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Mary Justine Josephine Wilson (Née Bessette) 1868 - 1959

Mary Justine Josephine (Bessette) Wilson was born on October 25, 1868 in Redford, Clinton County, New York United States to Joseph Bessette and Mathilde Bessette (Née Brien), and had siblings Alfred Bessette, Julia Bessette, Israel Joseph Bessette, Albert Bessette, and Henri "Henry" Bessette. Mary Justine Wilson married Stoke Wilson, and died at age 90 years old on October 18, 1959 in Cloquet, Carlton County, MN.

Mary Justine Josephine (Bessette) Wilson

October 25, 1868

Redford, Clinton County, New York, United States

October 18, 1959

Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota, United States

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Mary Justine Josephine (Bessette) Wilson's History: circa 1868 - circa 1959

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1868

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October 25, 1868

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Redford, Clinton County, New York United States

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1959

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October 18, 1959

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Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota United States
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Mary Justine Josephine Wilson (Née Bessette) lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.

The average age of a Bessette family member is 72.

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In 1868, in the year that Mary Justine Josephine Wilson (Née Bessette) was born, on October 28th, Thomas Edison - age 21 - applied for his first patent. It was for the electric vote recorder and was designed to make voting quicker and the counting of votes more accurate. Congress didn't like the idea so Edison's voting machine was never used.

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In 1886, at the age of 18 years old, Mary Justine was alive when on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.

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