Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Perdew

Birth Name Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Perdew
Gender female
Age at Death 36 years, 5 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth August 1882 Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Census (Daughter) June 11, 1900 Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

1900 Census Precinct 2, Springfield Township
June 11, 1900

[the top of this census page begins with a Whipkey family. Elizabeth's mother was Amy Whipkey]

William Channing, 30, August 1869, married 9 years, born in Pennsylvania, father in England, mother in Pennsylvania, farmer
Elizabeth Channing, 41, August 1859, marriage 9 years, 5 children, 5 alive, born in Pennsylvania, father in Germany, mother in Pennsylvania
Bessie P N Channing, 17, August 1882, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Charles L Channing, 8, August 1891, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
John W Channing, 9m, August 1899, born in Pennsylvania, parents also

Census (Wife) April 30, 1910 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States at 816 Delaware 2a
Event Note

1910 Census Ward 6, Youngstown
April 30, 1910
at 816 Delaware

Michael Downs, 36, married 0 years, born in Ohio, parents also, craneman, steam shovel
Mary Downs, 27, married 0 years, no children, born in Pennsylvania, parents also

Death January 29, 1919 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States   3a
Event Note

Certificate of Death, Youngstown, #5149
January 29, 1919
at 450 1/2 Emerson Place
Mrs Mary B Downs
white, female, married
age 37, born in Pennsylvania
father: Vance Perdew, unknown place of birth
mother: Elizabeth Keifer, unknown place of birth
informant: Michael Downs, same address
cause of death: lobar pneumonia
burial: Belmont Park, February 1, 1919

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Urbanus “Vance” Perdewbetween 1891 and 1899
Mother Elizabeth KeeferAugust 1859
         Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Perdew August 1882 January 29, 1919
    Brother     Herbert Frisbee Perdew August 11, 1885 August 19, 1956
    Sister     Effie Myrtle Perdew March 23, 1889 March 7, 1962
    Brother     Charles Lindley Perdew August 9, 1892

Families

Family of Michael Downs and Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Perdew
Married Husband Michael Downs ( b. January 1, 1873 d. December 10, 1936 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1909     2a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Amy DownsMay 29, 1910December 13, 1910
Beatrice DownsNovember 15, 1911July 12, 1993
Paul T DownsOctober 7, 1912February 2, 1972
William M DownsApril 28, 1916September 15, 1990

Source References

  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Precinct 2, Springfield Township, ED) 64, sheet 7A, family 110
      • Citation:

         

        United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SG-15J : accessed 29 August 2018), Elizabeth Channing in household of William C Channing, Springfield Township, Precinct 2, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 7A, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,411.

  2. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Ward 6, Youngstown, ED 141, sheet 16B, family 321
      • Citation:

        United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXD-R2S : accessed 23 August 2018), Michale Downs, Youngstown Ward 6, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 16B, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1211; FHL microfilm 1,375,224.

  3. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
      • Page: Mary B Downs, January 29, 1919, Youngstown, #5149
      • Citation:

        Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8KY-GGW : 9 March 2018), Mrs Mary B Downs, 29 Jan 1919; citing Youngstown, Mohoning, Ohio, reference fn 5149; FHL microfilm 1,984,636.