Fifth Generation

28. Louis Edward Duval^35,172,173 was born on 15 October 1850 in France, Paris.¹⁷⁴ He immigrated on 15 June 1869 to New York from Le Havre, France on the Cimbria..^175,176 Possible immigration record?
Edward Duval
Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1869
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: France
Ship Name: Cimbria
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 12
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_313
List Number: 657
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

614 Francoise Duval, 43, female, woman, France, United States, Between deck
615 Edward Duval, 18, male, locksmith, France, United States, Between deck
He immigrated on 24 September 1874 to USA, New York from Brest and La Havre, France on the ship Ville de Paris.^177,178 Another possibility, but a Mrs. Duval does not match family knowledge, it would mean he didn't come over with his mother, but a first wife. So far the first record is the best possibility.

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 > 1874 > September > 09 > Ville DE Paris

118 Edward Duval 24 male Engineer France U.S. 2d class
119 Mrs. Duval 21 female none France U.S. 2d class

Name: Edward Duval
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1874
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Brest and La Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: France
Ship Name: Ville de Paris
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 24
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_393
List Number: 984
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

Name: Mrs. Duval
Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1874
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Brest and La Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: France
Ship Name: Ville de Paris
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 25
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_393
List Number: 984
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

Louis was naturalized on 3 September 1877 in USA, Kansas, Saline Co..¹⁷⁹ On Sept. 3, 1877 Louis filed his Intention in Saline Co., Kansas. His naturalization papers were not filed in Saline Co. though. Most likely he would have completed the process in Osage Co. Between 1 October 1878 and 21 November 1906 he was a Pumper for The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City.¹⁷³ He appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Burlingame.¹⁸⁰ Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
C. H. LINKENAUGER Self M Male W 54 VA Farmer VA VA
F. M. LINKENAUGER Wife M Female W 35 MO House Keeper KY KY
Sallie KYLE Other S Female W 16 VA VA VA
L. E. DUVAL Other Male W 23 FRANCE Pump Engine On R. R. FRA. FRA.
Source Information:
Census Place Burlingame, Osage, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254391
NA Film Number T9-0391
Page Number 47D
Louis was described as 5 ft. 5 in., 140 lb., dark complexion, brown (gray) hair and hazel eyes. in 1906 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City.¹⁷³ He lived 946 Mission St. in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco before 1910.³⁸ He appeared in the census in 1910 in USA, California, Merced Co., Canal Farm.¹⁸¹ Merced Co. Vol 062 ED 0103 House visit 176
22 April, 1910.

Louie E, Duval, A boarder. Male White 59 years, widowed. Born in France, Parents Born in France. Emigrated 1869. Naturalized. Speaks English. Occupation Fireman. Can read and write. Not out of work April 10, 1910.

Louis is enumerated with Rupert S Mossman and his wife and 2 young sons. Fifteen male boarders are listed living with Mossman. The one above Louis is also a fireman, the others list various occupations. 6 are Irish, one German, Louis, French. The others are from various US states. Louis is the oldest man there, all the other boarders are single men ranging from 22 - 44. Between 1912 and 1916 Louis was a Rancher in USA, California, Butte Co., Gridley.¹⁸² He died on 23 April 1916 at the age of 65 in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco.¹⁸³ LOUIS E. DUVAL DIES AFTER A SHORT WALK
Louis E. Duval, a rancher of Gridley, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs, S. M. De Witt, 1424 Valencia street yesterday, following a short walk with her. Duval received a fracture of the right arm on April 15th. The shock of the accident is thought to have seriously affected his health. He was 65 years old. No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made. (unidentified Newspaper clipping)

DUVAL-in this city, April 23, 1916, Louis Edward Duval, dearly beloved father of Mr. S.W. DeWitt and Albert and Fred Duval, a native of France, aged 65 years. A member of Osage Lodge, No. 82 I.O.O.F. of Kansas, and Signal Lodge, No. 41, F. an A. M.
Remains at the new parlors of Suhr & Wiebeldt, 1465 Valencia St., between 35th and 26th Sts.
(unidentified obituary clipping found in family album, appears to be from a San Francisco, CA newspaper)
He was buried about 30 April 1916 at Osage Cemetery in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City. Duval, Edward, no dates, IR only, Sec 137 Lot 1, Space 2 Osage Cemetery, Osage Co.

