Bessie was the fourth of five children, and the only daughter, of Alexander & Alice Jane (Brewer) Frasier. Her father was a farmer, and a very strict man.
At 19, on Oct. 17, 1905, Bessie married a neighbor, Alfred Walter Brown, with whom she had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Theirs was not a happy marriage and in the mid-1920's, Bessie left Alfred and their son, Joy. She took their three daughters and got a divorce on 27 March 1929.
She later married Lewis Henry "Baldy" Walters, but she was always called "Grandma Brown" by her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
At 19, on Oct. 17, 1905, Bessie married a neighbor, Alfred Walter Brown, with whom she had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Theirs was not a happy marriage and in the mid-1920's, Bessie left Alfred and their son, Joy. She took their three daughters and got a divorce on 27 March 1929.
She later married Lewis Henry "Baldy" Walters, but she was always called "Grandma Brown" by her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Bessie was the fourth of five children, and the only daughter, of Alexander & Alice Jane (Brewer) Frasier. Her father was a farmer, and a very strict man.
At 19, on Oct. 17, 1905, Bessie married a neighbor, Alfred Walter Brown, with whom she had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Theirs was not a happy marriage and in the mid-1920's, Bessie left Alfred and their son, Joy. She took their three daughters and got a divorce on 27 March 1929.
She later married Lewis Henry "Baldy" Walters, but she was always called "Grandma Brown" by her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
At 19, on Oct. 17, 1905, Bessie married a neighbor, Alfred Walter Brown, with whom she had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Theirs was not a happy marriage and in the mid-1920's, Bessie left Alfred and their son, Joy. She took their three daughters and got a divorce on 27 March 1929.
She later married Lewis Henry "Baldy" Walters, but she was always called "Grandma Brown" by her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Bessie Walters
1886 - 1980
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