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Bessie <I>Alexander</I> Collins

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Bessie Alexander Collins

Birth
Hammond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
May 1976 (aged 96)
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA
Burial
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3-B
Memorial ID
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Bessie was the daughter of George Walker Alexander & Nannie Elizabeth Curtis, & although it has been said that she was born in Hammond, Wisconsin, there was no one of the Alexander name in that town listed in the 1880 census.

She was married on 4 Jun 1903 at Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota, to Wlliam Amos "Will" Collins (1875-1950).

Will & Bessie owned & operated the Grand Forks Steam Laundry from at least 1906 through until they sold it about 1938 & moved to Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California.

Child of Bessie & Will:
~ Helen Elizabeth Collins (1910–1999) m John Maurice Sogard

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Bessie was the daughter of George Walker Alexander & Nannie Elizabeth Curtis, & although it has been said that she was born in Hammond, Wisconsin, there was no one of the Alexander name in that town listed in the 1880 census.

She was married on 4 Jun 1903 at Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota, to Wlliam Amos "Will" Collins (1875-1950).

Will & Bessie owned & operated the Grand Forks Steam Laundry from at least 1906 through until they sold it about 1938 & moved to Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California.

Child of Bessie & Will:
~ Helen Elizabeth Collins (1910–1999) m John Maurice Sogard

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  • Maintained by: Syd Gardner
  • Originally Created by: JVV
  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50503996/bessie-collins: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Alexander Collins (7 Jun 1879–May 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50503996, citing Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Syd Gardner (contributor 47902230).