Beaubien ANNEX
Grace Louise (Beaubien)(Denebowski)(Hicks)(Cool) Whitman
Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 9 December 2024
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Origin of
the surname “Hicks:”
Generation
4
3 George Beaubien
1. Biographical notes:
Born 28 May 1824 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Died 22 July 1910 at Ford, Wayne County, Michigan.
2. Wife: Judith
Bourassa
Born 1831 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Died . Married George Beaubien on 26 November 1851
at Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan.
3. Children:
a. Emma Judith Beaubien: Born 11 September 1852 at
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. Died 26
November 1949 at Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan.
b. George Louis Beaubien: See generation 2,
below.
c. Phillis Marie Beaubien:
Born 2 June 1856 at Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. Died 7 January 1932 at Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Michigan.
d. Francois Xavier Beaubien: Born 28 May 1858 at
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. Died 21
November 1921 at Ford, Wayne County, Michigan.
e. Helena Josephine Beaubien: Born 13 June 1860 at
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan.
f. Jacob Beaubien: Born about 1862 in Michigan.
g. James Alexander Beaubien: Born 15 February 1863 at
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan.
h. Samuel Richard Beaubien: Born 4 August 1865 at
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan.
i. Benjamin Joseph Beaubien: Born 24 May 1867 at Ecorse,
Wayne County, Michigan.
2 George Louis Beaubien
1. Biographical notes:
Born 15 September 1855 at Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. Died 5 October 1920 at Detroit, Wayne County,
Michigan. Employed as a business man.
1900 US Census: George L. Beaubien [resembles Beaubun], age 44 (b. Sep 1855 in MI; parents b. MI) and
employed as manager of an ice company, was heading a household in the City of
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The
household also included his wife of 18 years, Mary L. Beaubien, age 41 (b. Nov
1858 in MI; father b. French-speaking Canada; mother b. MI), who had had 4
children, all still alive; son, James Beaubien, age 17 (b. Aug 1882 in MI),
single, and employed as a collector; son, Charlie Beaubien, age 16 (b. Feb 1884
in MI), single, and in school; daughter, Lottie Beaubien, age 14 (b. Mar 1886
in MI) and in school; and daughter, Grace Beaubien, age 8 (b. Feb
1892 in MI) and in school.
1910 US Census: George L. Beaubien, age 55 (b. MI; father
b. MI; mother b. US) and employed as assistant manager of an ice & coal
company, was heading a household at 289 Clark Avenue in the City of Detroit,
Wayne County, Michigan. He had been
married once. The household also included
his wife of 28 years, Mary L. Beaubien, age 51 (b. MI; parents b. MI), who had been
married once and had had 4 children, all still alive; son, Charles R. Beaubien,
age 26 (b. MI), single, and employed as an office worker for an auto works;
daughter, Charlotte O. Beaubien, age 24 (b. MI), single, and employed as
manager of a music store; and daughter, Grace L. Beaubien, age 18 (b.
MI) and single.
1920 US Census: George L. Beaubien, age 63 (b. MI;
father b. MI; mother b. US) and employed as assistant manager of an ice and
coal company, was heading a household at 290 Vinewood Avenue in the City of
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The
household also included his wife, Louisa M. Beaubien, age 61 (b. MI; parents b.
MI); daughter, Charlotte Beaubien, age 30 (b. MI), single, and employed as timekeeper
for an ice and coal company; lodger, Rose Sweeney, age 28 (b. MI; parents b.
MI) and employed as a public school teacher; and lodger, Kathleen Sweeney, age
22 (b. MI; parents b. MI), single, and employed as a public school teacher.
2. Wife: Mary Louisa Bourssa
Born 11 November 1858 at Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan; daughter of Daniel
and Mary (Pete) Bourassaw. Died 17 January 1932 at Detroit, Wayne
County, Michigan; interred Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County,
Michigan. Married George L. Beaubien on
6 June 1881 at Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan.
3. Children:
a. James Louis Beaubien: Born 31 August 1882 at
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. Died 6
November 1945 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Married Rose Ann Moss (b. 1883, d. 1930) on 1
October 1901 in the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan and had children,
including:
(1. Albert James Beaubien: Born 1904. Died 1996. Married Martha Grace Whitman (b. 1908, d.
