FAMILY LINES AND HISTORY
(the Marquis) Auguste Des Granges
Born: 1814, France (Parisian)
Died: perhaps New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried: unkn
Title: Marquis
Occupation: Glazer, sculptor
Married: abt 1857, Marie Rose Haine
Divorced: 1869; rumored that Auguste left his family and ran off to New Orleans
One child: Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges
Marie Rose Haine
Daughter of Nicolas Haine & Marie Anne Bailly
Born: Jan 31, 1827, Dept. De La Meurthe, Dist. of Sonebourg, Community of Humelange Parish, France
Died: abt 1893-1895 (abt age 68), prob Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California
Buried: unkn
Emigrated to America in 1854 (age 27)
Occupation: Baker
Married (1): abt 1857, (the Marquis) Auguste Des Granges
Divorced: 1869; rumored Auguste left his family and ran off to New Orleans
One child: Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges
Married (2): abt 1870, Jean B. Denis
Separated: 1874, California
No children
Jean B. Denis
Born: abt 1815, France
Died: bef 1880, possibly in Paris, France
Occupation: Butcher
Married: abt 1870, Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges
Separated: 1874, California
No children
1. Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges
Only child of the Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine
Born: May 10, 1858, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Jul 5, 1884 (age 26), San Francisco, California; in childbirth with 3rd child
Buried: Jul 7, 1884, Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco, California
Reinterred: Her body was removed between 1931-1933 to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Married: Dec 26, 1874, Martin Huffman Yates, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California
Three children: Alice Josephine Yates, Martin Loweree “Matthew” Yates, Jr., Josephine Marie Yates
Martin Huffman Yates
Son of Chapman Leavitt Yates, Sr. & Harriet Barton
Born: abt 1855, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California
Died: Feb 26, 1898 (age 42), Fresno, Fresno Co., California; consumption
Buried: unkn
Education: Attended Santa Clara College in Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., California
Languages: English, Spanish, and German
Occupation: Clerk, typesetter, telegraphic stationmaster for Southern Pacific, musician, piano player with California Stock Company
Married: Dec 26, 1874, Josephine Cecille Des Granges, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California
Three children: Alice Josephine Yates, Martin “Matthew” Loweree Yates, Jr., Josephine Marie Yates
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Timeline and Records
Spellings and information in census and other records are retained
as reflected in the original documents
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Family of Nicolas Haine & Marie Anne Bailly
1. Marie Rose Haine
1827–1893/95
2. Augustine Haine (female)
1828–living in 1881
3. Celestine Haine
1829–1885/86
4. Rosette Marie Haine (m. Felix Simon)
1830–aft 1886 and bef 1900 census, poss New Jersey
5. Josephine Haine
1831–1886
6. Marianne Haine
1832–unkn
7. Auguste Haine
1835–aft Aug 1874
8. Eugene Haine
1836–aft 1860
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Original spellings and punctation in letters, articles, and census records
are retained as reflected in the original documents
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Jan 31, 1827: Birth Certificate for Marie Rose Haine:
Meurthe State Extract of the Register of
Sarrebourg County the Birth Certificate in the
Hermelange Parish
Birth Certificate of
Haine Marie Rose
Born January 31st 1827
1844: Anne Haine: written on back of photo: Anne Haine, 1844, Algiers, Africa (her relationship is unknown)
Reportedly the Haine family fled France to Algiers to escape Napoleon, the Emperor of France from 1769-1821. He would have been out of power by 1844, but perhaps the family was in Algiers for a long time.
Note: French rule of Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. One of France’s longest-held overseas territories, Algeria became a destination for hundreds of thousands of European immigrants, known as colons and later, as pied-noirs. However, indigenous Muslims remained a majority of the territory’s population throughout its history. Gradually, dissatisfaction among the Muslim population with its lack of political and economic status fueled calls for greater political autonomy, and eventually independence, from France.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria
Jul 27, 1854: In the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Seven, on the 31st of January, at ten o’clock in the morning, appeared in front of me, Michel Veltin, Mayor and civil Public Officer, for the Parish of Hermelange, township of Lorquin, state of the Meurthe, Nicolas Haine, 27 years old, farmer, living at Hermelange, who declared a child of female sex, was borned today at one o’clock in the morning in his house located in Hermelange, from him and his wife, Marie Anne Bailly twenty two years of age, and have given the name of Marie Rose to the declared child. The statements were made in the presence of two witnesses. First Witness: Jean Mathieu, forty three years old, laborer, Second Witness: Jean Baptiste Henry, forty years old, laborer both them living in Hermelange. The child’s father and the two witnesses, signed in front of us the birth certificate after it was read to them.
Signed on the Register: Nicolas Haine, Jean Mathieu, J.B. Henry, and Veltin, Mayor.
