PIONEER
Louis/Lewis Phillip VALIQUET
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| birth | .... <1849>, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio (?) or <1853>, ......., FRANCE/CANADA (?) |
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| death | 19 ..... 1925, Chicago (source: Talking Machine Review 65 (Feb 1983) p. 1818) |
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| marriage | (1) married on 16 June 1878, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio:
 Agnes HAMILTON b. <1853>, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Agnes divorced from Louis on 10 July 1894 (Kings, NY) and applies for alimony on 9 Jan 1902. Payments stopped on 28 Jan 190 Agnes begins lawsuit in 1909 (NYT 7 Feb. 1909) |
| marriage |
Anna L. ..... - VALIQUET b. ........, ....... |
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PARENTS
| father | ....... VALIQUET |
| mother | ............... |
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LIFE
1880 CENSUS (12 June 1880, Rochester, Monroe, NY):
Lewis VALIQUET (27y) works in optical works (b. in FRANCE)
Agnes VALIQUET (26y)
1910 CENSUS (19 Apr 1910, Chicago, Cook, Illinois):
Willis D. SHAFER (39y) advertising writing
Jane G. (37y)
- H. Drake SHAFER (7y)
1920 CENSUS (9 Jan 1920, Chicago, Cook, Illinois):
Lewis P. VALIQUET (62y; b. CANADA, French) Me. Engin. = mechanical engineer?
Anna L. (49y; ....) second wife?
- Octavia R. (23y; NY)
- Esther(?) (19y; NY) [H.] Drake SHAFER
1930 CENSUS (Manhattan, New York, NY):
Agnes VALIGURT (sic = VALIQUET)(67y; Widow) b. <1853> Ohio) lodger
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on same page:
W. D. SHAFER (48y; b. NJ)
Jane SHAFER (45y; b. Illinois)
- Drake SHAFER (17y; b. Illinois)
Willis Drake SHAFER died in 1947 in ....., Orange, Florida
1930 CENSUS: Drake SHAFER ???
Anna L. Valiquet had two sisters:
(1) Mrs. K. A. [VALIQUET] - HENRY
(2) Marietta [VALIQUET] - FLYNN
Brooklyn, New York Directories, 1888-1890:
Name: Louis P. Valiquet
Location 2: 699 Monroe
Occupation: novelties
Year: 1888, 1889
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
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