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Date of Birth: 23 May 1861

Place of birth: Baltimore County, Maryland

Parents: Unkown Kane

             Catherine Feeney

Spouse: Michael Dorsey 1882

Children: 25 September 1883 John William Dorsey

              21 August 1885 Elsa Dorsey

              23 June 1888 Stella Agnes Dorsey

              23 September 1890 Myrtle Dorsey

              5 January 1895 Royal Paul Dorsey

              26 February 1899 Norman Joseph Dorsey

Date of death: 20 September 1946

Place of death: Baltimore, Maryland

Date of burial: 23 September 1946

Place of interment: New Catheral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

 

Biography: Elizabeth (Bessie) Kane was born to not sure of her father's first name, but according to her death certificate her mother's name was Catherine Feeley and also according to her death certificate she was born in Baltimore County on May 23, 1861. She met and married Michael John Dorsey in 1882, not sure of the exact date, but according to the census it was sometime in 1882. Bessie and Michael, according to the 1900 census, had seven children together,but we were only able to find six. Michael died in 1900 leaving Bessie with small children. Bessie never remarried, but lived the rest of her life in Northwest Baltimore with some of her children. She died on September 20, 1946 at the ripe old age of 85. the obituary taken out of the Baltimore Sun Papers read as follows: Dorsey: ------ On September 20, 1946 Bessie C. (Kyne) aged 85 years the beloved wife of the late Michael J. Dorsey.     The funeral will be at her home 3026 West Garrison Avenue, on Tuesday Requiem Mass at St. Ambrose's Church. Interment in New Catheral Cemetery. Due notice. 

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