Benjamin (31) is present on the 1881 Census with wife Eliza (26) and children Reuben (6), Bessie (5), and Stella (11 months). Along with a brother Thomas Heisler (24) and likely an aunt Elizabeth (88).
Sources
1881 Census Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie: