Bissell - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: John Bissell, Harriet Eberl(c)e Tombstone

SSimon8928 — 2009-11-03 15:25:26Z

You might want to upload your pictures to findagrave.com. Then more people will find your pictures.

Rufus Bissell, wife Nancy Z Tombstone

VictoriaCrayne — 2009-11-02 03:46:39Z

Tombstone for Nancy Z wife of Rubus Bissell died 15 February 1877, from Fingal, Ontario, Canada

Will send to anyone interested.

Martha Bissell Tombstone

VictoriaCrayne — 2009-11-02 03:42:01Z

Photo of tombstone, Fingal, Ontario, Canada, Martha Bissell, daughter of Stewart and Sarah Bissell

Will send to anyone interested.

Stewart Bissell, Wife Sara's Tombstone

VictoriaCrayne — 2009-11-02 03:38:44Z

Photo from Fingal, Ontario, Canada, tombstone of Sara, wife of Stewart Bissell, died 4 January 1882, 67years, 8 mos

Will send to anyone interested.

John Bissell, Harriet Eberl(c)e Tombstone

VictoriaCrayne — 2009-11-02 03:34:56Z

Have photo of tombstone taken in Fingal, Ontario, Canada. John died 7 March 1904 in his 81st year, Harriet died 17 January 1913 in her 80th year. Would be happy to send to anyone interested.

Pamela Ann Crowell (Bissell)

masepoli — 2009-10-23 02:11:22Z

Pamela Ann Crowell, 66, died at home in Carson City, NV Oct. 19, 2009. She was born in Palo Alto, Calif., on Jan. 6, 1943, to Marshall G. and Marian F. Bissell.

DO NOT REPLY FYI ONLY

Dana & Carrie Bissell Burial Norwalk, CT

Barbarasansob — 2009-09-26 20:33:21Z

Norwalk Union Cemetery, Dana Crealey Bissell, 1860 - 1938, and Carrie James, his wife, 1861 - 1939. Hope this helps someone.

Florence Bissell of Austin, TX 1935

drbrownlee — 2009-08-24 05:06:57Z

Florence is pictured in the 1935 Comet, yearbook of Austin High School. She is a senior. I'm not kin but thought this might help someone locate family.

Re: Bissell lineage

scteach20 — 2009-08-09 04:56:32Z

Did you find out anything about your father?
I believe I have an email address for a John Bissell in Ashland, Ohio.
Rev.John@hotmail.com

I hope this helps.

Looking for Descendants of Theoda (Theodora?), Candace, Orphia BISSELL

carachapina1958 — 2009-07-10 09:48:24Z

Theoda moved to the western part of Michigan, perhaps Grand Rapids MI. I have letters from Theoda in my possession and I would like to contact you! :)

LOOKING FOR DESCENDANTS OF ANDREW AND PHILO BISSELL

carachapina1958 — 2009-07-10 09:45:25Z

They are were brothers to Harriett Bissell Barrett Landis and the descendants maybe on the western part of Michigan.
Please contact me.

carachapina@yahoo.com

Re: Bissell Family

carachapina1958 — 2009-07-10 09:38:56Z

sorry incorrect email address

carachapina@yahoo.com

thissis the correct one!

Re: Bissell Family

carachapina1958 — 2009-07-10 09:38:05Z

I am a descendant of John Bissell as well. I would love any info! Thanks!

carachapin@yahoo.com

Re: Bissells of East Windsor, CT and Bristol, NY

carachapina1958 — 2009-07-10 09:34:12Z

I would love any info. I am descendant of the Bissells from Windsor. (thrugh DANIEL VOLTAIRE BISSELL) thanks!

carachapina@yahoo.com

Re: john Bissells wives

carachapina1958 — 2009-07-10 09:32:25Z

Yes the Bissells were French Hugenots...the name was BYSELLE originally...I am a Bissell on my mother's side. The Byselle's feld France and went to England and then the name was Anglized to BISSELL. The male Bissell who came over from England was from the Somerset area of England and settled in Connecticut and founded the town of Windsor CT. he is buried there. His grave is online somewhere. Look under Captain John Bissell. That town in CT has alot of info. Any Bissell here in the USA is related to any other Bissell. :))