True Copy
Hermelange, Twenty Seven July 1854
The Mayor
J. Vernaise
Jul 27, 1854: Certificate of Good Moral Standings for Marie Rose Haine:
We, Mayor of the Parish of Hermelange, County of Sarrebourg, state of the Meurthe, undersigned and certified that Miss Marie Rose Haine, unemployed, twenty seven years old, living in this parish, where she was born on the 31st of January 1827, daughter of Nicolas Haine, farmer, and Marie Anne Bailly, unemployed living in this parish, is of good behaviour and moral standings. That she is known to have good reputation and enjoy affection, confidence and respect from the authorities and peoples of this parish.
In trust we are giving her this present certificate.
Town Hall of Hermelange the 27th July 1854.
The Mayor
J. Vernaise
Apr 5, 1856: Certificate of References given to Marie Haine by Mr. Baudin:
I, certify that Miss Marie Haine, was at my services for a year and that during this period of time I found her very honorable and praiseworthy young woman.
I will recommend her highly, as an example of honesty to the persons in need of her services.
She is leaving me on her own free will, there are no grounds for complaints from my part.
New York, April 5th 1856
Erd Baudin
10th Avenue No 213
abt 1857: Marriage of (the Marquis) Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine
Titles, Peerage, and Orders
There were two kinds of titles used by French nobles, some were personal ranks,
other were titles linked to the fiefs owned, called fiefs de dignité.
Titles:
Duc: possessor of a duchy (duché) and recognized as duke by the king
Marquis: possessor of a marquesate (marquisat) or merely assumed by ambitious families
Comte: possessor of a county (comté) or merely assumed by ambitious families
Visomte: possessor of a viscounty (vicomté)
Baron: possessor of a barony (baronnie)
Prince: possessor of a lordship styled principality (principauté), a title which was only semi-official and never gave his possessor precedence at the court. Not to be confused with the rank of Prince
Seigneur: meaning lord as possessor of a lordship, can be the title of non-nobles. Generally referred to by sieur i.e. sir, followed by the name of the fief, as in sieur de Crenne
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_marquisates
May 10, 1858: Birth of Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges, the only child of Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine, in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Jun 2, 1860: U.S. Federal Census, 1st Division, 1st Ward, New York City, New York:
Augusta Degrange: age 42, Glazer, born France (Auguste Des Granges)
Mary Degrange: age 34, born France (Marie Rose (Haine) DeGrange)
Josephine Degrange: age 2, born Pennsylvania
Sharing household with: Edward Mason, age 34, Tailor; Elizabeth Mason age 23; David F. Mason, age 1
1869: Divorce of (the Marquis) Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine
1870: Marriage of Jean B. Denis & Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges
Aug 23, 1870: U.S. Federal Census, 4th Ward, San Francisco, California:
Dennis, John: age 55, Butcher, Value of Personal Property $500, born France, both parents foreign born (Jean Denis)
Dennis Marie: age 43, Keeping House, born France, both parents foreign born (Marie Rose (Haine) DeGrange Denis)
Dennis, Josephine: age 12, at home, born Pennsylvania, attended school within the year, both parents foreign born (Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges)
Note: Marie is no longer with the Marquis and now married to Jean B. Denis. Josephine is listed under name of her step-father, Jean Denis)
(No. 5) Jun 25, 1860: Letter from Nicolas Haine, Douera, Algeria, to his children:
Douera, June 25th 1860
My Dear Children,
It is with great pleasure that I received your last letter bringing news about all of you, and let me know that you are all in good health. For us, we are doing as well as we can right now, we are getting older every day. Your sister Augustine ……… from morning to evening ……. growing vegetable fiber; it does not sale well, because everyone is trying to do the same. There is only the three of us living in the house in Douera and we are paying seven francs per month.
I have to tell you that your sister Celestine went back to Ronquary*** (please see below), I understand she is doing well, I will tell you that she forgot about us.
Your brother Auguste is married to a young woman, 18 years of age, a country girl, they have a little girl and they live in Maelma*** . Your brother Eugene is married to a woman of 17 years of age; her father is from the country and her mother is a Mahommedan (moslem) they all live in Ste Amelie; they said they will write to you, they come to see me often. Your sister Josephine lives not far from us, she had children, three sons, they all died. Her husband is not well right now he is in the hospital always the same sickness. It is very sad for her as you can imagine. For me, I am asking for good health until the last moment. So I will be able to work and bring food on the table. You are saying that I am getting too old and it is true that I should take it easy, but? in the contrary it does not hurt me to work. You have been waiting long time before you sent me some news, I thought you were all dead, by what everyone was telling me, the only thing I heard all the times was the war in America. You have spend a big amount of money for this trip and
I hope it will be for your good fortune. I have to tell you that your Mother lost ……. on her right side, she went to the hospital but they couldn’t do a thing for her. She stills helping with the cutting of the palms tree, she has lot to do with the cleaning the house. I have to tell you about a fire who destroyed 13 houses from ……. says the mass in the ……. house.
In your next letter let me know if you are doing well it will be a joy for me to know before I die.
I end my letter by sending you my love and all the family is joining me. Kiss your little girl for me.
