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at age 75
in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
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Bessie was born in 1895 in Richardson County, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Alfonso Hales and Minnie Laforge. In 1919, she married Edgar Paul Lyons (1895-1979), and they had the following children:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3B1-42H : accessed 15 February 2021), Bessie Halis in household of Al W Halis, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 1B, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,938.
"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-66RK : 18 January 2020), Bessie Hales in entry for E. P. Lyons, 2 Oct 1919; citing Marriage, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,986,941.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MP-37G : 6 January 2021), Bessie Lyons in household of Paul E Lyons, Grant Election Precinct, Dawson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-11, sheet 3A, line 30, family 58, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2262.
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