Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFrank Arthur Peterson 
BirthDec 1872, Sweden
Census5 Jun 1900, Victor, Teller Co, CO
Memoroll#130, pg 4
Death13 Aug 1908
Misc. Notes
He immigrated from Sweden in 1888 and was naturalized.
Listed as miner living as a lodger with John Tatman in Victor, CO in 1900.
Listed as miner living as a lodger with John Tatman in Victor, CO in 1900.
Spouses
Birth7 Feb 1887, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
Death13 Jul 1979, Washoe Co, NV
BurialMountain View Cem, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
MemoSec D-9-8 Head
OccupationArtist
FatherSidney Ferdella Tallman (1862-1945)
MotherLucy Heaton (1864-1906)
Misc. Notes
She was in Cripple Creek, CO in 1900, with her parents.
Married Frank Arthur Peterson on 5 May 1903, and then David William Reilly in Reno in 1905.
Also (3rd)married to Harry David Barasch on 20 Sep 1918 (b. 13 Mar 1886, CA). Listed in San Francisco as Bessie Barasch (30, PA) in 1920, with husband Harry, a stock broker and son Sidney (listed as Sidney Barasch).
In 1927 she submitted an application for a special cosmetology license to perform “permanent hair waving” without examination, using the name Bessie Elvira Tallman. At the time she was living in Oakland and working at the Bessie Lee Garrett shop in San Francisco. It said she had been in California 10 years. She and Harry were listed the SF city directory that year.
It is unclear whether Harry died, or they were divorced.
Married a fourth time to Harold Vincent Bronge (27 Jun 1891, London) on 1 Jan 1929 in Alameda Co, CA. Listed as Bessie E. Bronge (37, PA) in 1930 Berkeley census with Harold Bronge, an optician, and her son Sidney Reilly, stating that she was first married at age 16. Harold died 23 Jun 1930 in Alameda Co, CA at age 38.
Married Soren Jorgen Hansen (13 Jun 1874 Denmark) on 2 Apr 1931 in Alameda Co, CA. So she was listed in the 1940 census as Bessie Hanson (55, PA) with Soren (55, Denmark) a clerk in a drayage company, and his step-son Sidney Reilly (30, NV). He subsequently died 23 Mar 1946 in Alameda Co (556-14-0435).
She was married a final time to Alfred Ward in Reno and lived with him until his death in 1959.
Buried in Mountain View Cem in Reno with other Tallman relatives as Bessie Ward.
She left her estate to her sister Eva May, dau in law - Rosamond Olsen Reilly, and step children Dorothy Hinckley and Alfred Ward, as well as her son Sidney David Reilly.
Married Frank Arthur Peterson on 5 May 1903, and then David William Reilly in Reno in 1905.
Also (3rd)married to Harry David Barasch on 20 Sep 1918 (b. 13 Mar 1886, CA). Listed in San Francisco as Bessie Barasch (30, PA) in 1920, with husband Harry, a stock broker and son Sidney (listed as Sidney Barasch).
In 1927 she submitted an application for a special cosmetology license to perform “permanent hair waving” without examination, using the name Bessie Elvira Tallman. At the time she was living in Oakland and working at the Bessie Lee Garrett shop in San Francisco. It said she had been in California 10 years. She and Harry were listed the SF city directory that year.
It is unclear whether Harry died, or they were divorced.
Married a fourth time to Harold Vincent Bronge (27 Jun 1891, London) on 1 Jan 1929 in Alameda Co, CA. Listed as Bessie E. Bronge (37, PA) in 1930 Berkeley census with Harold Bronge, an optician, and her son Sidney Reilly, stating that she was first married at age 16. Harold died 23 Jun 1930 in Alameda Co, CA at age 38.
Married Soren Jorgen Hansen (13 Jun 1874 Denmark) on 2 Apr 1931 in Alameda Co, CA. So she was listed in the 1940 census as Bessie Hanson (55, PA) with Soren (55, Denmark) a clerk in a drayage company, and his step-son Sidney Reilly (30, NV). He subsequently died 23 Mar 1946 in Alameda Co (556-14-0435).
She was married a final time to Alfred Ward in Reno and lived with him until his death in 1959.
Buried in Mountain View Cem in Reno with other Tallman relatives as Bessie Ward.
She left her estate to her sister Eva May, dau in law - Rosamond Olsen Reilly, and step children Dorothy Hinckley and Alfred Ward, as well as her son Sidney David Reilly.
Marriage5 May 1903
ChildrenFrank Arthur (1905-)