Nicolas Haine.
Translator’s notes: “Here again there was few words impossible to decypher. It not for me to assume things but to translate facts, and I could not, so I left some blanks. But rest reassure that given the containt of this letter the missing words are only names of peoples living in the area.
Douera Algeria, is a town on the Mediterranean Sea, west of Algiers.
Ronquary could also be: Rouquary, Ranquary, Rouguary.
Maelma. Being An Algerian town it is very hard to be sure of the spelling.”
My note: It is spelled both Mahelma and Maelma. Douera is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria.
(No. 12) Nov 20, 1870: Letter from Josephine Cecille Des Granges Denis (age 12) to her Grandmother (Marie Rose (Bailly) Haine):
San Francisco, November 20th 1870
My Dear GrandMother,
I hope this letter will found you in good health as well as my Uncles and Aunts, and all the family.
For us, we are all well. My Aunt George is as well as it can be expected. My father bought a house in the country, at the end of this letter I give you our adress. It is not bad, far from the city, we will be moving in, in two or three weeks. I am sending you a picture of myself with the dog. I wish you a good health and a good year. Also my wishes to my Aunts, Uncles and the all family.
We sold the shop to a man from Brittany.
All of you have to come and visit with us in California, the weather is beautiful and it is warm.
Your dearest granddaughter who send you her kisses and love to the all family. Happy new year Good health.
Josephine Denis
Our adress:
Mayfield
c/o Mrs Mouchet
for Mrs Denis
San Francisco California
Translator’s note: “As you can see by this little letter, the Denises had a business of some sort.”
My note: They ran a bakery. Josephine is using the last name of Denis (her stepfather, Jen Denis) rather than Des Granges.
circa 1870: Josephine Cecille Des Granges [Denis], San Francisco (age 12 front and back of card (Carte des Visite CdV)
(No. 6) Jul 12, 1872: Letter from Auguste Haine from Babahassen Algeria:
July 28th 1872
My Dear Brother in Law and My Dear Sister,
It is with deep sorrow that I have to inform you of the passing of my dear wife.
An heavy brick pillar fell on her, and killed her instantly. A month before she had given birth to a little boy. At the time of the accident she was carrying the child in her arms, he has a broken leg. Now he is in the care of a nurse. My little Henriette who will be 7 years old on November 5th was very sick as she had witness the accident who killed her poor mother.
I am alone now, with my two children, and it is very sad.
Sincerely,
Your brother, Haine Auguste
Write to me at this address:
Haine Auguste
Mahelma section of Douera
Algeria – Africa
I have to rent one room’s apartment so I can feed my children.
Translator’s notes: “As you can see reading further and more letter we find the spelling for “Mahelma”.
Also, I forget to list on the list’s names Henriette granddaughter of Nicolas Haine – unfortunately we do not have a name for the grandson.”
Note: Auguste Haine is the brother of Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges Denis
(No. 7) Nov 25, 1873: Letter from Auguste Haine to a brother-in-law and a sister:
Millburn, Nov 25th 1873
My Dear Brother in Law and Dear Sister,
I am writing to you because I did not received news from you and would like to know how you are doing. For me I am doing well. I hope this letter find you the same.
Mr Noel stayed at the farm for 6 months with the all family; He has 8 maids and 8 children, right now they went back to New York. I am here at the farm with two young men, one from Gondexange, Louis Machet and one from La Frinbolle, Auguste Fattot
My sister Augustine is coming to America next March with her husband.
I wrote to you twice already, at the adress: Bouchez at Sassefras, but you did not answered yet. My sister is very happy when I go to visit her, and Felix and the children. I would like to see you. Tell me if you think I could make a living in the area where you are, as a farmer or working in a store. I work with produces, not with flowers. I should rejoin you this coming month of March. I found the time very long here by myself, there is nothing, the farm is isolated, we have no Sunday, no entertainment, only an Irish young lady of 26 years of age…
Translator’s notes: “As you can see this letter was cut or the end missing, but I am certain Auguste Haine wrote it. In this letter we learn of another name “Bouchez” We also know that he is not writing to his sister Marie Simon because he talks about Felix and the children. So he was writing to someone in Cal. We also learn that his sister Augustine is coming, but did she make it here.”
Note: This letter may have been written to Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges Denis, his sister
(No. 13) Jul 13, 1874: Letter from J.B. Denis to his wife (Marie (Haine) Des Granges Denis):
San Francisco, July 13th 1874
My Dear Wife,
I suppose this letter will make you cry, even more than the day I left you. It is certain that we will never see each other again.
I knew you never loved me really, but I did not know your heart was so hard; I saw Mme Carriot cry but not you; I am not talking about your ungrateful daughter, embodiment of ingratitude. For two years I have been tortured like a martyr, I do not have to give you details on the suffering I went thru, first from you, then from your daughter. Remember the day the question was about …. , that day you broke my heart, it was fatal with that infamous lie; I had told you that, this will not bring you luck. Little by little you drove hate in my heart, I have been suffering for a long time, and I curse the day I met you. AFTER so many pains and suffering one can become ill and after illness comes death, so, as far as you are concerned, you can think of me as dead; it is unnecessary for you to look for me, everything is ended between you and me.
