Bella Jane Riker1

F, #1800, * 17 Jul 1861, + 13 Mar 1943
FatherSamuel Riker1,2 * 22 Jun 1814, + 11 Jan 1880
MotherAbigail Sisco1,2 * 23 Dec 1831, + 1907
     Bella Jane Riker was born on 17 Jul 1861 in Little Falls, New Jersey.2,3 She married Benjamin Sisco, son of Peter A. Sisco and Elizabeth Doremus, on 8 May 1881 at Newark, New Jersey.3 She died on 13 Mar 1943.4

She is listed in the following census:
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Abby L. Ricord, 2nd Ward, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.5
1900 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Benjamin Sisco, 7 Reservoir Place (Ward 15), Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.6
1910 Fed. census (15 Apr): Household of Benjamin Sisco, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.7
1865 New Jersey census: Household of Samuel Riker, North Ward, Paterson.8
1885 New Jersey census: Household of Peter A. Sisco, Ward 8, Newark, Essex County.9

Name variants: Isabella Riker (at birth.)2 Belle J. Sisco (married name, in the 1900 census.)6

Citations

  1. [S283] David M. Riker, Riker Family, Riker Genealogy (copies).
  2. [S1090] NJ Births 1660-1980, Isabella Riker, 17 Jul 1861; FamilySearch (<https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9H-VXH> : accessed 17 Dec 2023), citing Little Falls, Passaic, New Jersey, reference v AB p 192; FHL microfilm 584578.. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  3. [S1091] NJ Marriages, 1678-1985, Benj. Sisco and Belle I. Riker, 08 May 1881; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZPL-JWB : accessed 22 Sep 2014); citing Film# 495697. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  4. [S842] Unknown cd, Fairmount Cemetery, 620 Central Ave, Newark, NJ 07107-0194.
  5. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, 2nd Ward, sheet 145, line 24-28, (NARA: M593, Roll ?, Page 457). Household of Abby L. Ricord. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63FQ-VP2> : 22 May 2014), New Jersey > Essex > Newark, ward 05 > image 145 of 224; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1900. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark City, SD 2, ED 147, Sheet 9A, line 3-9 (NARA: T623, Roll ?, Page 248). Household of Benjamin Sisco.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1910. New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield Town, ED155, sheet 16B-17A, line 97-100, 1-5. (NARA: T624, Roll ?, Page 245-6). Household of Benjamin Sisco.
  8. [S107] State Census: 1865 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson. Household of Samuel Riker. "New Jersey State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BL-C9DT-R> : 17 October 2016), Passaic > Paterson, North Ward > image 33 of 43; citing New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
  9. [S107] State Census: "New Jersey State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-9RT1-3> : 21 May 2014), Essex > Newark, Ward 08 > image 218 of 256; Department of State, Trenton.