Bessie Beatrice Chamberlain ^{1 2 3}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Bessie Chamberlain
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 5 Mar 1889
Event Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Event Place: Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Geo W Chamberlain
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Name: Emma Chamberlain
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan

Citing this Record
"Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4C-6MG2 : 7 September 2018), Emma Chamberlain in entry for Bessie Chamberlain, 5 Mar 1889; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 5 March 1889, in Schoolcraft, MI. ²

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Battle Creek, MI on 8 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 41, Dwelling 150, Family 186, Roll 759
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, Ward 4
85-1/2 West Main Street; Home rented
Bessie Runnels..Head..30..MI..Widowed..Hair Dresser, Shop
Emma Chamberlain..Mother..68..MI..Widowed
Margaret Chamberlain..Granddaughter..4..MI

(Bessie was living with her widowed mother and a granddaughter (?). She indicated that she was also widowed but her husband was alive and working in Detroit. He had indicated his marital status as single. Obviously the two of them must have gone through a bitter divorce battle.)
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Bessie married Charles Tasville Runnels, son of Oliver Perry Runnels and Lucy Francis Moses, on 2 September 1908 in Battle Creek, MI.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Charles Tasville Runnels was born on 11 April 1882 in Manning, IA ^{1 4} and died on 9 December 1937 in Detroit, MI ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 2 September 1908, in Battle Creek, MI. ¹

• Charles Tasville Runnels and Bessie Beatrice Chamberlain were divorced on an unknown date. ⁵

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Charles Runnels
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Sep 1908
Event Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 26y
Birth Date: 1882
Birthplace: Iowa
Father's Name: Oliver Runnels
Mother's Name: Lucy Moss
Spouse's Name: Bessie B. Chamberlain
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 19y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1889
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: George Chamberlain
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emma G. Ingersoll

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3VC-ZM1 : 15 January 2019), Emma G. Ingersoll in entry for Charles Runnels and Bessie B. Chamberlain, 1908.
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