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![Show Contents]() Bessie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
Early Origins of the Bessie familyThe surname Bessie was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family held a family seat from very early times. Early History of the Bessie familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bessie research. Another 289 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1447, 1470, 1520, 1549, 1600, 1609, 1612, 1639, 1645, 1657, 1673, 1675, 1690, 1715, 1746 and 1759 are included under the topic Early Bessie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bessie Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Besset, Bessez, Besser, Bessey, Bessé, Bessée, Bezet, Bezez, Bezer, Bezé, Bezée, Bessait, Bessais, Bessaie, Bessaies, Bezait, Bezais, Bezaie, Bezaies, Du Besset, Du Bessez, Du Besser, Du Bessé, Du Bezet, Du Bezez, Du Bezer, Du Bezé, Du Bessait, Du Bessais, Du Bessaie, Du Bessaies, Du Bezait, Du Bezais, Du Bezaie, Du Bezaies, De Besseto, Bessette and many more. Early Notables of the Bessie familyNotable amongst the family name at this time was Claude Du Besset, Lord of Besset during the 1600's; François Byssot de la Rivière (1612-1673), French settler to New France before 1639, he constructed...
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 Bessie migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Bessie Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Walter Bessie, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bessie (post 1700) | + |
- Eliza Bessie Sobey (1871-1960), Canadian former school teacher, 1931 first president of Stellarton's Local Council of Women and wife to John William Sobey founder of Sobeys Food Chain
- Mrs. Margaret Bessie Wells B.E.M. (b. 1935), British Volunteer for Crohn’s and Colitis UK, was appointed Medallist of the British Empire Medal 29th December 2018 for services to People with Colitis and Crohn’s Disease 1
- Mary Bessie Brough (1863-1934), English actress in theatre, silent films and early talkies
- Bessie Locke (1865-1952), American educator and businessperson who in 1909, founded the National Kindergarten Association
- Bessie A Prado, U.S. Air Force Reserve flight nurse and AIDS clinic charge nurse
- Bessie Regina Norris (1953-2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist, known for hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night"
- Bessie Sudlow (1849-1928), stage name of Barbara Elizabeth "Bessie" Johnstone, an English burlesque performer and opera bouffe soprano active in New York
- Bessie Morris, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1928
- Bessie E. Stone, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from Bradford County, 1954 2
- Bessie Chronopoulos, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980 3
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Bessie migration to Canada 
