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George Joseph Besnah

Male 1873 - 1939  (66 years)


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  • Name George Joseph Besnah 
    Born 01 Aug 1873  Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Sep 1939  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I147941  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2018 

    Father Philip Francis Besnah,   b. 21 Jan 1844, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1885, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Margaret Pomainville,   b. 03 Jan 1845, Montreal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Mar 1926, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 08 Feb 1866  Buffalo, Erie Co, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F58932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bessie May Lombard,   b. 14 May 1876, Stevens Point, Portage Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1963, New London, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 19 May 1897  Winnebago County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Vivian Grace Besnah,   b. 23 Apr 1898, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1972, Janesville, Rock Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Clara Jeanette Besnah,   b. 03 Dec 1902,   d. 31 Oct 1982  (Age 79 years)
     3. Dorothy L Besnah,   b. 16 Jan 1907, Fond du lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1993  (Age 86 years)
     4. George Philip Besnah,   b. 07 Jun 1908, Fond du lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1979, Santa Ana, Orange Co, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     5. Glenn A Besnah,   b. 03 Aug 1912, Fond du lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1984, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     6. Verna Lucina Besnah,   b. 14 Feb 1916, Fond du lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 2007, San Diego, San Diego Co, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F58931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 LuLu Radloff,   b. 12 Mar 1892, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1978  (Age 86 years) 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F204512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Stevens Point Daily Journal Tuesday, September 26, 1939 Rites at Appleton for George Besnah; Inquest Held Today
      Private funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Appleton, with burial in Riverside Cemetery there, for George J. Besnah, 67, of Appleton, a former resident of Stevens Point and former Soo Line conducter, who was fatally injured Saturday at Kaukauna.
      Besnah, a Chicago and North Western railway switchman, was crushed between an automobile and a switch engine at a crossing. He was standing in the middle of the crossing to halt vehicular traffic when a car driven by N. L. Ropp of Kaukauna failed to stop and wedged him between the left front fender of the car and the right front of the engine. Ropp, according to the police, said his brakes failed to function when he was about 75 feet from the crossing and he failed to see Besnah in trying to find out what was wrong with the brakes.
      Besnah was born Aug. 1, 1873, at Oshkosh and lived at Appleton the last 16 years. He worked at Kaukauna the last four years. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and had been in railroad service 49 years.
      Surviving are his widow; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Brudage of Janesville, Mrs. Michael Flanagan and Mrs. Rudolph Konz of Appleton and Mrs. Howard Norton of Pensacola, Fla.; two sons, George of San Diego and Glenn of La Jolla, Calif.; two step-daughters, Elaine and Betty Kubitz of Appleton; 14 grandchildren and two sisters. Mrs. William Hathaway of Oshkosh and Mrs. Anthony Dan Pieterson of Milwaukee.