Re: Seeking living Bissells in Walsall-West Bromwich-Birmingham

ctonb61 — 2009-07-07 02:21:48Z

Rand
don't know if we have communicated prior. I have been researching and collecting English Bissell's for a couple of years. West Bromwich was a hot bed of them. Love to see if i can fit your family into mine.
craig bissell

Levi Bissell

seamstress18c — 2009-06-22 21:43:10Z

I am looking for the parents of Levi Bissell. According to the 1860 census he was born approx. 1830 in New York. In 1860, he lived in Fenton Illinois. He was married to Narcissa Cushman and had a daughter named Flora J Bissell.

BISSELL Susan 1963

t42RoseHill — 2009-06-09 16:28:04Z

BISSELL Susan 1963

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,210 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Bissell

bbsell — 2009-04-13 23:32:56Z

Hello,

My family has lines that relocated to Brockville Ont. if that helps. I haven't deeply researched them, I just know that there were births/deaths recorded there of my line, and there is a Bissell Cemetery there, headstones searchable online, although I don't believe any of them are mine...perhaps far enough back though.

If you are the same person who wrote about Israel Bissell being Jewish, I must confess that I am reasonably in touch with research on him, as he was a distant relative of my line. I must say that I have read of this rumor once before. But from EVERYTHING in the research I've seen, that's all it is. Names of biblical orientation are very common in the Bissell line among others, particularly in the age in which he lived.

Re: Bissell, Orange, Lucius, Sally Guild

dbowemd — 2009-03-23 17:12:22Z

I'm a descendant of the "Bowe Hill" Bowe family and Bissell family. Bowe Hill is where Edward and Ruth Hubbard Bowe settled, between Hartwick and Milford, Otsego county, NY. They were both born in Middletown, CT.
I have not located the gravesite of Isaac Bissell III.
His son, however, Orange Bissell with wife Sally/Sarah Guild, is buried in Milford, Otsego County, NY in the main town cemetery behind the Methodist/Episcopal church. I posted pictures on findagrave.com.
Orange and Sally Guild Bissell had Sally Bissell who married Abner Bowe, the son of Edward and Ruth Bowe. They came through Batavia, New York, then to North Bloomfield, Trumbull county, Ohio. Three of Orange Bissell's children are buried in Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohio (Lucius, Charles and Sally) in Evergreen Cemetery.
I'd like to hear from anyone related to this group.

David Bowe (Stanley, Leon, Albert, Charles, Abner, Edward III)

Re: Pierce Bissell

Rekput — 2009-03-04 04:26:30Z

Gina....OH WOW.....yes, I will definitely call you tomorrow...probably about 1 p.m. as I have appts in the morning. It sounds like you're saying that Betsy was buried in Potter's field associated with the poor farm. This would be VERY strange indeed. If the burial year was 1859, then she was indeed moved there at that time from somewhere else...a cemetery that closed or was closing...and maybe since her parents were no longer in the area, the county moved her body to the poor farm cemetery? I had hoped she had been moved to Oakwood...where a lot owner could be identified...but it doesn't sound like that is the case. We will indeed have quite a bit to discuss tomorrow. I am very intrigued as to what the story is behind her stone. I assume it has not been on her grave...lost or stolen? It sounds like a long mystery as to where little Betsy was buried will finally be answered. Ah..tomorrow is another day. Sounds like you are passionate about your research also. We'll have a great time discussing all of this. Thank you so much for posting this and getting back to me. I reposted because the first post turned out not to be located as a reply to your post...so I didn't know if you would get it or not.

Julie Bissell Tupker

Re: Pierce Bissell

Rekput — 2009-03-04 02:49:05Z

Gina, I'm trying again to get hold of you. Would you please contact me either on the board or through my email address: Juliebskt (at) aol.com (replace the (at) with @ when you send an email to me. I have written it this way to keep spammers from gleaning the email address.

I realize that you had originally responded to Brent, but we are direct descendants, so I hope you will respond to us also.

I am very interested in the info you have for Betsey Bissell, daughter of Pierce and Sarah, and what info you found on Pierce and Sarah in Joliet.

