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Bessie Starr Finster

Bessie Starr Finster

Female 1893 - 1975  (81 years)


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  • Name Bessie Starr Finster  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 23 Mar 1893  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Death Jan 1975  Oswego Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I78216  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Ward G. Finster,   b. Dec 1861, Orwell, Oswego Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1938, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Janet Hilton,   b. 13 Oct 1862   d. 24 Aug 1943 (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F24456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leon Gilbert Dunbar,   b. 19 Sep 1890, Boylston, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1958, Richland, Oswego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1912  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Harwood A Dunbar,   b. 18 Feb 1914, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 2000, Polk Co., FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Marion Eleanor Dunbar,   b. 5 Aug 1915, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1991 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Ruth Dunbar,   b. 25 Apr 1919, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1948, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. John Edward Dunbar
     5. Leroy Grant Dunbar,   b. 7 Jan 1927, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1939 (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Bessie S. Finster Dunbar - March 23, 1893 - January 18, 1975. Daughter of Ward G. and Elizabeth Janet Hilton Finster. Wife of Leon Gilbert Dunbar.
      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, January 22, 1975 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Mrs. Dunbar of Richland dies - Mrs. Bessie S. Dunbar, 81, of Ridge Road, Richland, died on Saturday, January 18 at Mexico, New York. She was born on May 23, 1883 at Orwell, the daughter of Ward and Elizabeth Hilton Finster. She attended Orwell and Pulaski schools and graduated in a teacher’s training class. She married Leon J. Dunbar in 1912 at Orwell. The couple always resided in Richland where her husband and Chester Dunbar owned and operated Dunbar Brothers Oil Company. Her husband passed away in 1958. Mrs. Dunbar, a member of the Park United Methodist Church, is survived by two sons, Harwood A. Dunbar of Fulton and John E. Dunbar of Richland; one daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Marion) Spicer; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21 at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski with the Rev. Edwin A. Potter officiating. Spring burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Leon Gilbert Dunbar
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=18235081657&indiv=try

    2. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Leon Gilbert Dunbar
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=18235081657&indiv=try

    3. [S675] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Leon Gilbert Dunbar

    4. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Finster
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1699997337&indiv=try

    5. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Finster
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1699997337&indiv=try

    6. [S675] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Finster