Duval, Lenir Ed. 1850. 23 Apr 1916. IR only; France. Sec 137 Lot 1, Space 12 Osage Cemetery, Osage Co.

Duval, Mary G. 8 Sep 1855. 18 Dec 1905. w/ L.E. Sec 137 Lot 1, Space 10 Osage Cemetery, Osage Co.

*IR on cemetery records. That is the code for "Interment Record Only". Which means the information was obtained from another source, rather from a tombstone.

Louis Edward Duval's early history is unknown. He was born in Paris, France on 15 October 1850. Family stories say that his father died when Louis was eight years old, which would be about 1858. It was also said that he had five uncles, but so far no family records in France have been located. He immigrated to America with his mother Josephine when he was a young man, either at 19 or 24 years old. Census records differ, the 1910 census says he immigrated in 1869, and the 1900 census says 1874. Mother and son lived in New York for two years where Josephine engaged in millinery work after which they decided to leave for the new Kansas territory. Sadly, upon reaching Kansas, Josephine contacted typhoid fever and died, leaving Louis to make his own way in the new land. Records show that Louis was living in Saline Co., Kansas in 1877 where he filed his intention to naturalize on 3 Sept 1877.
Louis was hired as a pumper on 1 October, 1878 with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. His employee service record shows he held this position until he resigned on 21 November, 1906 when he was 56 years old. This record describes him as 5 ft. 5 in., 140 lb., dark complexion, brown (gray) hair and hazel eyes and that his service was satisfactory. The 1880 census lists Louis living in Burlingame, Kansas, working for the railroad on the pump engine. The 1900 census lists his occupation as a stationary engineer in Osage City.
It was in Burlingame that he met and wooed Mary Catherine Guizlo. Her father, Joseph Guizlo, was also working for the railroad on a section. Louis and Mary married on 6 July 1881 in the ME Church. Louis and Mary settled in Osage City, Kansas, about nine miles due south of Burlingame. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad passed through the central part of this city. Here, Louis and Mary had four children, three of which lived to adulthood. Osage City was still a frontier town in the 1880's and 1890's. Adele, who was born in 1883, remembered when she was a child having curious Osage Indians walk into their home just to wander around and gawk at their things. While in Osage City Louis was a member of Osage Lodge, No. 82 I.O.O.F. of Kansas, and Signal Lodge, No. 41, F. an A.M. The family resided in Osage City until after Mary's death in 1905.
After his wife's death, Louis and two of his children, Adele and Fred, moved to California though they didn't stay together. The 1910 census shows Louis living in a boarding house in the Canal Precinct of Merced Co. working as a fireman. His daughter and son were in San Francisco, Adele working as a seamstress and Fred as a car mechanic. The middle son, Albert, had married around 1907 and stayed in Kansas. Louis's employee's certificate from the railroad was postmarked Newman, CA in 1912. (There is a Newman in Stanislaus Co.).
Louis then moved to Butte Co. in northern California where he purchased a tract of land in Gridley Colony No. 5. These tracts of land were small holdings subdivided from large, dry-farmed ranches by the Irrigated Land Company after the Butte County Canal Company completed its 23 mile long irrigation canal. He improved the property and made his home there for the greater part of the time doing ranch work. On April 15, 1916 he was injured in a runaway accident near Manzanita and received a fracture of the right arm. Because the shock of the accident seriously affected his health, Fred brought him to San Francisco where he and Adele could take care of him. Eight days later, on 23 April, 1916, Louis died after taking a short walk near the home of his daughter Adele.

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Excerpts from: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas

OSAGE CITY

RAILROADS, SCHOOLS, ETC.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad crosses the northern line of the county near the center, and extends in a southwesterly direction across the townships of Ridgeway, Burlingame, Dragoon, Superior, and Barclay, crossing the western boundary of the county about on the north line of Township 18. The stations are Carbondale, Scranton, Burlingame, Peterton, Osage City.

SOCIETIES.
Signal Lodge, No. 41, A., F. & A. M., was instituted in February 1873, under dispensation, and was chartered on the 16th of the following October. The first officers were: S. L. Myers, W. M.; T.. B. Haslam, S. W.; D. M. Clemmer, J. W.; W. L. Smith, Treas.; W. H. Dodds, Sec.; W. A. Cotterman, S. D.; H. B. Miller, J. D.; J. N. Watkins, T. The above were the only charter members. The membership is now about sixty, and the lodge is in a prosperous condition. For the close of the year 1882, H. B. Miller is W. M., and Eli Bernheimer, Sec.

