removed to Pleasant Valley, in the town of Cape Vincent, remaining there five years, when they returned to this town and purchased a farm on road 35. During the next 19 years they resided in several different places, finally returing to the farm on road 35, where Mr. Bisha died November 24, 1883. Their children were Mary V., Sarah J., Malinda, Louis J., Charles E., Ferdinand A., Julia A., Peter J., George A., and William M. The latter resides with his mother on the old homestead.
      John Sixbury
      John Sixbury
      1855 State Census - Jefferson County NY
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley


    3. [S1152] 1910 Census - Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (http://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2014), T624, roll 954, Le Ray, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 6A, dwelling 149, family 156, William Besha, accessed Apr 25, 2016 (Reliability: 3), 25 Apr 2016.
      Name:
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      William Besha and Annette Besha, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY
      William Besha and Annette Besha, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY
      William Besha and Annette Besha, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59R-KNC


    4. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,WILLIAM M. SN JOSEPH 1861-1937 ST.MARYS
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    5. [S661] 1870 Census - Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (http://www.familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M593, roll GS Film number 000552444, LeRay, p. 42 (handwritten), dwelling 350, family 359, Joseph B. Bisha, accessed Jan 28, 2017 (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
      Name:
      Joseph B. Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1870
      Joseph B. Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1870
      Joseph B. Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1870
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8N4-QBF


    6. [S764] 1875 New York State Census Jefferson County NY, New York, Jefferson, (Digital images. FamilySearch.org. \i FamilySearch.org\i0 . http://FamilySearch.org : 2012), Le Ray, p. 18, dwelling 181, family 200, line 23, Joseph V. Bichet; (http://FamilySearch.org : accessed Aug 3, 2016); citing citing p. 18, line 23, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 895,250. (Reliability: 3), 3 Aug 2016.
      Name:
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      Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850
      Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850
      Joseph Bisha and family, LeRay, Jefferson County, New York, 1850
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYK-LQ7
      Joseph V. Bichet and family, 1875 census, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York
      Joseph V. Bichet and family, 1875 census, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York
      Joseph V. Bichet and family, 1875 census, Le Ray, Jefferson County, New York
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNKC-RRJ


    7. [S33] Child's Business Directory of Jefferson County, Hamilton Child, (Hamilton Child, 1890), TOWN OF LE RAY NAME POST OFFICE RD. No. OCCUPATION NUMBER OF ACRES OWNED BISHA, WILLIAM M., (Evans Mills) r 35, 5 cows, farmer, leases of Charles 71. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S17] Child's Gazetteer, Town of LeRay, Hamilton Child, (Syracuse Journal Co., Syracuse, New York, 1890. Portions of this journal excerpted by volunteers (directed by Shirley Farone) and posted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childler.htm) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2004.
      Joseph V. Bisha came from France to his country in 1828, at that time being 13 years of age. In 1841 he married Almira, daughter of Robert Sixbury, and followed the occupation of farming on road 8, where they remained 16 years. They then removed to Pleasant Valley, in the town of Cape Vincent, remaining there five years, when they returned to this town and purchased a farm on road 35. During the next 19 years they resided in several different places, finally returing to the farm on road 35, where Mr. Bisha died November 24, 1883. Their children were Mary V., Sarah J., Malinda, Louis J., Charles E., Ferdinand A., Julia A., Peter J., George A., and William M. The latter resides with his mother on the old homestead.
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley


    9. [S703] US Census 1920, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), NARA Roll: T625_1116; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 676. (Reliability: 3), 17 May 2006.
      Street address: Broadlow Road
      House no.: 57
      Family number: 59

      Name: Besha, William
      Relationship to head: Head
      Home owned or rented: o
      Owned free or mortgaged: m
      Sex: m
      Color: w
      Age: 58
      Place of birth: NY
      Mother tounge: English
      Father's birth: France
      Mother tounge: French
      Mother's birth: NY
      Mother tounge:
      Trade or profession: farmer
      Type of business: General farming
      Employer, employee or own account: o.a.

      Name: Besha, Nettie
      Relationship to head: Sister
      Home owned or rented:
      Owned free or mortgaged:
      Sex: f
      Color: w
      Age: 65
      Place of birth: NY
      Mother tounge: English
      Father's birth: France
      Mother tounge: French
      Mother's birth: NY
      Mother tounge:
      Trade or profession: none
      Type of business:
      Employer, employee or own account:


      Street address: Bidlow Road
      House no.: 59
      Family number: 61

      Name: Biche, Peter
      Relationship to head: Head
      Home owned or rented: o
      Owned free or mortgaged: m
      Sex: m
      Color: w
      Age: 68
      Place of birth: NY
      Mother tounge: English
      Father's birth: France
      Mother tounge: French
      Mother's birth: France
      Mother tounge: French
      Trade or profession: farmer
      Type of business: General farming
      Employer, employee or own account: o.a.