I paid everything, everywhere. I do not owe a penny to anyone.
I am sending the power of attorney so you can sell the house in Mayfield and the 5 lots at the Proterot. As far as the house is concerned I sold it and took care of the cash, so, the only thing you can count or be sure of is the house in Mayfield and the 5 lots at Proterat. *** do whatever you want to do with them. You chased me away with your ill treatments and your injustice. I could see in your souls what I was for you, one or the other, the only thing I found was darkness. This should count for something.
Your Old Martyr
J B Denis
Note: Jean B. Denis, Marie’s second husband
(No. 8) Jul 20, 1874: Letter written by Auguste Haine to a brother in law and a sister:
Millburn, July 20th 1874
My dear Brother in Law and My dear Sister,
Few words to let you know that I am doing well, and I hope this letter will find the same.
My sisters and my brother from Africa are sending their bests. Aunt Marie from Bayon(ne) is too. My uncle Nicolas Bailly passed away two months ago. My children who stills in Africa are doing very well. I would have rejoined you this past March but my sister Marianne wrote to me not to come, because I will be unable to find a job. I heard from the Bastien boy, from Hesse, that my niece is getting married. I went back to work at Mr Noel farm. I went to work for three months with Felix at an ice depot, but the gardener who had replaced me did not pleased Mr Noel, Mr Noel threw him out and asked me to come back, I could not say “no”. He promess me and so did his wife that I will not regret it; he is paying me 30 piastres per month, plus food. I was very happy with my brother in law, my sister and their children; their are sending you their best.
While you are not asking for it, I am sending you a portrait of myself. I hope it will pleases you. I sent one to Mittent, one to Abertramboi, one to Bayonne and one to Africa.
Give my regards to my sister and her family, in spite, that she showed one of my letter to Ferdinand Bastier and they wrote in English to my sister Marie’s children saying that I was crazy and would have been better staying in Africa. This year again the cicadas are in large number and I understand there is no work.
Accept my dear brother in law and sister, my deepest respect.
Your brother in law
Haine Auguste
My adress is as follows:
Haine Auguste, gardener
c/o Noel Millbur
Csgr. N.J. near New York
Answer soon.
My nephew Albert, son of Felix, works in New York for a consignee
Note: Auguste Haine is the brother of Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges Denis
(No. 9) Aug 30, 1874: Letter written by Auguste Haine to his sister Marie and niece Josephine:
Millburn August 30th 1874
My Dear Sister and dear Niece,
I am so sad to hear about what happened between you and Denis. As soon as I received your letter I went over Felix and stayed overnight.
As soon as I came my sister says: “I have something to tell you” She continued: “I saw my sister’s Rosette husband in an hotel in New York” My sister Marie was given an adress by a gentleman saying that someone from California, wanted to see her and talked to her. She was then confronted by a man who said he was her sister’s husband. He then told her, that he had left his wife and travels around. When Marie asked him how you were he said you were all well, very well. He also said, that he was very upset because he wanted his daughter to married a well to do man but that she refused, and told her father that she just had met a man, he had pass sometimes on a convict ship, – his answer was that no convict will ever entered this family. He continued by saying “Your sister has money. I left her with five thousands dollars, and power of attorney”. He wanted for Felix to meet him, Felix refused saying: “he can go to …. ” My sister wanted for him to come over the house and talk, but Felix refused. He then asked to see “Auguste” so he could talk to me and see if I could go to Mayfield. Marie answered it was impossible for him to see me, that I was living too far away. Marie started to cry so he told her: “Maybe in a year or so things could get better, and that if we go back to France, to come and see him in Paris.” He also told her he had a friend in Strasbourc (Alsace) that he intented to visit so on his way he will go and visit uncle Jean Baptiste, she told him not to mention what was going on with Rose or the uncle will throw him out of the house.
My sister and Felix wants you to know, in the event that Josephine gets married, if you want, sell whatever he had left you and come and live with them. If I could have find work I would have gone and live with you.
You are not lucky my poor sister, like many of us. Me I lost my dear wife, she is gone forever. Josephine (their sister) is married to a lazy drunk and now you poor sister it is another thing. Let us hope that the future will be better for us.
My dear sister and niece I am sending you my best regards.
Your brother
Haine Auguste
(send a picture of my niece)
PS: It was July when he was in New York.
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Dec 26, 1874: Marriage of Martin Huffman Yates (age 18/19) & Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges Denis (age 16), the only child of Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine, in Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California
Presumed wedding photo of Josephine Cecille “Josie” Des Granges Denis
Jun 4, 1880: U.S. Federal Census, Mayfield, Fremont Township, Santa Clara Co., California:
Denne, Mary: female, age 53, married, Baker, born France, father born France, mother born France (Marie Rose (Haine) DeGrange Denis)
Descombe, J: male, age 40, Boarder, single, Baker, born France, father born France, mother born France
Antony W: male age 60, Boarder, single, Laborer, born France, father born France, mother born France
Flyn, Patrick: age 45, farm laborer (Patrick, wife Ellen & 5 children are in same household)
Note: Marie is listed as married. Jean Denis appears to have left in 1874
Map of Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California:
House built by Marie Rose (Haine) DeGrange Denis in Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California:
Jun 11, 1880: U.S. Federal Census for Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey:
Simon, Phelix: age 50, married, Looking glass Polisher, born France, father born France, mother born France (Felix)
Simon, Mary: age 50, wife, married, keeping house, born France, father born France, mother born France (Mary (Haine) Simon)
Simon, Albert: age 24, son, single, glass cutter, born New York, father born France, mother born France
Simon, Augustein: age 18, daughter, single, helping mother, born New York, father born France, mother born France (Augustine)
Note: Marie Rose (Hainie) Des Granges Denis’ sister, Mary Simon, is living at 115 Durham Ave, Jersey City, New Jersey
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(No. 10) Feb 22, 1881: Letter from Marie Simon from New York to one of her sisters:
New York February 22nd 1881
My Dear Sister,
It is with eagerness that I am answering to your last letter who gave all of us great pleasure, and to know that you were doing very well.
For us, everything is well. When your letter came in I had the paper out and ready to write to you a letter, so there it is, with a picture of Augustine and her husband. We had a big get together, we wish you had been here with us. We sent a letter to my sister Marianne at the same time we sent yours.
You are asking me about news from Africa, but at the exception for my brother Auguste I have none. I wrote to him, but he did not answered. Let us know what you are doing, you look so busy. I like to let you know that Mr Aba died three years ago.
I was worried by the fact that it has been for awhile that I was without news from you, and I had no idea why; there is not much I can tell you right now, only that Albert is taller than his Dad, and Augustine’s husband is a young man from Abreswiller. My husband and the children are joining me to send their best regards, and I end my letter with kisses from the bottom of my heart.
Wife Simon
Give me some news soon and let me know if the pictures are nice
Note: Marie Simon is the sister of Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges Denis and Auguste Haine
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Jul 5, 1884: Death of Josephine Cecille “Josie” (Des Granges) Yates, the only child of Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine, at age 26; in childbirth with her 3rd child, in San Francisco, California; in childbirth with 3rd child
Jul 7, 1884: Burial of Josephine Cecille “Josie” (Des Granges) Yates, at the Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco, California (Josephine was buried in a section known then as Cosmopolitan or Cosmo, Tier 73, Lot 149 according to sexton logs)
She was re-interred between 1931-1933 in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Note: in 1903, 26,000 remains from Oddfellows Cemetery were moved to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
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(No. 11) Feb 21, 1886: Letter from Marie Simon to one of her sisters:
Jersey City Heights, February 21st 1886
My Dear Sister,
I always have sad news to send you.
Only 15 days after I received the sad news of my sister Celestine’s passing, I received the news of my sister Josephine’ death. She passed away the 1st of March. As you can imagine, it pains me immensely. I already wrote to my sister Marianne but she did not answered yet, I think it is not nice from their part.
My sister Josephine’s daughter, Eranie, would like to come and join us, there are four peoples plus her little sister, and it costs money and apparently they have none.
Everybody is well for now, there is only me who is not feeling so good.
Do not send me your letters thru the “Maison Francaise” it does not exists anymore.
My husband and the children are joining me in sending their bests regards.
I am for life the sister who loves you.
Marie Simon
This is our address:
Mrs Felix Simon
115 Durham Ave Jersey City, N.Y.
Answer soon.
Note: Marie Simon (Rosette Marie “Mary/Rose” (Haine) Simon) is the sister of Marie Rose (Haine) Des Granges Denis and Auguste Haine
Aug 17, 1992: Letter from Renee S. Masel-Pinto, translator, to Margaret B. (Kellogg) Andersen:
List of documents that were translated.
No 1. — Birth Certificate for Marie Rose Haine
No 2. — Certificate of Good Moral Standings for Marie Rose Haine
No 3. — References for Good Services rendered by Marie Haine to a Mr Baudin in New York
No 4. — Extract of a letter signed Josephine Yates to her mother
No 5. — Letter written by Nicolas Haine from Douera, Algeria.
No 6. — Letter written by Auguste Haine from Babahassen, Algeria.
No 7. — Letter written by Auguste Haine from Millburn N.Y. or N.J.
No 8.— ———same as above ——————–
No 9.— ———same as above ——————–
No 10. — Letter written by Marie Rose/Rosette (Haine) Simon from New York
No 11. — Letter written by Marie Rose/Rosette (Haine) Simon from New Jersey
No 12. — Letter written by Josephine Denis from San Francisco to her grandmother.
Nos 4 and 13 — are written by the same person. While the pen must have been different the handwriting is the same.
No 7— There is no mistake about this one, Auguste Haine wrote that letter, it is a shame we do not have the ending.
No 13— Mr Denis’ letter. The initials before the name could be “A” “B” or “O” “B”
Note: Mr. Denis’ initials are J.B. (Jean B. Denis); Millburn is in New York, Milburn is in New Jersey; letter #4 is from Josephine Yates, letter #13 is from Jean B. Denis
Aug 18, 1992: Renee S. Masel-Pinto (French translator) to Margaret B. (Kellogg) Andersen:
Comments:
Letter from Nicolas Haine was a good challenge, the formation of the words was poor.
Letter written by Mr. Denis was also a good challenge, but I felt it worth every effort to get absolutely right. I thought it could be of some interest to you. Especially when properties are involved.
Letter written by Auguste Haine (August 30th 1874) was very poorly phrased. I had to read it a few times over. But here again I felt this letter could be important to you.
The notes from Josephine Yates was, as you know, very poorly printed but there was some interesting facts.
Hope you are satisfied. Thank you again.
Renee S. Masel-Pinto
List of names found during translations and pertaining to the Nicolas Haine Family:
Marie Rose Haine – daughter – wife of Felix Simon
Augustine Haine ”
Celestine Haine ”
Josephine Haine ”
Marianne Haine ”
Rose Marie (also known as Rosette) Haine – wife of Mr. Denis
Josephine Denis – granddaughter of Nicolas Haine – daughter of Rose Haine and Mr Denis – wife of Mr Yates
Auguste Haine – son
Eugene Haine – son
Eranie ?????- granddaughter of Nicolas Haine – daughter of Josephine Haine
Aunt Marie ????? – from Bayonne ?? (Basque Country???) or Bayon?? (Lorraine)
Uncle Nicolas Bailly – apparently brother of Marie Anne Bailly, wife of Nicolas Haine
Augustine Simon – daughter of Marie Rose Haine-Simon and Felix Simon, granddaughter of Nicolas Haine
Augustine apparently married a young man from Lorraine
Albert Simon – grandson of Nicolas Haine – son of Marie Rose Haine Simon and Felix Simon
As you can see, Nicolas Haine and his wife Marie Anne Bailly had a large family. They came from the area known as La Lorraine, from the department who is known now as Meurthe et Moselle. They were farmers. I suppose that Nicolas Haine went to Algeria during the war between France and Algeria. At the end of the conflict France who coloniased Algeria offered land and others privileges to all the soldiers who would like to stay and farm the land. So, it could be one way why we found Nicolas Haine in such country. It is also known that the French government offered the same deal to farmers in the homeland. In those days it could be a very attractive deal. It is very possible that Marie Rose Haine, never went to Algeria, but stayed in Hermelange with others family’s members. It was very commun practice for young couple to go and search for better way of life and leave young children with older relatives, many were raised by their grandparents or aunts and uncles.
Lorraine is a beautiful part of France, very rich in history. Joan of Arc was one of them. What can I say about the Lorraines …. I, myself have the privilege to have a wonderful friend, here in the United States, who comes from Lorraine. They, usually are very quiet, good listeners, very thrifty. They love their coffee and pastry in the afternoon, and will chat for awhile, but then they have to go back to more serious things. They make very good friends, for life, and if you call for help they manage to get free and help you the best they can. They also are very thoughtful. My friend Janine, who herself raised a large family here in the USA, cannot afford to spend her money on gifts, but around Christmas time, she comes up with something she made herself and who really means something to the person to whom the gift is intended for. If I could illustrate what Janine represents to all of us here in this area, I would have to say: a strong staff, something you can lean on and you know it will not give up or break up; even in the darkest moment of her life my friend showed very strong willpower and always bounced back.
La Lorraine is also well known for the Crystalleries of Baccarat, the famous painter Claude Lorrain (named after the country he loved so much). About the well known tea cake like pastries, “Les Madeleines de Commercy”, the delicious snack for all the children in France. The food in Lorraine, is rich, and bountiful, and you could stay at the table for hours. I cannot forget to mention the wonderful faiences in Luneville, well known to us for their design with roses, and roosters all hand painted. So you see, there is plenty to say about the country where the Haine come from. I hope you will enjoy this lines and who knows you may get curious and want to know more about the family and the land they left behind.
P.S. I am very sorry, but I forgot to mention something about Mr Denis. Apparently, Mr Denis, left San Francisco and California, and went back to France. He went back to Paris. In the same letter who is written by Auguste Haine, an uncle named Jean Baptiste is mentioned. It looks like the uncle was living in Lorraine at the time.
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Renee Suzanne (Masel) Pinto
Born: Mar 18, 1932, Bordeaux, France
Died: May 21, 2022 (age 90), Gilford, Belknap Co., New Hampshire
Buried: New Hampshire State Veteran’s Cemetery; Sec A9L, Row A, Site 15 (w/husband, Augusto Pinto)
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Typed notes of Roy Leavitt Clement, son of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement:
Jean Baptiste (male) whose daughter
Rose Baptiste married ____ Bailly whose daughter
Marie Anne Bailley (sic) married Nicholas Haine whose daughter
Marie Rose Haine (born 31, January, 1827) married the Marquise Des Grange
Their daughter Josephine Des Granges married Martin Yates.
They had 3 children: Alice Josephine Yates, Martin Yates Jr. and Josephine
Alice Yates married Edmond Clement, son of Peter Clement, born in Paris France, 1857.
They had two children:
Roy Leavitt Clement (born 16 April, 1892) and Edna.
Edmond Clement had been married before and had one son named Valentine.
A second marriage for Alice Clement to Milo B. Kellogg. Two children.
Leo Yates Kellogg and Milo Martin Kellogg
The Clement children were not adopted but assumed the name of Kellogg.
Edmond Clement married for the 3rd time and had 3 children.
Nellie Clement, William Peter Clement, Dewey Clement
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Marie Rose Haine came to America, leaving France Oct. or Nov. 1854 at the age of 27.
Arriving in San Jose and with funds she had brought with her, she purchased a plot of land in Mayfield, now Palo Alto, Ca.
She married the Marquise Des Granges, who came to California in the late forties.
My note: (they married abt 1857 and did not come to California until after that time)
She built what was then a large house with a brick oven in the rear. She baked French bread which they sold in Mayfield, Palo Alto and Redwood City.
Later they served meals to special parties who drove down from San Francisco, They made their own wine, did their own baking, and raised their own poultry and they prospered.
The Marquise had lost his inheritance and his holdings in France due to drinking too freely of his own wine. Later Marie Rose divorced him. The last heard of him, he was in New Orleans.
There was one child born to the Des Granges, Josephine Des Granges.
Fearing the return of the Marquise, Marie Rose had everything she in papers recorded. That is why her birth certificate was recorded in 1883.
My note: (Marie married Jean B. Denis abt 1870, so perhaps it was his return she feared)
To her death, she was fearful that he might return and take away that which was hers. Some said the ordeal of his drinking and the divorce had affected her mind.
Sometime in 1874, a young telegrapher stationed at the Southern Pacific Depot in Mayfield, named Martin Yates of San Jose, married Josephine Des Granges.
They had three children born to them. Alice Yates was born 30 September 1875, in the house built by Marie Rose, in the same house her mother was born. Martin Yates, Jr. was born also in the same house several years later.
Martin Yates, Sr. was later transferred to San Francisco Telegraph office at third and Townsend. The third child was born in San Francisco. The mother died in childbirth and the baby Josephine followed a few hours later. Both were buried in the old I.O.O.F Cemetery in San Francisco.
Martin Yates, Jr. later joined Jack London in traveling the country and has for years been given up as dead.
Martin Yates, Sr. died in Fresno, California in 1898
My mother, still living at this writing (Alice Yates) is the last to bear the name of Yates, and her mother was the last Des Granges.
The oldest living descendent male could claim the right to Des Granges, but as France is no longer a kingdom and no estate remains. It has no practical value, who cares.
This is just a scrap book, and is a recorded of my family put together from memory of the events told to me by my mother and a few written records in my possession.
Where I have not used dates of marriages or deaths, same can be found in the records of Santa Clara County. Most of the family marriages were performed in Redwood City, and are on record there.
I do not have the date of the death of Marie Rose De Granges but believe it happened between 1893 and 1895. As my mother told me that I had seen her when I was quite small.
Marie Rose Des Granges left the house in Mayfield to Alice Yates and her brother Martin Jr., her grandchildren and only living relatives.
A recording dated Jan. 30, 1895 shows that Martin Yates Sr. was appointed guardian to Martin Yates Jr. so he and Alice could dispose of the property. It was sold for $600.00
The home still stands and is in use. A large market has been built next door.
This is the house Marie Rose Haine built and where Josephine Des Granges Yates, was born and the birthplace of Alice Yates and Martin Yates, Jr.
(Josephine Des Granges was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not California)
The family has gone through some trying times since, it is a pity could not have been kept in the family; it would have been of great value to all many times since.
(The last paragraph below was handwritten by Roy Leavitt Clement)
I have been unable to find out the given name or initials of Mr. Des Granges. To do so would take some time going thru the old records of Santa Clara Co. Was never referred to or called anything but Le Marquis by his friends and family.
Alice Yates was not quite 16 years of age when she married Edmond Clement in 1890. Their first child was born April 16, 1892. They named him Roy Leavitt Clement. Their second child was a girl named Edna.
This Union did not last long. Edmond was a fine fellow and provider but he knew every Irishman in San Francisco and attended every wake. Wakes in those days usually turned out to be all night drinking parties. He once said he would rather lose an arm than to miss an Irish wake. He was a member of the Volunteer Fire Department and was well known. Their station was where the south entrance of the Stockton Street Tunnel now is.
