Peter G. Delire Family - Charles Mix County, South Dakota
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Last Name |
First Name |
Middle |
Birth Date |
Mother Maiden |
Father Last |
Sex |
Birth Place |
Death Place |
Residence |
Death Date |
SSN |
Age |
Post-ems |
Order |
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DELIRE |
MERIDA |
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03/31/1864 |
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PATRY |
F |
CANADA |
Alameda |
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03/09/1956 |
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91 yrs |
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DELIRE |
PETER |
G |
04/12/1870 |
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DELIRE |
M |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
Alameda |
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10/30/1949 |
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79 yrs |
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Photographs and Pierre (Pete) G. Delire family history provided by Marlyn Fifeld GO TO PAGE TWO
Peter J. Delire, Sr. and Barbara Skrabal Delire
John and Clara Delire (Pete Delire's brother)
John Delire and Clara Meyer wre both born in Iowa. John's father, Pierre Delire, was born in Belgium and his mother, Barbara Skrabal, was born in Bohemia (Prague Austria). Clara's father came from Holland and her mother from County Tipperary, Ireland.
GO TO PAGE TWO
Merida and P.G. Delire family: There are Turgeons and Delires in this photo, and while many of them appear in the scrapbooks several times, only a few can be identified: TOP ROW (back left) Frank Chevalier, (3rd from right) Mary Cecile Smith, (2nd from right) Cecelia Delire, (right) Bill Smith, MIDDLE (3rd from left) Merida Delire, and (4th from left) Mary Smith.. 1946
| Merida
and Pete Delire in Alameda, California. Pete (or Pierre)
was the son of Pete Delire, Sr. and Barbara Skrabal Delire.
He was born in Iowa, moved to Charles Mix County, South Dakota,
with his family in the early 1880s. The Turgeons were
neighbors of the Delires, and after the death of Phil Turgeon,
Pete and Merida began a romance and by 1900 were married. There are several references to Pete and Merida in the story below, but one reference noted in particular, "The third son, Pierrre-Ghislain, Jr. married Merida Patre, a rich French Canadian widow. He became an agent for the "New York Life Insurance company." |
So how does this family fit in with our own?
Pete Delire married a widowed Merida Patry Turgeon around 1900, and from this union three children were born: Louis, Agnes and Cecilia. Pete inherited a "family" from Merida's first marriage to Phileas Turgeon: Mary, Flora, Edgar, Joseph, Laura, Delia, and Francis. Many of this family can be seen on your left, but unfortunately, we have not been able to identify everyone yet.
We heard of the Delire name often while visiting the Stickney Smith household, but as a young child, I never understood why. I recall Mary Cecile sitting at the kitchen table and affectionately telling stories about "poor Pete". It wasn't until many years later that I realized that, aside from Irish John Smith, Pete was the grandfather that Mildred, Mary Cecile and John knew.
Their mother, Mary Turgeon Smith, referred to Pete as a "nice man" who treated them as if they were his own children.
Merida Delire with her great-grandchild.
The Delire Story
The Delires were of French descent living in Belgium, and Pierre Sr. integrated the old French customs into his household. This family was very proper and very strong in their religious faith. The story below was provided by Marlyn Fifeld, and shows how the French lived at this time. This story is derived from family letters, and tells how the French viewed life.
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