      Name: Biche, Ellen
      Relationship to head: Wife
      Home owned or rented:
      Owned free or mortgaged:
      Sex: f
      Color: w
      Age: 57
      Place of birth: NY
      Mother tounge: English
      Father's birth: Ireland
      Mother tounge: Irish
      Mother's birth: Ireland
      Mother tounge: Irish
      Trade or profession: none
      Type of business:
      Employer, employee or own account:

      Name: Biche, Floyd
      Relationship to head: son
      Home owned or rented:
      Owned free or mortgaged:
      Sex: m
      Color: w
      Age: 15
      Place of birth: NY
      Mother tounge: English
      Father's birth: New York
      Mother tounge:
      Mother's birth: New York
      Mother tounge:
      Trade or profession: none
      Type of business:
      Employer, employee or own account:
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley
      William Besha
      William Besha
      US Census 1920, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY


    10. [S75] Perkins, Carolyn - Package, unknown, (2 Jan 1997), Group 2, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Peter Fraley
      Peter Fraley


    11. [S33] Child's Business Directory of Jefferson County, Hamilton Child, (Hamilton Child, 1890), TOWN OF LE RAY NAME POST OFFICE RD. No. OCCUPATION NUMBER OF ACRES OWNED BISHA, WILLIAM M., (Evans Mills) r 35, 5 cows, farmer, leases of Charles 71. (Reliability: 3).
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    12. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,WILLIAM M. SN JOSEPH 1861-1937 ST.MARYS
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    13. [S197] Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, A - B, A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/barcar.htm) (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2004.
      NAME EPITAPH CEMETERY
      BESHA,WILLIAM M. SN JOSEPH 1861-1937 ST.MARYS

    14. [S17] Child's Gazetteer, Town of LeRay, Hamilton Child, (Syracuse Journal Co., Syracuse, New York, 1890. Portions of this journal excerpted by volunteers (directed by Shirley Farone) and posted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childler.htm) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2004.
      Joseph V. Bisha came from France to his country in 1828, at that time being 13 years of age. In 1841 he married Almira, daughter of Robert Sixbury, and followed the occupation of farming on road 8, where they remained 16 years. They then removed to Pleasant Valley, in the town of Cape Vincent, remaining there five years, when they returned to this town and purchased a farm on road 35. During the next 19 years they resided in several different places, finally returing to the farm on road 35, where Mr. Bisha died November 24, 1883. Their children were Mary V., Sarah J., Malinda, Louis J., Charles E., Ferdinand A., Julia A., Peter J., George A., and William M. The latter resides with his mother on the old homestead.
      1855 Census, Jefferson County, New York
      1855 Census, Jefferson County, New York
      Jacob Fraley and Catherine Slick, and children, and Jacob Slick (Catherine Slick's father)
      Image source:
      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25847-10890-20
      Jacob Fraley & family, 1855 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Jacob Fraley & family, 1855 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Jacob Fraley & family, 1855 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25847-10890-20


    15. [S2] Obituary for Robert Sixberry - 1873, (The Watertown Post, October 1873, Watertown, New York), "Almira married Joseph Bishit and lives near LaFargeville." (Reliability: 3).
      Jacob Fraley
      Jacob Fraley
      1855 New York State Census
      Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County
      Pages 13 14 15
      <../1855_new_york_state_census_index.htm>

      Source:
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aliecor/1855_NYS_census/1855_CA/pg_13_ca_55.htm


    16. [S75] Perkins, Carolyn - Package, unknown, (2 Jan 1997), Group 2, Page 10- (date) (Reliability: 3).

    17. [S1152] 1910 Census - Jefferson County, New York, New York, Jefferson, (http://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2014), T624, roll 954, Le Ray, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 6A, dwelling 149, family 156, William Besha, accessed Apr 25, 2016 (Reliability: 3), 25 Apr 2016.
      Name:
      John Sixbury
      John Sixbury
      1855 State Census - Jefferson County NY
      William Besha and Annette Besha, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY
      William Besha and Annette Besha, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY
      William Besha and Annette Besha, LeRay, Jefferson County, NY
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59R-KNC


    18. [S75] Perkins, Carolyn - Package, unknown, (2 Jan 1997), Group 2, Page 10 (Reliability: 3).
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley