Dorothy E. Cann1,2

F, #29980, b. 5 October 1908, d. 12 December 1969

Family 1

Donald T. Linsley

Family 2

Paul Marshall Bezanson b. 9 Jun 1909, d. 15 Oct 1976
Children
Dorothy E. Cann
     Dorothy E. Cann was born on 5 October 1908.3 She married Donald T. Linsley on 31 October 1936 at Brewster, New York. She was 28.4,5 Dorothy E. Cann married Paul Marshall Bezanson on 19 December 1942 at Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 34. He was 33.6,7,8,9,10 Paul Marshall Bezanson and Dorothy E. Cann appeared on the census of 1950 at 1444 Carew Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, with Lowell Bezanson and Barbara Bezanson.11 Dorothy E. Cann died on 12 December 1969 at age 61.12,3

     Obituary from The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 13 December 1969:
BEZANSON--Of Hingham, Dec. 12, Dorothy E. (Cann), wife of Paul M. Bezanson, age 61, mother of Polly Haskins, of Walpole, N.H., Barbara DeSantis, of Qunicy, Sue Bezanson, of Hingham, and Lowell Bezanson, of Kingston, Mass. Also survived by 2 grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m., at the Second Parish Church, South Hingham. Friends may call at the Downing Cottage Chapel, 21 Pond st., Hingham, Saturday evening from 7-9.12


     Paul Marshall Bezanson and Dorothy E. Cann were mentioned in an article that appeared in Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, Massachusetts) on 21 December 1942:
Bezanson-Linsley Wedding, Cambridge

Mrs. Dorothy Cann Linsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Emery Cann, 38 Grove St., Water-bury, Conn., became the bride of Paul Marshall Bezanson of this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bezanson of Needham, on Saturday evening at 7 in the First Unitarian church in Cambridge. The Rev. Mr. Pennington performed the double ring ceremony.

Mrs. Walter Bezanson of Cambridge was the bride's only attendant and Walter Bezanson was the best man. A wedding supper immediately followed the wedding at the Hotel Commander in Harvard Square, Cambridge. When the couple return from a trip of unannounced destination they will live In Springfield.

Mrs. Bezanion is a graduate of St. Luke's hospital school of num-ing in New York City. The bridegroom attended Needham High school and Colby Academy in New London, N. H. and he is now employed at the Office of the Army Air Force, American Bosch Corp. in Springfield.6

Census Summary

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Death
1969
Last Edited7 May 2023

Citations

  1. [S910] Ancestry.com, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012", Dorothy E Cann; 1926 Crosby High School Yearbook, Waterbury, Connecticut.
  2. [S2] Paul M. Bezanson Death Notice, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 16 October 1976, p. 28.
  3. [S3] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Dorothy Bezanson; Birth: 5 October 1908; Death: December 1969; Last Residence: 02043, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Issue State: Massachusetts; Issue Year: 1953-1955.
  4. [S1009] New York State Department of Health, "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967", Donald T. Linsley; Dorothy E. Cann; Date: 31 October 1936; Place: Brewster, New York; Certificate Number: 55546.
  5. [S1009] New York State Department of Health, "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967", Dorothy E. Cann; Donald T. Linsley; Date: 31 October 1936; Place: Brewster, New York; Certificate Number: 55546.
  6. [S898] News Item, "Bezanson-Linsley Wedding, Cambridge", Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, Massachusetts), 21 December 1942, p. 7.
  7. [S731] Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970", Paul M Bezanson; Year: 1942; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Volume: 41; Page: 141.
  8. [S731] Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970", Paul M Bezanson; Year: 1942; Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; Volume: 62; Page: 292.
  9. [S731] Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970", Dorothy E Lindsley; Year: 1942; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Volume: 41; Page: 141.
  10. [S731] Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970", Dorothy E Lindsley; Year: 1942; Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; Volume: 62; Page: 292.
  11. [S4] 1950 U.S. Federal Census; Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: 4710; ED: 29-42; Sheet: 72.
  12. [S2] Dorothy E. (Cann) Bezanson Death Notice, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 13 December 1969, p. 25.