Bessie Williams (Cock) Oliver (1859 - 1943)

Born 1859 in Kenwyn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Oliver — married 26 Oct 1880 in Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Died 1943 at about age 84 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Bessie (Cock) Oliver was born in Cornwall, England.

Bessie has Tonkin ancestors.

Bessie Oliver was born in 1859 in Kenwyn, Cornwall, England. She was the daughter of Edward Cock and Catharine Tonkin. ^[1]

She married Charles Oliver on 26 October 1880 at St John Truro, Cornwall. ^{[2] [3]}

They emigrated to the United States, their children were:

• Gertrude Bessie (Oliver) Hambric (1884-1970)
• Effie May Oliver (1887-)

She passed away in 1943 and was buried in Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery, Reno County, Kansas. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26TB-4JZ : 1 October 2014), Bessie Williams Cock, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Truro, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DRK-J92 : 13 December 2014), Bessie Cock, 1880; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1880, quarter 4, vol. 5C, p. 216, Truro, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/home/ : accessed 22 Apr 2023) Marriages database record 1329092. 26 Oct 1880, Parish Truro, St John. Charles OLIVER (Age 24, Residence St Johns, Bachelor, Profession Assayer, Father William, Father's profession Assayer) and Bessie COCK (Age 22, Residence St Johns, Spinster, Father Edward, Father's profession Bootcloser) Marriage by Banns. Witnesses Laura Oliver and E. Cock.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2023), memorial page for Bessie Cock Oliver (1857–1943), Find A Grave: Memorial #55507724, citing Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Judy Mayfield (contributor 46636512).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYL-54W : accessed 22 April 2023), Bessie Oliver in household of Chas Oliver, Precinct 3 Wichita city Ward 3, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 284, sheet 3A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,499.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZD-1QP : accessed 22 April 2023), Bessie Oli* in household of Chas Oli*, Wichita Ward 3, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 1A, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 456; FHL microfilm 1,374,469.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXC-26B : 1 February 2021), Bessie Oliver in entry for Rosco Hambric, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VR29-JRS : Wed Apr 05 01:00:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Roscoe Hambric and Gertrude Hambric, 1940.