Tenth Generation
9806. Edwin Jamison BESSEY was born on 30 January 1927 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1507 He died in January 1963 at the age of 36 in Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania.1507 He died in the Veterans Hospital from ALS. Education 1: Bet. 1932 - 1938, Attended Alexander K. McCLure Elementary school in Phila., Pa. (6th St &
hunting Park ave. in Phila., Pa.
Education 2: Bet. 1938 - 1941, Attended Jay Cooke Jr. High in Phila., PA. - 7th, 8th & 9th grades
Education 3: Bet. 1941 - 1942, Attended Olney High School in Phila., Pa. - 10th grade
Graduated 1: June 1944, George School,Pa.-High School - 11th & 12th grades
Graduated 2: June 1953, Drexel Inst of Tech.,Phila.,Pa.-B.S.-Elect. Eng.
Military service: Bet. July 02, 1945 - November 07, 1947, Fifth A.A.F.,Occupation duty inJapan at, Fukuoka,
Kyushu Island. Left for Japan from Phila. July 13, 1946 and returned on Sept. 29, 1947.
Military service number: Bet. 1945 - 1947, ASN 13198123
Occupation 1: Bet. 1953 - 1955, Worked in the Analog Computer Production unit of ITE Corp. in Phila., Pa.
Occupation 2: Bet. 1956 - 1962, Worked for Phila. Electric Co. as an engineer with the Computer Power Grid
Analysis Group - Included shared time use of the analog computer at the Franklin Institute. Edwin Jamison BESSEY and Dorothy Helen GRANT were married on 25 November 1950 in Brookline, Delaware, Pennsylvania.1507 St. Faith Protestant Episcopal Church. Wedding Reception: November 25, 1950, Drexelbrook Inn and Lodge. Dorothy Helen GRANT, daughter of George Cecil GRANT, was born on 18 December 1927 in Havertown, Delaware, Pennsylvania.1507 |