Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Andrew A. Reese (69313) & Eva Rosalie Barnum
70061. Bessie M. Reese. Born in 1890 in Michigan.

In 1910 Bessie and her younger brother Albert are boarding at the Crossman residence.

1930 Grand Rapids City census lists George Krul as Bessie’s husband. Living with them is her neice Dorothy Race, the daughter of the late Bernie Race. George is 42 and Bessie is 40. He was 23 and she was 21 when they were married about 1911. Dorothy is 19 and working as a clerk in a drug store. George is a taxi driver and Bessie works as a janitress in a public school. All three were born in Michigan as were both sets of parents for Bessie and Dorothy. George’s parents were born in the Netherlands. George owns his own home at 44 Andre Street. The family owns a radio and everyone can read and write. George is not a veteran.
1930 Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan census. City of Grand Grand Rapids, Ward 3, Block 1823. S.D. 7, E.D. 41-101. Sheet 21 B, written page 3492. Dwelling 386, Family 418
Ca 1911 Bessie M. married George Krul. Born ca 1888 in Michigan.
70062. William Albert Reese. Born on 17 Mar 1894 in Kent County, Michigan.

WWI Kent County War Records, located at the Grand Rapids Public Library, state that William Albert Reese was born 17 March 1894 in Kent County, Michigan. His parents were Eva Barnum Reese and Andrew Reese. He worked at the Keeler Brass Company as a machine hand. He entered Camp Custer, Michigan on 30 March 1918. He was rejected for a physical disability on 15 April 1918. He was married to Minnie Crossman 2 October 1919. She was born in Hastings and was 28 years old.
On 2 Oct 1918 when William Albert was 24, he married Minnie Crossman, daughter of Isaac D. Crossman (Sep 1854-) & Anna (Sep 1859-), in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Born in Dec 1889 in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan.

1900 Federal Census, Rutland Twp., Barry County, Michigan
Roll 700, page 8A
    Isaac Crosseman, head, b. Sep 1854, 45, m. 25 years, b. OH, father b. unknown, mother b. OH, thrasher
    Anna Crosseman, wife, b. Sep 1859, 40, m. 25 years, 7 children, 5 living, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. OH
    Effa Crosseman, daughter, b. Jan 1882, 18, single, b. MI, gather b. OH, mother b. IL
    Mason Crosseman, son, b. Apr 1885, 15, b. ditto, day laborer
    Minnie Crosseman, daughter, b. Dec 1889, 10, b. ditto, at school
    Clessie Crossman, daughter, b. Dec 1895, 4, b. ditto

1910 Federal Census. Grand Rapids Ward 12, Kent County, Michigan
Roll T624_656, page 4A
385 Palace Avenue
    Isaac D. Crossman, head, 54, m. 34 years, b. OH, father b. US, mother b. OH, gardner
    Anna Crossman, wife, 49, m. 34 years, 7 children 5 living, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. OH
    Minnie Crossman, daughter, 20, single, b. MI, father b. OH, mother b. IL, card indexer[?], furn. factory
    Clessie Crossman, daughter, 19, single, b. ditto
    Bessie Reese, 20, single, b. MI, father b. MI, mother b. VT, card indexer[?], furn. factory
    Albert Reese, 16, single, b. ditto, machinist, furn. factory
Bessie and Albert are boarders at the Isaac D. Crossman residence. This was their father’s house. Albert and Minnie will marry in 1918.
70063. Nina B. Reese. Nina B. died Between 1885 and 1892.
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