My husband and I (both direct descendants of Pierce) were in Joliet some years back and did not find the burial for Betsey. Is she in Oakwood? If so, and 1859 is correct for the burial, she was moved there and that was a reburial date because she actually died in 1852. If it was Oakwood, did you find out who had bought the lot and who else is buried there?

My brother and I have found Pierce's previously unknown sister and husband, living in Joliet from 1840 until their deaths. We have a lot of it written up. In fact, Pierce bought his land in Joliet from his brother in law and resold it to him when they left to go back to Rock Island. Pierce's sister and husband were extremely wealthy and movers and shakers in Joliet.

We also have a probable father for Pierce and his sister, but not a mother yet, because she would have been a first wife for the possible Bissell father. We're probably about 98+% positive on our identication of Pierce's father.

Please, drop me a line. I'm anxious to talk with you and exchange information.

Julie Bissell Tupker

Pierce Bissell...Gina please contact me

Rekput — 2009-02-27 21:09:53Z

Gina, I saw your recent post to Brent about Pierce and Sarah Bissell's baby daughter, Betsey....that you had found her grave. There may be a transcription error in the year...but it looks like you may have indeed found her. I don't have an Ancestry membership, so I can't contact you directly. Please contact me at the following address:

Juliebskt (at) aol.com
(note, I have inserted the word at in ( ) instead of using the @ sign so that the address can't be gleaned for spam purposes.

My brother and I are direct descendants of Pierce B. Bissell and Sarah. How are you connected to them ....and how did you find Betsy's grave? I had been over to Joliet about 5 or so years ago...and talked to the guy who has the records for Oakwood Cemetery...and he could not find anything at that time in the cemetery records. But, he's now retired and may has more time. I'm assuming you found her burial at Oakwood? I don't think Oakwood was created until after Pierce and Sarah left Joliet to go back to Rock Island, IL, but she could have been moved to Oakwood when it was opened. I'll have to go back and see when that occured, because the 1859 date may have been after Oakwood opened and another closeby cemetery was closed and burials moved. This is all very exciting....please contact me.

Julie Bissell Tupker

Re: Unknown Bissell married Mary Lefever

Rekput — 2009-01-25 04:31:33Z

I decided to take a look at the 1900 census and interestingly, it shows that Bell/e was born Oct 1864, not 1867...so much closer to that 1865 birth year...which would line up better with Lizze B. Bissell, daughter of Mary J. and James Monroe Bissell.

Also, you mentioned three kids...all boys...of Frank and Bell Bissell Hill, but the 1900 census shows that they had a daughter, Ethel M. Hill born June 1891 age 8 Ohio. The other two kids were Raymond E born 1894 and Leon F born Feb 1897.

Ethel appears in the Hill household of 1910 as the wife of (?) Mott...having been married for 2 years. Her husband is shown as being son-in-law and indexed on Ancestry as Gese Mott, but on 200 magnification, appears to be George Mott, but is unclear as it is written very tiny and close together.

BTW...the 1900 census showed that Frank and Bell had been married 9 years...married in 1991.

I hope this is of some help to you.

Julie Bissell Tupker

Re: Unknown Bissell married Mary Lefever

Rekput — 2009-01-25 04:13:23Z

I did some research today to try to find some answers for you concerning your Bissell questions.

The only candidate I can find to be your Mary (Bissell) Hill, was Mary J. b 1825, the wife of James Monroe Bissell. James Monroe Bissell was the son of Ennos and Corintha (Phillips/Phelps) Bissell. James and Mary J. had a daughter in the 1870 census named Lizzie age 5 born in Ohio. In the 1880 census, she again was shown as born in Ohio (1865)...but now shows her middle initial to be ~B~. I'm guessing that she may have been Lizzie/Elizabeth Belle Bissell.

In the 1880 census, the household is as follows:

Ravenna, Portage Co, Ohio
Phebe H. Crooks 52 NY
Mary J. Bissell 55 NY (sister)
Frances A. Crooks 28 son
Mary J. Crooks 24 (says daughter...but she was Frances's wife)
Ralph Crooks 2 (says son...but he was son of Frances and Mary J.
Lizzie B. Bissell 15 niece.

