Bessie Graham
b. circa 1896
- Father: Joseph Mitchell Graham b. circa 1854, d. circa 1925
- Mother: Elizabeth Richardson b. circa 1855
- Bessie Graham was born circa 1896 in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfries, Scotland.
- Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the British census of 31 March 1901 in Lockerbie, Dryfesdale, Dumfries, Scotland, at 61 Sydney Place. Other members of the household included Bessie Graham, Walter Graham, Jane B. Graham, Joseph Henry Graham, Richard Graham, Mary Gale Graham, Harold Graham and William M. Graham.
- A photographic portrait was made, about 1906, of Joseph and Elizabeth Richardson Graham and their family.
- Elizabeth Richardson arrived in the Port of New York on 23 May 1909, accompanied by Bessie Graham, Jane B. Graham, Richard Graham, Mary Gale Graham, William M. Graham, Walter Graham and Mary Graham aboard the Anchor Line SS Caledonia, having departed Glasgow on the 15th. Elizabeth's husband and son Harold preceding the rest of the family, having arrived in New York about four months earlier aboard the same ship.
- Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Manhattan, New York, at 309 West 116th Street. Other members of the household included Bessie Graham, Jane B. Graham, Richard Graham, Mary Gale Graham, Harold Graham and William M. Graham.
- Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Teaneck Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, at Hillside Street. Other members of the household included Bessie Graham, William M. Graham.
- She was a public school teacher, according to the 1920 census.
- Elizabeth Richardson arrived in the Port of New York on 12 September 1926, accompanied by Bessie Graham, Jean Wilson aboard the Anchor Line SS Transylvania, having departed Glasgow on the 4th. Eight-year-old Jean Wilson visited Scotland with her grandmother and Aunt Bessie Graham.
- Last Edited: 9 Feb 2013