Bessie R Lenfestey

1887 - 1976  (89 years)

• Name	Bessie R Lenfestey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	6 Feb 1887	California, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Andrew Erickson
  Census	1950	Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA   [6]
  	Relation to Head: Daughter of Hannah Lenfester; Marital Status: Married to Andrew Erickson
  Death	30 Apr 1976	Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Park View Cemetery, Manteca, San Joaquin, California, USA   [4]
  	Bessie and Andrew, buried together
  		Park View Cemetery (also known as French Camp Cemetery) Manteca, San Joaquin, California Find a Grave: #8255
  Person ID	I16196	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Andrew Gottfred Erickson,   b. 20 Feb 1890, McPherson County, Kansas, USA d. 14 Apr 1964, San Joaquin County, California, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1915  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F10960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Feb 1887 - California, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Andrew Erickson - 1930 - Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA Census - Relation to Head: Daughter of Hannah Lenfester; Marital Status: Married to Andrew Erickson - 1950 - Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA Death - 30 Apr 1976 - Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA Burial - - Park View Cemetery, Manteca, San Joaquin, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Modesto, Stanislaus, California; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2339958. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Modesto, Stanislaus, California; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2339958 [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S9039] Newspapers.com: Marriage License for LENFESTEY/ERICKSON • Sacramento Bee - 2 Nov 1915, Bessie R Lenfestey and Andrew Gottfield Erickson - Publication Date: 2/ Nov/ 1915; Publication Place: Sacramento, California. https://www.newspapers.com/image/616695463/?article=14276f65-a234-4c6f-a55a-fcc88e47b2fe/c7225c24-de81-42e6-83ac-5b88f1d9a6a6&focus=0.6279883,0.4339368,0.7461441,0.542188 [S10638] Find a Grave: LENFESTEY Bessie Erickson 1887-1976, LENFESTEY Bessie Erickson. In Stockton, April 30, 1976. Bessie Erickson, wife of the late Andrew Erickson. Loving mother of Ernestine Rediger, Phyllis Malkemus and Charlotte Adams, all of Stockton. SIster of Grace Schalk, Olia Strother, Mabel Mathews and Earl Lenfesty, all of Stockton. Sister-in-law of Maybelle Kerner, Tillie Duncan and Arthur Erickson. A native of California, aged 89 years. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163276920/bessie_erickson [S559] Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;), Place: San Joaquin; Date: 30 Apr 1976; Social Security: 555056702. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Stockton, San Joaqui. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Stockton, San Joaqui