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LaFrance, Joseph
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| LAST NAME: LaFrance
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FIRST NAME: Joseph
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| BORN: May 1829
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DIED: 10 Apr 1910
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BURIED: 12 Apr 1910 (Hart-Riggs Cemetery)
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| BIRTH PLACE: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| DEATH PLACE: Polk Co, Oregon
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MARRIAGE - to Charlotte Miller, 1850 in Chatam, Canada.
1880 MI CENSUS - Joseph LaFrance, age 49, occupation farmer, b. Canada, is enumerated with Charlotte, age 44, b. Canada, along with James, age 20, occupation saw mill worker, b. Canada, William J., age 16, b. Canada, Henry, age 14, b. Canada, George, age 12, b. Canada, David, age 9, b. Canada, Mary L., age 6, b. Canada, and Hannah J., age 3, b. Canada.
1900 MN CENSUS - Joseph LaFrance, age 70, occupation farm laborer, b. May 1830 in Canada, is enumerated with his wife of 49 years, Charlotte, mother of 11 children 8 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Canada, along with his son, Henry, age 34. occupation farmer, b. Nov 1865 in Canada, and Henry's wife of 2 years, Ida P., age 26, mother of 1, b. Feb 1874 in Canada, and their son Carl B., age 5 months, b. Jan 1900 in Minnesota.
DISCREPANCY - Obit gives year of birth as 1829, 1900 census gives year of birth as 1830.
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Not found in ODI or WDI
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OBITUARY:
Joseph LaFrance, who has been with his aged wife a resident of the Cooper Hollow for a couple of years, passed away Sunday night, of the troubles incident to old age. He was born in Montreal, Canada, in May 1829, and was married to Charlotte Miller in 1850 at Chatam, Canada. To this union 11 children were born, six boys and five girls, of whom seven are still living, one girl and six boys. Two sons are here with them.
Grandpa LaFrance, as he was commonly called, became a Christian as soon as he learned how, and there was nothing he loved better than to hear and study the promises of the Saviour, and he passed peacefully away with the promise of the Master on his lips: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am ye may be also. His wife, who has been his constant companion for nearly 60 years, will miss him, oh so much, but not as one without hope, for her faith looks up to Jesus, who will reunite them where sorrow never comes.
The funeral was preached Tuesday by Rev C.A. Sias, of this city, and the aged form laid tenderly away by many friends who had come to respect and love him for his many virtues.
Polk County Itemizer, Thursday, 14 Apr 1910, 5:4
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INSCRIPTION:
Joseph LaFrance
Died April 10, 1910
Aged 82 Years
For more marker photographs and pictures showing the restoration work of Hart-Riggs Cemetery, see: http://polkcemeterysavers.org/Home_Page.php
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SOURCES:
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1880 MI CENSUS (Osceola Co., Hershey, ED 224, pg 137C)
1900 MN CENSUS (Hubbard Co., Rock, ED 79, sheet 1B)
PCI 14 Apr 1910, 5:4
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