1870 Alliance, Stark Co, Ohio
J. M Bissell 48 Ohio Saloon Keeper
Mary J. 46 NY
Lizzie 5 Ohio

1860Freedom, Portage Co, Ohio
James M. Bissell 37 Ohio
Mary J. Bissell 34 NY
Helen 12 Indiana
Orrin Fairchild 18 OHio

1850 Freedom , Portage Co, OHio
James M. Bissell 27
Mary J. Bissell 24
Note that Helen does not appear in this household. I surmise that either they adopted her and gave her the Bissell name, or she was a niece or cousin who they were raising. I did not research that further. Since no other children appear in their households, except this Helen and later Lizzie B (Belle?), we could speculate that both girls were adopted possibly, though Lizzie could have been a late baby after years of no children...or children who were born and died between censuses.

I have used Ancestry to try to find ANY other Belle Bissell who might be the same one you are researching....but there just aren't any that fit the profile you have given other than Lizzie B. Bissell, daughter of James Monroe Bissell and Mary J.

BUT, there's one big wrinkle. You said you have a death certificate for Belle that says he mother was Mary Lefever. James Monroe Bissell married Mary Dorr/Derr, Oct 6, 1844 in Cuyahoga Co, OHio. Further more, Dorr/Derr was her maiden name, because the 1880 census says she is the sister of Phoebe Crooks. Albert M. Crooks married Phoebe Derr on March 17, 1847 in Portage Co. So, the sisters were Dorr/Derr by birth. It IS possible that Mary J. Bissell married a 2nd time AFTER the 1880 census, to someone named Lefever and whoever gave the info for the death certificate for Belle, only knew that name. There have been far worse screwups on death certificates, so it's plausible.

Again...this is the only Bissell I could find that matches at all to your family and I think it's highly likely that this is the right one and that there's just some incorrect info that's come into the picture.

But, perhaps someone else can find another family that looks like a better fit. As I have time, I'll look into this further.

Julie Bissell Tupker

Re: Joshua and Mary

Rekput — 2008-12-24 03:14:28Z

What is it that you're wanting to know? Information about Joshua or Mary's family. Do you have information about Joshua and Mary's children if they had any?

Re: Bissell

ChristineMcLean44 — 2009-04-14 16:59:34Z

Can you give me a name for an ancestor in that time period? I know there were some big families and perhaps one did go over the border into Canada. I had some in New York.

Christine

Re: Atlanta cousin

carievaughan — 2009-04-30 03:00:33Z

D. Harley Vaughan is in the back, his brother is in front of him. Cosby cousins are in front, my Dad probably knows who, but I don't.

Re: Atlanta cousin

carievaughan — 2009-04-30 02:57:43Z

Good Grief,
Is three years too long to reply? I was just looking around and saw this and recognized myself! I'm your Bissell cousin. The Ogburns were my daddy's first cousins. I just scanned a bunch of photos for him, including one of him with his cousins!

Edna Bissell Effingham, ILL

LKSMooers — 2009-03-16 03:41:33Z

I found old family photo album. Date in front: 1890.

Few photos identified: Edna BISSELL, photo taken in Effingham, ILL. She looks to be approx 8-10. Hair looks to be cut short, which is odd for this time period.
Other photos with ID: Aunt Francis PAULSEN, LaCrosse, WI photo; A.J. BIGGS, Ida COTTREL, Lulu DUNHAM,Dr. Moore, Hadie ALLEN photos all taken in Cincinnati, OH

Photo Album signature: JE CAVANAUGH Terraville, SD Nov 22, 1890.

Re:Would love anything about Bissell's

ckkahnk — 2008-10-03 01:25:55Z

Hello John,
My grandfather Ralph was married Sept. 1, 1935 to Milred Cleone Orner Who was born Feb. 2, 1912 in Nowata, Okla. and she passed away Feb. 10, 1977 in Rosemead Calif. He then married Melva Jean Taylor April 21, 1979 in Calif. Melva was born Nov. 18, 1936 and now lives in AZ. If you need anything else let me know. Also which Bissell family are you from.
Always Cindy

Re: Seeking living Bissells in Walsall-West Bromwich-Birmingham

EnidGreen94 — 2009-02-07 20:57:36Z

Hi Rand my grandmother was Dinah Bissell her father was Aaron and his brother was Moses your greatgrandfather who went to America Aaron moved from staffordshire with his brothers and parents to Barnsley South yorkshire England where I now live .I am doing my family history at the momenton the bissells and I will share information Best Wishes Enid

re: Bissell - Sprague

wyatt11550 — 2008-10-04 21:27:19Z

Hi jjbdd2.

