Bessie Balsdon
- Born: 21 Apr 1869, Black Torrington, Devonshire, England 125
- Marriage (1): Isaac Alfred Russell on 25 Feb 1890 in Wimbeldon, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 3
- Died: 12 Sep 1959, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at age 90 125
- Buried: Rookwood, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
 General Notes:
(1) N.S.W.BDM Index Death #1760-1921. Parents Robert & Caroline.
Discrepancy over parents of Bessie Balsdon
(2) Shipping records, 18 Oct 1877, "Dunbar Castle".
Balsdon:- Bessie, 8,Eliza,4. James,12. John,13. Josephine,infant. Richard,6. Susan,38. William,10.
(Archives of NSW, Bounty Immigrant records 486/347).
Occupation: Homemaker
Religion- Salvation Army.
Obituuary Notice- Sydney Morning Herald 14 Sep 1959 p20; Col 3.
Russell, Bessie- September 12, 1959 of 91 WilsonStreet, Newtown widow of Isaac Alfred Russell and dear mother of Reuben (deceased), Pearl (deceased), Edith (Grenfell), Harold (Bathurst), Irene (Melbourne), Mirriam, Norman (St Marys), Percy (Melbourne) and Dorothy, aged 92.
Bessie married Isaac Alfred Russell, son of Isaac Russell and Frances Cole, on 25 Feb 1890 in Wimbeldon, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.3 (Isaac Alfred Russell was born on 14 Dec 1864 in Campbells River, New South Wales, Australia 589 and died in 1936 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 590.)
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