Alva’s Family

Father: Clarence Eddie Bessey, born in Ionia, Michigan in 1879. Died April 24, 1945.

Mother: Ethel Bessey, born in Jay County, Indiana in 1890.

Brother: Murell Bessey, born in Ionia, Michigan in 1915.

Sister: Pearl “Pug” Bessey Wiercinski, born in Ionia, Michigan in 1915 (twin of Murell)

Sister: Dorothy “Dort” Bessey, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1926

Brother: Jim Bessey, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1930

Sister: Meredith Bessey, born in Alpine Township, Michigan in 1936

Aunt: Hattie Bessey Galloway, born in Ionia County, Michigan in 1871

Brother-in-law: Edward Wiercinski, married to Pearl

Sister-in-law: Gladys Bessey, married to Murell

Nephew: Clarence “Baldy” Wiercinski, son of Pearl and Ed Wiercinski, born in June of 1942

Girlfriend and later Fiancé: Garnet, born in 1925

Marsdens: James and Laura were friends of Alva’s parents

In 1943, Clarence and Ethel Bessey lived in Alpine Township, Kent County, Michigan, with their children Dorothy (11th grade), Jim (8th grade), and Meredith (1st grade).

Pearl and Ed Wiercinski and their son Clarence lived in Kent County, Michigan.

Murell and Gladys Bessey lived in Forest Hill, Maryland

Aunt Hattie lived in Ionia, Michigan