I do not have the right kind of membership to view the family tree that you authored, or contact you using the contact service, so I am contacting you this way.

My great-grandfather was Clifford L. Sprague of Ohio
Some of Clifford's children were :

Leila H. Sprague (b 1884)
Helen Sprague (b 1887)
Paul Clifford Sprague (b 1891) (my grandfather)
Phoebe Sprague (b 1895)
etc

Using google I think I saw that you have some of these Spragues in your tree ?

You can contact me directly at

wyatt11550@gimail.af.mil

Thanks,

William Wyatt

Re: Unknown Bissell married Mary Lefever

ttierney331 — 2009-01-25 13:11:26Z

Hello Julie,

Thank you so much for looking up all of the information and helping me out. I will look at everything you mentioned.

I appreciate the effort you went to on my behalf.

Teresa

Unknown Bissell married Mary Lefever

ttierney331 — 2009-01-24 14:29:15Z

Hello,

I am seeking information on an unknown Bissell who married Mary Lefever. They had one child that I know of - Belle Bissell and she married Frank Hill.

Belle Bissell
b: 9 oct 1867
Ravenna, Portage, OH
d: 26 Jun 1933
Ravenna, Portage, OH

m

Frank E Hill
b: 26 Nov 1853
d: 6 Sep 1922
Ravenna, Portage, OH

They had 3 children:

Raymond L Hill
Leon Hill
Norman Bradley Hill

Does anyone have any information on who her father may have been? I do have her death certificate, so I do know her mother was Mary Lefever, however it says "unknown Bissell" for her father.

Thank you for your time in reading this.

Teresa

teresaleetierney@gmail.com

Re: Bissell

CelinaEve — 2009-04-13 22:19:06Z

My family (maiden name Bissell) was from Canada. Do you know if the Canadian Bissells are related to the descendants of Captain John Bissell? I've only gotten as far back as 1807, and they are in East Canada, right above New York.

Israel Bissell

CelinaEve — 2009-04-13 00:28:34Z

I was told recently that he may have been Jewish. Could this be right? I was of the understanding that he was a descendant of Captain John Bissell, but have recently been told that he was a Jew. I also found out that there are Yiddish Bissell's. Are these two families related or completely separate? The Yiddish Bissells - do they come from a different line and family altogether than the Captain John Bissell descendants? Do they merge somewhere? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Canadian Bissells

CelinaEve — 2009-04-13 00:26:12Z

I am seraching for my gr gr gr grandfather's information, Amos Bissell. He lived in Mt Forest, Ontario, Canada, born around 1807 and was married to Algathea Purmost. I know that he is buried in The Prospect Cemetary, in space 105, per my grandmother's notes. I need to find out who his parents were so I can continue my tree.

I am also curious about the Canadian Bissell's ancestry. Do we trace back our ancestry to Captain John Bissell, or someone else?

Looking for Amos Bissell

CelinaEve — 2009-04-14 03:06:30Z

I am looking for any information on Amos Bissell, born circa 1807 in either New York or Canada, and died in Ontario, Canada. He was married to Algathea Purmost and they had 3 kids - Amos Jr, Catherine, and Charles. Charles is my gr gr gr grandfather. I'm hitting a dead end with Amos Bissell and don't know how to find any more info. How do you find the info when its not on the web?

Re: Pierce Bissell

diggingupthedirt2 — 2009-03-04 04:42:03Z

Quickly check your email address, for I listed more information on her and her correct burial date of 1852.
Talk to you tomorrow.

Gina

Re: Pierce Bissell

diggingupthedirt2 — 2009-03-04 03:56:27Z

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I have been researching all day and forgot to check my messages.
Well, there is a story involved that involves Betsy's tombstone. I could talk to you for hours pertaining to my research and my recently published book on the Will County Poor Farm and forgotten potters fields. Believe me! I have been researching for five years on the subject alone.

