Name
Seraphine LaFrance
Born
1893-06-04
Birth Place
Occupation
Sailor
Died
1919-11-23
Death Place
U.S. Marine Hospital, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Death
Heart disease
Service Record 1
Notes
Seraphine LaFrance was born in Teeswater, Ontario. He was the son of Francis (Frank) LaFrance and Lena Van Halton. In 1907, he emigrated to the United States with his father and siblings, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont. Upon his death, he was noted as a Lakeman (Sailor) working for Sailing Salt Water. He died in the U.S. Marine Hospital, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan at the age of 26. His death certificate noted place of burial, cremation or removal as Chesley, Ont. A death notice in the Walkerton Telescope of November 27, 1919, notes the interment in Walkerton.Sources & Links
- a) Bruce Remembers Feedback- b) State of Michigan Transcription of Certificate of Death
News Clippings
Walkerton Telescope, November 27, 1919, p1