Osage City, Lodge, No. 82, I. O. O. F., was instituted in January, 1872; with twenty members. The lodge now numbers ninety-six members, and is in a prosperous condition. The present officers are: - M. B. Campbell, N. G.; M. Hanson, V. G.; S. Jones, Rec. Sec.; Eli Bernheimer, Per. Sec.; L. W. Brown, Treas.

Mary Catherine Guizlo and Louis Edward Duval were married on 6 July 1881 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Burlingame.^184,185 L.E. Duval of Burlingame, aged 30 years, and Miss Mary G. Guizlo of Burlingame, aged 26 years.
State of Kansas, Osage County
I, Wm Stevenson do hereby certify, that in accordance with the authorization of the within License, I did, on the Sixth day of July A.D. 1881, at Burlingame in said County, join and unite in Marriage the above named Louie E. Duvall and Miss Mary E. Guislo.
Witness My hand and seal the day and year above written.
Attest: Wm. Stevenson Pastor M.E. Church, Alexander Blake Probate Judge.
(Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church)

DUVAL L. E. GUIZLO MARY G. 07/06/1881 Book B pg 0238
They^{^184,185} appeared in the census in 1895 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City.¹⁸⁶ Index to the 1895 Kansas State Census
Name: duval County: Osage

Name Age Sex Color Birthplace County City/Township Ward Vol. Sect. Page
Duval, Adeli 11 F W Pennsylvania Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, Albert 8 M W Pennsylvania Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, Fred 6 M W Kansas Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, L E 44 M W France Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44
Duval, Mary 40 F W Pennsylvania Osage Osage City 1 272 1 44

They^¹⁸⁶ appeared in the census in 1900 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City.¹⁸⁷ 1900, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City, ED # 124, Ward of city - 3rd
Stafford Ct. or St (couldn't read) previous street was Topeka, next Elinwood

Duval, Louis E. Head, Oct 1850; age 49. married 19 yrs , born France, both parents born France, immigration yr. 1874, no. yrs. in US 26, NA, Occupation - Stationary Engineer , Own home free of mortgage.
Mary, Wife, Sept 1855, 44, married 19 yrs., mother of 4 children, 3 living. born Pennsylvannia, parents both born Switzerland
Adell, Daughter, Nov. 1883, 16 attended school 8 months
Louis A., Son, July 1886, 13, attended school 8 months
Arthur F. Son, Nov. 1888, 11, attended school 8 months

yes for all on can read, write, speak English.

29. Mary Catherine Guizlo^4,188 was born on 8 September 1855 in USA, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co., Mercer. She was educated Burlingame Public School in 1876 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Burlingame. Mary was educated at the Burlingame Public School in 1876 in Burlingame, Kansas. In 1880 she was a School Teacher in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Burlingame.¹⁸⁹ Mary died on 18 December 1905 at the age of 50 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City. She was buried after 18 December 1905 at Osage City Cemetery in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City.¹⁹⁰ Duval, Mary G, b. 8 Sep 1855, d. 18 Dec 1905, w/o L E

County Clerk Book 2, pg 140
Block 137, Lot 1

Mary and Zella Guizlo's names are found on the pledge signed by the Youths' Temperance Alliance, Burlingame, Kansas ( 1877- 1879 ).

Children were:

i.
Adele Josephine Duval^4,35,191 was born on 18 November 1883 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City. She lived at 1807 Octavia St. in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco before 1910.³⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco.³⁹ From Soundex - 097 0247 0049. Census - SD 4, ED 247, sheet 3B.
# 1807 Octavia SC, San Fransisco. Part of Assembly District 40, Precinit 4
16 April, 1910 by Pauline I Geballe.
A.J. Duval, 26 and single. Born Kansas, Father France, Mother Pennsylvannia.
Working as a seamstress doing alterations. She was out of work for 8 weeks in 1909 and was not working April 10, 1910.
Adele is lodging with F.B. Numr/Numi 47, and his wife Huldala A. 36, and daughter Dorothy A. 14. Numi was born in England and worked as a collector in installments. His wife was born in the US and kept the lodging house.
Adele lived at 1424 Valencia St in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco in 1916. She died on 19 January 1964 at the age of 80 in USA, California, San Mateo Co., Burlingame.⁶ Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
DEWITT ADELE J 11/18/1883 F SAN MATEO CALAVERAS 01/19/1964 80 years

