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- In Massachusetts Newspapers, 1704-1974
- The Boston Globe
- Publication: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Date: Feb 10 1919
- Vol. XCV No. 41
- Page 9
- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10704-4578183/the-boston...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Pickens_Abott
Bessie Abott (1878 - February 9, 1919) was an American opera singer.
Biography
Bessie Abott was one of twin daughters ,Bessie and Jessie, born in Heuvelton, New York as Bessie Pickens to John Pickens Jr and his wife, Frances Josephine Button. She was a descendant of General Andrew Pickens. She used her mother's maiden name, Abbott, and later drop off a letter in her name after she saw a misprinted theater program in Paris. She started as a vaudeville act with her twin sister Jessie Pickens at Pickens Hall, which was built by her grandfather, John Pickens sr.. The act was known as the Abbott Sisters. Bessie sang with Caruso in San Francisco's Grand Opera House during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. She married Thomas Waldo Story in 1912 and retired from her career. She was widowed in 1915. She died in 1919, at the age of 40, "after an illness of several years."
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37616682
- Residence: New York, New York, United States - 1890
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Bessie Abott: New York soprano (1878-1919) was born Bessie Pickens. Abott's musical career began in vaudeville houses, where she appeared with her twin sister, Jessie Pickens. While making appearances in operettas, notably 1492 and The Little Christopher, Bessie was heard by Jean de Reszke and was encouraged to pursue grand opera. Her teachers of note in this endeavor included Capoul, Bouhy and Marchesi. She made her debut (1901) at the Palais Garnier (Paris Opéra) as Juliette. After five years at the Opéra, she joined the Metropolitan Opera. Her debut there (20 Jan 1906) was as Mimi in La Bohème. She was on tour with that Company in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake struck. In her accounts she described how she was nearly thrown from her bed and how her hotel room cracked and writhed about her. Abott also appeared in Monte Carlo, Lisbon and Petrograd. After she married sculptor T. Waldo Story, she retired from the stage.
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Bessie J Abott's Timeline
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1878
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Riverdale, Bronx, New York, United States
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February 9, 1919
Age 41
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New York City, New York, United States
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Roslyn Cemetery, Roslyn, North Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
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