Jay Bissell
(1860-1902)
Dora Maude Licey
(Abt 1865-After 1896)
Percy Jay Bissell
(1896-1983)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edith Dayle Lightfoot

Percy Jay Bissell 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 4 December 1896, Wadsworth, OH 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Edith Dayle Lightfoot on 3 March 1925 in Mercer, PA 1 2
  • Died: 10 November 1983, Cambridge, OH at age 86 1 3 4 5
  • Buried: After 10 November 1983, Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth, OH 1 4
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Percy Bissell
Given Name: Percy
Surname: Bissell
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Nov 1983
Event Place: Guernsey, Ohio
Event Place (Original): Guernsey, Ohio
Age: 87
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1896

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J14H-4M2 : 4 December 2020), Percy Bissell, Nov 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1900 and a birth location of United States.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 30 on the 1930 US Census. 2

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Wadsworth, OH on 4 April 1930. 2

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 22, Dwelling 60, Family 75, Roll 1848
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
141 Chestnut Street; Home rented, $15
Percy Bissell..Head..30..US..Paper Hanger, Own Business
(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 04 Dec 1896, then his age should have been 33 instead of 30.
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• He was buried after 10 November 1983 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Wadsworth, OH.

Plot: Section 1, west (stone faces east)
Find A Grave Memorial 76309304
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Percy married Edith Dayle Lightfoot, daughter of William Lee Lightfoot and Lydia Della Helmkee, on 3 March 1925 in Mercer, PA.1 2 (Edith Dayle Lightfoot was born on 15 September 1902 in Akron, OH,1 6 7 8 9 died on 27 November 1987 in Cambridge, OH 1 8 9 10 and was buried after 27 November 1987 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth, OH 9.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Wadsworth, OH on 4 April 1930. 2

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 22, Dwelling 60, Family 75, Roll 1848
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
141 Chestnut Street; Home rented, $15
Percy Bissell..Head..30..US..Paper Hanger, Own Business
Dale Bissell..Wife..25..US
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Sources


1 Barbara Reed, "Earnest & Bissell families of Ohio" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2404446; Updated: Mon Jan 27 16:05:30 2003).

2 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 3B, dwelling 60, family 75, Percy Jan Bissell and Edith Dayle Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 May 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1848.

3 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 27 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J14H-4M2 : 4 December 2020), Percy Bissell, Nov 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 17 March 2019), memorial page for Percy Jay Bissell (1896\endash 10 Nov 1983), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76309304, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, USA

5 Ohio death certificate 082308 (10 Nov 1983), Percy J. Bissell.

6 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 170, sheet 5A, family 101, William Lee Lightfoot and Lydia Della Helmkee; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1234.

7 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Kenmore, Summit County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 239, sheet 11A, family 265, William Lee Lightfoot and Lydia Dell Helmkee; index and images (accessed 16 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1442.

8 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 12 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2LX-GM8 : 4 December 2020), Edith D Bissell, 27 Nov 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 07 March 2019), memorial page for Edith Dayle Lightfoot Bissell (1902\endash 27 Nov 1987), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76308279, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, USA

10 Ohio death certificate 083342 (27 Nov 1987), Edith D. Bissell.


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