Exina’s Parents are found!

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Today was one of those great days for a genealogist… I found some lost relatives. We had been looking for years to try and figure out who my gg-grandmother’s family was and today Mary Ann Giza from the Town Clerk’s Office in Easthampton, Mass tracked Exina down and sent us the news. We are VERY grateful.

The note that came states:

Hi Mark,

I was only able to find Exina Deyo’s death certificate on file here in Easthampton, MA. She died on Dec. 27, 1956 at age 73 years. Her husband was listed as George Deyo and she was widowed at the time of her death. Her parents are listed as Alexander Minor and Louise Paige both born in Churubusco, NY as was Exina. She died of a cerebral accident and is buried in St. Brigid’s Cemetery in Easthampton. Her address at the time of death was 6 High St., Easthampton (more toward downtown, off of Union St.) She was listed as having resided at that address for 15 years prior to her death.

The funeral home in charge of the arrangements was Boucher Funeral Home (now goes by Boucher-O’Brien Funeral Home) at 7 Pleasant St., Easthampton. They may have information on George if their funeral home was used for the arrangements. Their phone number is 413-527-0015 and the owners are Tom and Mary O’Brien.

Also, another chance for information on George could be Immaculate Conception Church in Easthampton. Their cemetery is St. Brigid’s where Exina was buried. Their phone number is 413-527-9778. The Rectory address is 33 Adams St., Easthampton, MA 01027.

I looked extensively for George’s death record. I not only checked the index (for 1915-56 but also checked the original records (going through each record) for 1933-38.

Maybe they moved out of Easthampton around the time of George’s death and Exina later moved back?

Hopefully the Immaculate Conception Church has George’s date of death at least. I do not know if they would have any further info. regarding where his death record is located.

Hope this information helps. Please contact us if we may be of further assistance.

Mary Ann Giza
Asst. City Clerk
Easthampton, MA

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Barb says:

March 3rd, 2010 at 5:13 am

Hi Mark,

According to the “Mooers Town Records Book” we have the following:

Children of George Deyo and Exina Manor

Mary Edith 5/12/1901
Edward Leo 12/9/1902
Exina 11/3/1906
Lawrence Willis 5/15/1909
Esther 8/4/1911
Clarence 11/27/1913
Gilbert 6/18/1917

also listed in deaths:
Dorothy Deyo (3 yrs.) George and Axina Minor 6/24/1913.

Manor/Menard are common names in this area. Hope this is helpful.

Barb

Mark Rabideau says:

February 12th, 2010 at 6:39 am

Hi Barb

Thank you very much! I should be posting some old Deyo pictures this weekend. I hope you find some of them helpful.

…mark

February 12th, 2010 at 5:35 am

Hi Mark,
I am resending you a copy of the newspaper clipping for George Deyo’s death. (the first copy was rejected) The obit was dated Oct. 19, 1942 and the date of death was Oct. 17, 1942.

GEORGE DEYO TO BE
BURIED AT ALTONA
Funeral services for George Deyo,
78, who died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Fred Belair of Altona,
at 7 o’clock, Saturday morning,
will be held at the Holy Angel’s
church at Altona at 9:30 o’clock,
this morning. Burial will take place
in the church cemetery.
Survivors include nis wife, three
daughters, Mrs. E. Perry of Plattsburgh;
Mrs. L. Rabideau of East
Hampton, Mass.; and Miss Dora
Deyo of Altona; four sons, Edward
Deyo, of Shirley, N.H.; Lawrence
Deyo of Altona; Clarence Deyo of
Altona and Gerald Deyo of VS.
Army; three sisters, Mrs. Fred La-
Due and Mrs. Fred Belair of Altona;
Mrs. Lillian Dragoon of Sciota;
and five brothers, Jerome Deyo
of Plattsburgh, Henry Deyo of
Randolph, Vt., Napoleon Deyo of
Sciota, Fred Deyo and Frank Deyo
of Altona.

George was my father-in-law’s (Frank’s) brother.

Years ago my mother-in-law made us copies of Frank’s family:

Under the “Children of John Deyo” was “George married Alixa Manor” (Manor/Menard) These names are common in this area. One is french and the other is english.

I hope this is helpful and that it goes through this time!

Barb Deyo

irina pivtchev says:

February 6th, 2010 at 10:56 am

hi mark i am glad you have found your family–while i am still in search of my grandparents from east prussia and the route of my mothers long long prison life in siberia–i find it strange that my cousins in germany dont even know where my grandparents came from while my grandmother lived with one aunt for years–as i search i find information slowly and have had help from people over seas in germany and holland — i only hope to find the place where my mother was held in siberia as a prisioner of war and get the information from there–hopefully they will have my grandparents name on the paper work and i can go from there, any way have a wonderful day and many happy happy days of finding your family–irina

February 5th, 2010 at 10:41 am

Thank you Barb.

I will add this information to the family tree. I do believe that much of the family rests in that cemetery. I’d love to find Joseph & Julie Deo’s graves or better still birth information. Maybe that will come. (I’d love copies of the info if that’s possible….)

In the meantime, I have had some wonderful success in tracking Exina’s family. Once I prove out the links( this weekend I hope), I believe I should be able to get the family back to the late 1700’s and possibly all the way back into France. Je me souviens!

February 5th, 2010 at 10:25 am

George Deyo died in Altona, NY on Oct. 17, 1942 and was buried on Oct. 19 in Holy Angels Cemetery in Altona.

There isn’t a stone at the grave site. Maybe it was just a wooden cross which didn’t last or maybe they didn’t have any marker at all.

George’s son Lawrence was my uncle (he married my aunt Yvonne) and I remember them going to Mass. to visit relatives.

I obtained this information from a newspaper clipping.

In re: to Joseph and Julia Deyo
This is information that I found in a couple of books that were copied from original files by friends. Joseph and Julia were my husband’s ggrandparents.

Hope this is helpful.

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