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Note: K-20/21 NARCISSE LESSARD/NELSON LASSER/MARIE-CATHERINE LA FRENIERE 7. Delia Rose b. 1 October 1869 (1870?), Michigan 1m. 7 November 1892 to Frank Mousseau, Muskegon, Muskegon Co MI 2m. 3 September 1921 to George Smith, Grand Rapids, Kent Co MI d. 14 November 1956, Muskegon; buried at St. Mary's
Delia is first found in the 1870 census, aged 1 year, born Canada. By 1880, that would morph into born 1871 in Michigan.
1st Ward, Muskegon City, Muskegon Co, MI 1870 Page 263, Dwelling 141, Family 141, 6 Aug LAWSON, Elias, 34 M W, laborer, Canada, father/mother foreign born, cannot read or write Mary, 28 F W, keeps house, Canada, father/mother foreign born, cannot read or write Melissa, 10 F W, Canada, father/mother foreign born, attended school Zacariah, 9 M W, Canada, father/mother foreign born, attended school Alexander, 6 M W, Canada, father/mother foreign born, attended school Charles, 3 M W, Canada, father/mother foreign born, Eva, 1 F W, Canada, father/mother foreign born 1st Ward, Muskegon City, Muskegon Co, MI 1880 ED 192, Sheet 66, Line 29, 21 June; Sophia St, Dwelling 620, Family 680 LASSER, Narcis, head, WM, 44, married, works on boom, 4 mos unemployed last year; cannot read or write; born Canada; fa/mo born Can/Can Mary, wife, WF, age 39, keeping house, cannot read or write; born Canada; fa/mo born Can/Can Issiah, son, WM, age 19, single, works on boom, not unemployed last year; can read and write; attended school last year; born Canada; fa/mo born Can/Can Alexander, son, WM, age 15, single, works on boom, 4 mos. unemployed last year; can read and write; attended school last year; born Canada; fa/mo born Can/Can Charles, son, WM, age 13, single, works in lath mill, 4 mos. unemployed last year; can read and write; attended school last year; born Canada; fa/mo born Can/Can Delia, dau, WF, age 9, single, attended school last year; born Michigan; fa/mo born Can/Can Eddie, son, age 4, single, born Michigan; fa/mo b. Can/Can Moses, son, age 8 mos., single, born last October in Michigan; fa/mo born Can/Can The 1891 Muskegon City Directory (R. L. Polk & Co.) shows a "Frank Mousseau, bartndr Countier & Vasseur, bds 816 Lake". Far cry from the "machinist" occupation claimed in his marriage license in 1892.
She married Frank Mousseau in Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan, 7 November 1892. The Affidavit for License (1381/1892) and the Marriage License (1381) state that Frank Mousseau is 23 and was born in Montréal, occupation machinist, father Bill Mousseau, mother Kate Duffy. Delia Lasser is 22, was born in Muskegon, no occupation, father Nils Lasser and mother Mary Lifringrar. The ceremony took place at Muskegon 7 November 1892 in the presence of Alex Lasser and Mary Bellefleur. Signed F. R. Magnan, Rector. According to the SSDI and the Michigan death index, daughter Julia D. was born 14 September 1893 and died in Muskegon 3 April 1989.
I was unable to locate the family in the 1900 census after an exhaustive index search into Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, as well as Michigan.
?Where? 1900
The Grand Rapids City Directory for 1906 shows: "Mousseau, Frank, clk, United Cigar Store, h. 11 Wenham av."
Frank F. Mousseau died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, 20 January 1909, aged 48 years, 8 months, 6 days, occupation delivery man. (Liber 7, page 217, record 78.) His obituary appeared in the Grand Rapids Herald, Friday morning edition, 22 January 1909:
Frank Mousseau Frank Mousseau, aged 48 years, who was taken from his home, 11 Wenham avenue by the police Wednesday, died at the detention hospital yesterday. Death was caused by congestion of the lungs, which accounted for the delirium from which he suffered. Surviving him are a widow and three children.
The family was enumerated 14 months later:
4th Pct, Muskegon City, Muskegon Co MI 1910 22 April; ED 82, Sheet 112-B, Line 59, 32 [Illeg] Street Mosseau, Delia, head, F W 39 widowed, children 3/3, b. MI, fa: Canada- French; mo: Canada-French; occup: nurse for pvt. family; owns house free , Julia, dau, F W 16, single, b. MI, fa: Canada-Fr; mo: MI; occup: laborer in a [illeg] factory , Lavina, dau, F W 11, single, b. MI, fa: Canada-Fr; mo: MI occup: none , Verna, dau, F W 9, single, b. MI, fa: Canada-Fr; mo: MI occup: none Daughter Lavina married Alfred John Host 11 June 1919 in Muskegon. (Liber 6, page 137, Nr. 12349). He was in Pontiac, Oakland Co, MI for the 1920 enumeration and she was with her mother.
5th Pct, Muskegon City, Muskegon Co MI 1920 23-24 Jan; ED 128 Sheet 22-B; 32 Union St Delia Mousseau, head of HH, owns home under mortgage, white female, age 50, widowed, born Michigan, fa: Canada-French; mo: Canada-French; can read and write English; occupation: none Lavina Host, daughter, white female aged 21, born Michigan, ---, occupation: none The other girls are absent and did not marry in Muskegon Co. One daughter predeceased her mother (see Delia's obituary, below). Julia married a Wohlscheid.
Delia re-married, to George Smith, on 3 September 1921 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (Book 20, page 174). George was a 46 year old stock keeper. Either he died or they divorced by the 1930 census, where Delia is using the name Mousseau and styles herself a widow. This is odd as 26 years later, her death certificate and obituary would name her Smith.
3rd Pct, Muskegon City, Muskegon Co, MI 1930 494 McLaughlin Ave; ED 17, Sheet 11-A, 9 April 1930 Delia Mousseau, head of HH, living alone, owns a radio, white female age 60, widowed, born Michigan, fa: Canada-French; mo: Canada-French; can read and write English; occupation: none Brother Moses's obituary, d. 23 May 1949, Muskegon, says she was resident in Muskegon and refers to her as a Mousseau. She died 14 November 1956 at the Muskegon County Convalescent Hospital. Her death certificate is in Liber 36, page 1014, local file 199 (Muskegon). It gives her name as Delia Rose Smith, daughter of Nelson Lasser and Mary LaFranier, born 1 October 1869. The informant was Mrs. Julia Wohlscheid of Muskegon. Burial 16 November at St. Mary's cemetery.
Her obituary and death notice appeared Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon Michigan, Thursday, 15 November 1956, page 46, cols. 7 and 8, respectively:
Mrs. Delia Smith, Life resident, Dies at Age 87
Mrs. Delia Mousseau Smith, 494 McLaughlin avenue, lifelong resident of Muskegon and last member of the Lasser family, died yesterday at the Muskegon County Convalescent Hospital following a long illness. She was 87 years old.
She was born Oct. 1, 1869, in Muskegon where she was a member of St. Jean's church.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lavina K. Host, Pontiac, and Mrs. Julia Wohlschied, Muskegon.
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SMITH, MRS. DELIA MOUSSEAU 494 McLaughlan Avenue
The requiem High Mass for Mrs. Delia Smith, age 87, will be sung Saturday morning at 9:00 o'clock at St. Jean's Catholic Church; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Wm. E. Fraser, Celebrant. Interment will be in St. Jean's Cemetery. Friends may call at the Young Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 8:00 P. M. Friday.
The Muskegon Genealogical Cemetery book for St. Mary's places her grave at Lot #3-16-7. The alphabetical listing does not show an entry for George.
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