He came from France when only 12 years old, his father Peter was a worker in brass and made many beautiful clocks still in use.
He was born in France in 1857, came to America in 1864.
Because there were too many Irishmen dying and one Frenchman couldn’t resist being present and stay home, this marriage broke up.
Mother then stayed with her father in S.F. and Fresno. She supported her family, working as a garment worker. She was one of the first members of the Ladies Garment Workers Union on the Pacific coast.
After the death of her father she married Milo B. Kellogg, a Civil War veteran and a native of New York, Her two children were given the name of Kellogg.
From this marriage two children were born, Leo Yates Kellogg and Milo B. Kellogg.
The youngest son Milo Jr. died at home at the age of 14 years.
In the meantime Edmond Clement Married and had three children:
Nellie, William Peter Clement, Dewey Clement who died quite young in S.F.
I do not have the time of death of my father Edmond Clement.
Marie Rose Des Granges left the house she built in Mayfield to her grandchildren, Alice Josephine Yates and her brother Martin Yates, Jr.:
Roy Leavitt Clement (1892 – 1959) 1st of 2 children of Edmond Pierre Clement & Alice Josephine Yates and the grandson of Martin Huffman Yates & Josephine Des Granges
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Notes of Karen Kellogg Farcy:
Eldon (Karen’s brother) and I visited this place when I was 12 years old (1923), saw the old brick ovens and went into the room where Grandma K (Edna Kellogg) and her mother were born. The owners were so glad to hear of grandma, and the history of the old place. The Marquis was a sculptor. He did many of the figures for the fancy clocks of that day. He began to drink too freely of his own wine and one day left. The last report of him was from New Orleans. Later Marie Rose divorced him. Fearing his return she had everything in papers recorded. That is why her birth certificate was recorded in 1883. The DesGranges had one child, Josephine, Grandma Kellogg’s mother. Marie Rose later remarried to Jean Denis. She died around 1893-1895.
Marie Rose Des Granges left the house in Mayfield to Alice Yates and her brother Martin Jr., her grandchildren and only living relatives. Martin Yates Sr. was appointed guardian of Martin Yates Jr. so he and Alice could dispose of the property. It was sold for $600.
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“Forgotten Settlers,” Kansas Council of Genealogical Society:
Many of the early pioneers who have helped make Kansas a great state have been lost in history because no other information existed except in family records. In order to gather information on these pioneers, the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies has a project of issuing a Territorial, Pioneer or Early Settler certificate to a direct descendant of a person who lived in Kansas before 1900.
BARTON, Harriet: Volume 17, Page 148
DES GRANGES, Josephine: Volume 17, Page 148
DES GRANGES, Josephine Cecille: Volume 17, Page 63
DES GRANGES, Marquise: Volume 17, Page 148
HAINE, Marie Rose: Volume 17, Page 148
KELLOGG, Leo Yates: Volume 17, Page 148
KELLOGG, Margaret B.: Volume 17, Page 63
KELLOGG, Margaret Beatrice: Volume 17, Page 148
KELLOGG, Milo Bailey: Volume 17, Page 25, 63, 148
KELLOGG, Rodney: Volume 17, Page 63, 148
YATES: Alice Josephine: Volume 17, Page 63, 148
YATES, Chapman, Sr.: Volume 17, Page 148
YATES, Martin Hoffman: Volume 17, Page 148
YATES, Martin Hoffman, Sr.: Volume 17, Page 63
Source: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kcgs/D%20E%202.html
Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, PO Box 3858, Topeka, KS 66604-6858
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2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, with contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researchers.
A Tender of Thanks:
There are a number of cousins and fellow researchers who have generously contributed to what has become a small tome, but whom we have the most to be grateful to is Margaret Beatrice (Kellogg) Andersen, the daughter of Leo Yates Kellogg & Ida May McKay. I thought I was nearly through with my research as I had reached so many dead ends—but then I found Margaret. When we first spoke on the phone I said, “I’m amazed you two are still here.” She replied, “So are we!” On Jun 17, 2009, I met with her at her home in Vacaville, California. She was 92, her husband Clarence, 96. We spent four hours together combing through her records and photos. Clarence wasn’t that interested in genealogy so after an hour he took his leave to play a few rounds of pool with his buddies. I am eternally grateful to Margaret for her contribution to this family line. She sent me home with a cache of original photos and seven binders of her accumulation of family history, all meticulously organized and detailed. It allowed me to fill in an enormous amount of information, clarify scores of missing pieces, and add faces to many in the family that I may have not been able to otherwise. Other than Ancestry.com and FindAGrave, everything on this post was from Margaret’s files.
Catherine
PS: On Jun 26, 2010 I returned her seven binders and box of pictures. My 67 pages has grown to over a 100, and then some, with the inclusion of portions of her lifetime of work.
Margaret & Clarence Andersen, Jun 26, 2010
Note: The cemetery headstone photos from Find A Grave contained herein are the property of those who photographed them.
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