San Mateo Times - January 20, 1964, San Mateo, California
Funeral arrangements are pending at Patterson and O'Connell chapel. ADELE DeWITT Adele Josephine DeWitt, 80, 25 Arundel road, Burlingame, died at...
Refine by:Date: Monday, January 20, 1964
City: San Mateo
State: California She was buried on 22 January 1964 at Alta Mesa Cemetery in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Palo Alto. Newspaper article probably from Xenia, Ohio:
A Genuine Surprise.
A pleasant and complete surprise was given Chas. W. Adams Thursday evening at his home, 25 Hershey street, when a number of friends gathered in honor of his birthday and also in honor of Miss Adele J. Duval, a visiting cousin from Kansas. Music by the Gibson Mandolin Club, games and refreshments were among the pleasures of the evening. Those present were, Miss Ilo Crider, Miss Frances Hewitt, Miss Grace Baker, Miss Esther Waymire, Miss Isabelle Wolf, Miss Grace Defenderfer, Miss Bertha Randall, Miss Viola Hicks, Miss Bessie Wolf, Miss Elsie Clemmer, Miss Carrie Guckes, Miss Estella Kilo, Misses Edna and Eleanor North way, Mrs. H. G. Henley and Lucile Henley, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Adams and son, Adelbert Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Rauch, Harry E. Bausman, Chester Engle, Thomas J. Henley, Berlin Hous, Byron Ricketts, E.C. Maeder, F.E. Gard, M.H. Albyn, Jno. F. Kilmer, C. F. Driehurst, James F. McGrew, Thomas Whelan, Charleton S. Baker, Dan Ehrhart and Will Potsmith.
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Adele and her cousin Hazel spent some time together when they were young. When Adele's mother died in 1905, Adele stayed with Hazel's family. Adele for unknown reasons didn't like Hazel's first husband, Charles Vernon Bruce. I don't know what the two women did together and how they got along, but in later years they said things about each other. Adele said that Hazel had tried to kill herself once. Hazel said back that Adele had an abortion, and that's why she could never have children. Who knows if either is true. But if Hazel had, remember she had lost two babies and then went through a divorce, if that doesn't depress someone, I don't know what does. Sometime after 1905 but before 1910 Adele, Fred and her father left Kansas for California. In the 1910 census, 27 years old, Adele was living in an apartment in San Francisco. Her brother (my grandfather) is in a different apt and their father is down in Merced. Who knows what Adele was up too running around in San Francisco when she was young.
It's true Adele never had children. Marion (Duval) Heiken said that when she was born in 1931 during the depression, Adele and Steve Dewitt came to the hospital to visit and told her mother Irene Duval that they would take her. Irene told them, "I think I'll keep her."
Adele didn't like the young man her niece Lyle Duval chose to marry either. She told the family,"Why does she want to marry that nitwit for?" Unfortunately she was right, as Lawrence Thurman left Lyle for another woman some years later.

San Mateo Times - July 15, 1947, San Mateo, California
two presidents, Mary L. Foster of Red- wood City and Adele DeWitt of San Mateo-Burlingame, conducted the meeting. Rebekahs Plan Formal Evening...
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City: San Mateo
State: California
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Louis Albert Duval^4,35 was born on 3 July 1886 in USA, Kansas, Osage Co., Osage City. He lived in USA, Kansas about 1910.³⁸ He served in the military WWI Draft registration on 5 June 1917 in USA, Kansas, Pratt.⁹³ World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Louis Albert Duval
City: 517 So. Main, Pratt
County: Not Stated
State: Kansas
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1886
Natural born
Birthplace: Osage City, Kansas; United States of America
Occupation: Station Agent, AT & SF, Pratt
Dependants: Wife and two children
Married or single: Married
Race: Caucasion
Tall, medium or short: Short
Slender, medium or stout: Medium
Color of eyes: Brown
Color of hair: Dark brown
Bald: No
Disabled: No
Ward 3, Pratt, Kansas
June 5, 1917
Roll: 1643804
DraftBoard: 0
Albert left his wife and sons sometime after 1920, as he is still enumerated with his family during that census. A letter sent to his sister Adele complained of "a life of hell." No information on why he felt that way and where he disappeared to. As far as I know, relatives never saw him again, though they kept in touch with his wife and children.
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iii.
Arthur Fredrick Duval.