I have so much to tell. Perhaps you may want to give me a call? My home number is 815-926-2085, however, I am only home in the late afternoon, early evening. You can call me at the University of St. Francis, in Joliet at my office line on Wednesday at anytime. I am there from 8-3PM Mon thru friday. I will bring my documents with me and explain what I found. Call me at my office line at 815-740-3397. Perhaps talking to you on the phone may answer more of your questions as well as many of us historians here in Joliet!
Thanks.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Gina Wysocki
Author of "Digging up the Dirt: the History of the Will County Poor Farm and the Mysteries of the Potters' Fields"

Re: Pierce Bissell

diggingupthedirt2 — 2009-02-27 20:29:52Z

Brent, if you are still searching for information on the Bissell family, please let me know. I have some information on them in Joliet, Illinois. Infact, one of his daughters, Betsy is buried in a recently unmarked grave. We found her in March of 2008. She was buried in 1859. She was one year, 8 months, and 21 days old. She is the daughter of Pierce and Sarah. Please contact me.
Gina

Re: Bissells From Connecticut

carachapina1958 — 2009-06-02 08:43:31Z

Hi Diane
I would love to get that pedigree chart and any other information. I am a Bissell from Harriet Bissell Barrett Landis and her father Daniel Voltaire Bissell both from NY State (going to Michigan) My email is carachapina@yahoo.com
thanks alot
CARA
June 1st 2009

Re: John and Mary Bissell - the original couple

carachapina1958 — 2009-06-02 08:35:06Z

If I am not mistaken, in my research from other Bissells, Mr Harley Bissell has passed away. So another link has gone to heaven...

Re: Bissells of East Windsor, CT and Bristol, NY

carachapina1958 — 2009-06-02 08:31:52Z

Hi there....I am a Bissell from Harriet Bissell Barrett Landis whose father was Daniel Voltaire Bissell from NY State. I would love to get information as to where all the Bissells are buried back in Connecticut and NY.(also info on the history of the family and perhaps where in England they came from)
My email is carachapina@yahoo.com
Thanks alot!

Re: Seeking living Bissells in Walsall-West Bromwich-Birmingham

carachapina1958 — 2009-06-02 08:28:15Z

This link no longer works. try here....for Roger Bissell.

http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21.html

Re: Bissell

carachapina1958 — 2009-06-02 08:25:06Z

To all the people here who are looking for information for all these Bissells, I highly recommend looking at the following sites.

http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21.html

Roger is a great guy who knows alot of the ancestry of the family. I am a Bissell descendant from Harriet Bissell Barrett Landis and she came from New York State and her father was Daniel Voltaire Bissell.

Re: Seeking living Bissells in Walsall-West Bromwich-Birmingham

@@randleebissell@netscape.net — 2009-06-05 16:54:10Z

Hello, Enid. Great to hear from you. I am most interested in gathering information about the Bissell Family in England... especially concerning the generation of Moses & Aaron! Do you know birthdates of Thomas & Mary Ann Bissell (parents of Moses & Aaron)? Have you taken our line back further? I have 16 of Noah's children... Were there really 21 ? !!! Please email me at randleebissell@netscape.net
My mailing address is P.O. Box 1897, Cleveland, GA 30528. Phone is 770-862-8101. What info. can I help you with???
Thanks. Rand L. Bissell

Joshua and Mary

melodielee — 2008-12-24 03:08:37Z

I am trying to research my lineage. Joshua Pierpoint, (or piermont) Bissell b. 1831, of NY(?) married Mary MacTaggart b. 1839, of Scotland>Canada. Mary's parents were Duncan and Mary of Argyll, Scotland. She had 3 siblings; Ann-twin, Archibald and Esther. I cannot find any more info. than this. Can you help?

Re: Joshua and Mary

melodielee — 2008-12-24 05:27:44Z

I want to follow Mary's family back into Scotland and to find more about Joshua's beginnings.

Joshua and Mary had 5 children. John Harmon Bissell, Mary (Myra)MacDonald Bissell, Joshua Allen Bissell, Jesse Allen Bissell, Anna Maude Bissell.

I can trace this line to myself, but cannot seem to go back further. Thanks!