Joseph Brown Morse French (1854-1928) was a worker. (b. April 26, 1854; Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA - d. April 11, 1928; Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
Marriage[]
Erlenia H. M. Faulkner (1856-1939). She was born in 1856 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. She emigrated to the United States of America when she was fourteen years of age. Joseph and Erlenia were married on November 22, 1876 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She passed away on February 26, 1939 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was living with Marion French at the time. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Boston.
Children[]
- Frances Gertrude French (1877-1878) born on October 29, 1877 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Erlenia's name is spelled as Helena on the birth certificate. Frances lived until August 13, 1878. She died from cholera in Boston. She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
- Emma Matilda French (1879-1884) born on June 14, 1879 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She is listed the 1880 Census with her parents. She passed away on November 11, 1884 of Typhoid Fever and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
- Nettie Eveline French (1886-1896) born on March 30, 1886 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She passed away on February 14, 1896 from Pneumonia and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
- Joseph Nathaniel French (1888-1975) who married Amie Gertrude Lathe (1885-1921) and after her death married Yolanda Christina Tandberg (1902-2003)
- Marion Ruth French (1897-1982) born October 21, 1897 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She married Clarence Melville Balch (1895-1969) March 3, 1917 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. They had three children. Marion passed away on April 28, 1982 in Ayer, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Death[]
He died in 1928 and was cremated in Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The ashes were shipped. Most likely his ashes are in the same cemetery with his wife in Boston.