Besse ALLUM

  General Notes:

1887-1889 BIRTH of Besse Allum (also found spelled "Bessie")

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Iowa County, Marengo (June 5) ("Bessie," age 12, born "May, 1888 in Iowa," is with her parents) (Allum is transcribed "Allenn" in some census indexes)

1904 DEATH of grandmother, Nancy (Cumpston) Allum

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Bremer County, Waverly (no specific date is on the census page) ("Bessie," is with her parents) (the 1905 Iowa State Census lists names only)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Black Hawk County, Waterloo (April 15 & 16) ("Bessie," age 20, "Clerk, Dry Goods," born in Illinois, is living with her parents) (Bessie "Callum" in some census indexes, "Allam" in others)

1911 MARRIAGE of Besse Allum and Leroy Petersen on Easter Sunday, April 16, in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa by Dr. D. W. Fahs

1914 DIVORCE in Iowa, Black Hawk County, Waterloo

1917 DEATH of father, Isaac Leonard Allum

1920 CENSUS, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis (January 2) ("Bessie," age 31, "Buyer, Dry Goods Store," born in Illinois, is in the household of her widowed mother "Ossie," age 67; also in the household is Bessie's son, Thurman Peterson, age 7, and two of Bessie's siblings -- "Ossie," age 33, "Saleslady, Dry Goods Store," and "Earl," age 29, "Barber, Barber Shop") Bessie's name is "Bessie Allum Peterson" in this census, not "Bessie Athene" or "Bessie Alburn" that appear in some census indexes)

1920 MARRIAGE of Besse (Allum) Peterson and Clarence Caley Young on October 1 in Cleveland, Cuyahgoga County, Ohio by Rev. R. R. Hawkins, J. P. ("Bessie" is "Besse" on the Ohio marriage record)

DIVORCE from Clarence Caley Young

1930 CENSUS, Texas, Harris County, Houston (April 10) ("Bess," age 41, divorced, "Interior decorator, House furnishings," born in Illinois, is in the household of her sister "Shirley" and Shirley's husband, Henry W. Booth; also in the household are Bess's sons "Robert L.," age 18, divorced, "Clerk, Electric co.," born in Iowa -- and "Clarence K.," age 8, born in Minnesota) (On the census page, "Young" is used as the surname for both sons)

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1930 CENSUS, Texas, Harris County, Houston (April 10) ("Bess," age 42, divorced, "Saleslady, Ready to wear," born in Illinois, is head of the household in which her sons also live: "Robert," age 17, divorced, born in Illinois, "Collector, Electric Light Co." ... and "Kaley," age 6, born in Illinois) (Note the different locations of birth of Bess's sons in the 1930 entry directly above this one, plus the 2-year difference in age of her son Clarence)

1937 DEATH of mother, Osa Jane (Allum) Allum

Osa's 1937 State of Illinois death certificate is signed "Besse Young"

Besse married Leroy PETERSON, son of Eric F. PETERSON and Louise Mc INTIRE, on April 16, 1911 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa. (Leroy PETERSON was born on March 28, 1888 in Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska.)

Besse next married Clarence Caley YOUNG, son of James Finley YOUNG and Sarah Jane CALEY, on October 1, 1920 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. (Clarence Caley YOUNG was born on June 3, 1891 in Fredericksdale, Noble County, Ohio and died on October 25, 1962 in Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio.)