Posted 8 years ago
SpiritBear
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I'm guessing this is from a wall where ashes were stored, or from a casket where his body lay before burial?
But who was young Dell?
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Posted 8 years ago
SpiritBear
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I'm guessing this is from a wall where ashes were stored, or from a casket where his body lay before burial?
But who was young Dell?
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1862 ~ 1901..... Would that have made him 39, depending on what month he was born???
And he should have lived till his 60s or further.
Why is that?
A few different spellings on various records but if it's the same person on the records I've found, this can be his story: Dell V Baribeau was born 1862 in Fr. Canada to John B. and Adelle Donvelle. They emigrated to Muskegon, MI, 1875. In 1892 he married Florence Reed, b. 1870, daughter of Robert R., at Muskegon. He was later an inmate at Traverse City, Northern Michigan Asylum, and died there Aug 19, 1901. He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Muskegon, MI.
Source: MI marriages, MI obituaries, Find A Grave
This is Dell Victor's (Probably named after his mother Adele Douville) head stone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=baribeau&GSiman=1&GScid=476&GRid=62367187&;
At the same cemetery I found his wife's head stone:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=baribeau&GSiman=1&GScid=476&GRid=62367188&;
Dell's head stone looks fairly new and the same design as Florence's, so I think you're sign is indeed a plain marker replaced by the head stone when his wife passed away 1963. I found his family's record, they all came from St-Casimer, Portneuf, P.Quebec and Dell had many siblings. Unfortunately he's not mentioned but everything else fits. Sadly, it's not unusual in family records from early 1900's that family members who were inmates at asylums were buried discretly and not mentioned. I think the family felt in the 60's that he should be given a proper head stone, next to his wife. Did you find the sign inWestern Michigan?
Gillian, life expectancy was in the 60s. Most counts put it in the 40s, but those are typically intentionally low.
OlofZ, if the spelling matched I'd feel 100% on it. That I found this in Muskegon, though, puts great credit to all the wonderful information you have provided. Thank you so much!
Or is that a U at the end, not an N?
Thanks SpiritBear! Fun research... It's a U at the end indeed, you see it on the second image, the top bars on the U don't touch each other whereas the bottom line is connected. -eau is of course more French but transcribed records have -ean and even -eam. His mother's name Douville and Donvelle, hus father's name Jaime or John. So one has to be careful, but I agree, the fact you did find this at Muskegon really leaves no doubts. Thanks for sharing!
I am going to go find his grave, put this with it to photograph after I clean the spot up, and say a prayer.
Thank you so much for all your research! Mystery solved.
A touching story, say a little prayer from me as well! My grandma's uncle spent his life in an asylum from 1904 to 1963 when he passed away, almost 90 years old. I did a similar research as this one recently, only then did my mother find out. My mother was never aware of her great uncle, nor was anyone of her siblings or cousins, despite the fact they lived in the same town as him for thirty years. He must have missed his family... Thank God, we have better treatments these days and not so stigmatizing any more, hopefully.
That's a tragic story.
OlofZ:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/210495-dells-grave?in=activity