2005), daughter of Gordon Lester and Mary Elizabeth (Frey) Whitman. Gordon Whitman was the 4th wife of James L. Beaubien's sister, Grace Louise (Beaubien)(Denebowski)(Hicks)(Cool) Whitman.
b. Charles Richardson Beaubien: Born 29 February 1884
at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Died January 1962 at Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. Married Grace Parker (b. 1887, d. 1957) on 9
November 1910 in the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan and had children.
c. Charlotte Cecelia Beaubien "Lottie": Born
20 March 1886 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Died there 22 January 1948. Married Charles Easton Morton (b. 14 Mar 1874
at Sidney, Cheyenne Co., NE, d. 17 May 1938 at
Detroit, Wayne Co., MI), son of Charles and Elisabeth Lloyd (Easton) Morton, on
20 September 1923 at Detroit, Michigan and had children.
h. Grace Louise Beaubien: See generation 1,
below.
1 Grace Louise (Beaubien)(Denebowski) Hicks: (photos) (more
info)
Born 4 February 1892 in
the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Died August 1976 in
Michigan.
At age 20, while a
resident of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Grace L. Beaubien married (1st)
Joseph L. Denebowski (b. Dec 1885 in WI, d. ), age 27, employed as an accountant, and also a resident
of Detroit, son of Frank (b. Russia) and Pauline (Joseph) Denebowski
(b. Germany), on 21 January 1913 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, witnessed
by Grace's sister, Charlotte Beaubien; divorced in 1932.
While a resident of Detroit
and employed as a saleslady, Michigan, Grace L. (Beaubien) married (2nd), as
his 2nd marriage, divorcee Earl Rankin Hicks (b. 10
Feb 1902 at Fredricktown, Madison Co., MO, d. 25 Nov 1977
at Detroit, Wayne Co., MI), also a resident of Detroit and employed as an auto
worker for DeSoto, son of William Edward (b. MO) and
Mary Frances (Herrington) Hicks (b. TN), on 26 December 1936 (license issued same
day) in Steuben County, Indiana.
While a
resident of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Grace (Hicks) Hicks married (3rd),
as his 2nd wife, widower Stanley
Dow Cool on 13
August 1945 (brother of her friend, Martha (Cool)
Slater. In July 1952 "Grace Cool" conveyed
real estate in the Village of Evans Mills, LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York to her step-son, Donald Dow Cool.
Following Stanley Cool's
death on 25 August 1948, Grace L. Cool returned to Detroit, Michigan and
married (4th), as his 2nd wife, widower Gordon Lester Whitman (b. 13 Jun 1878
at Springport, Jackson Co., MI, d. 4 Jul 1961 in Oakland Co., MI), son of John
Merton and Diantha (Nelson) Whitman and father of
Martha Grace Whitman, who married Grace's nephew, Albert James Beaubien (see
above), on 26 September 1950 at Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan. Gordon Whitman had married (1st) Mary
Elizabeth Frey (b. 1879, d. 1949) on 21 April 1903 at Au Gres,
Arenac County, Michigan and had children.
See Stanley Cool
page for More Info
1920
US Census: No record found.
1930
US Census: Mary L. Beaubien, age 70 (b. MI; parents b. MI), widowed, and not
employed was heading a household in the City of Detroit, Wayne County,
Michigan. Her residence was valued at
$18,000; age of 1st marriage not recorded.
The household also included her daughter, Grace L. Denby, age 35 (b. MI; parents b. MI), married, and employed as a clerk in a department
store, who married 1st at age 20.
1940
US Census: Earl Hicks, age 38 (b. MO) and employed spraying wheels for the DeSoto Motor Company, was heading a household at 12952
Trumbull Street in the City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He had completed 4th grade. The household also included his wife, Grace
Hicks, age 48 (b.
MI), with no record of employment, who had completed (perhaps) 2 years of
college (10-2); son, William Hicks, age 14 (b. MO), who had completed 6th
grade; and son, Harry O. Hicks, age 9 (b. MO).
On 1 April 1935 they all resided in the same city.
1950
US Census: Grace L. Cool, age 58 (b. MI) and widowed, with no record of
employment, resided in the household headed by her brother-in-law, Harold A.
Slater, age 66 (b. NYS) at 1011 N. 6th Avenue in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. The household also included Harold's wife,
Martha H. Slater, age 55 (b. MI); Harold's son, Fredrick H. Slater, age 16 (b.
NYS); and lodger, Grace Pulver, age 70 (b. MI) and
widowed, with no record of employment or income.
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