Birth: January-March 1872 Topcroft, Norfolk, UK
Father: George Adams 1840-1883
Mother: Sarah Borrett 1845-1924
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 21 December 1907 St John the Baptist, Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Fred Helliwell 1866-1939
Death: January-March 1956 Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
None known
Birth of Bessie Adams in FreeBMD in January-March 1872 in Loddon (4b 218) which included Topcroft.
In the 1881 census as Bessie Adams aged 9, born in Topcroft, and living with her parents (George and Sarah), and two brothers (George and Walter J) at 17 Brickfield, Ovenden, Yorkshire.
Her father died in 1883.
In the 1891 census as Bessie Adams, aged 19, born in Lynn, Norfolk, single, employed as a worsted drawer and living with her widowed mother (Sarah), brother (George) and a boarder (Joseph Bradley aged 66, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, a widower and a railway porter) in four rooms at 6 Taylors Buildings, St John the Baptist, Halifax.
In the 1901 census as Bessie Adams, aged 29, born in Topcroft, single, employed as a worsted drawer and living with her widowed mother (Sarah), brother (George) and a boarder (Joseph Bradley aged 76, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, single and living on his own means) in two rooms at 28 Whitegate Terrace, Salterhebble All Saints, Halifax
Marriage of Bessie Adams and Fred Helliwell in FreeBMD in October-December 1907 in Halifax (9a 830).
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 for Bessie Adams aged 35, father George Adams, and Fred Helliwell aged 40, father William Helliwell on 21 December 1907 at Halifax, St John the Baptist. "1907 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Halifax in the County of York No 271 21st December 1907 Fred Helliwell aged 40, a bachelor and wood carver of Trafalger Row, Halifax, father William Helliwell (deceased) a card setter, and Bessie Adams aged 35, a spinster of Ingram Street, S Kincoat, father George Adams (deceased), a signalman, Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by banns in the Presence of Walter John Adams and Mary Emma Adams (brother and sister-in-law?)."
In the 1911 census as Bessie Helliwell aged 39, born in Topcroft, Norfolk, married for three years with no children, a canvasser, and living with her husband (Fred) in five rooms at 27 Cavendish Terrace, Halifax, Yorkshire.
Her husband died in Halifax in 1939.
Death of Bessie Helliwell in FreeBMD in January-March 1956 aged 84 in Halifax (2b 790).
Topcroft is some 12 miles south of Norwich.
Bessie Adams was my second cousin twice removed.
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