Otsego Wisconsin - The Hurelle Family
C.C. Miller Studio portrait of Elmer Joseph Hurelle taken about 1905 in Rio, Wisconsin.
b: 12-25-1887 - d: 07-15-1971 |
Zieglier's studio portrait of Katie Idella Mathews (Hurelle) taken about 1897 in Columbus, Wisconsin.
b: 11-21-1879 - d: 11-25-1973 |
On November 9, 1908, Elmer Hurelle and Della Mathews file for a Marriage License in Doylestown, Wisconsin.
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Elmer and Della, standing for a studio portrait together, were married during a fall wedding at the
Hampden Methodist Episcopal Church (adjusted Ebay postcard) in the nearby town of
Fall River, Wisconsin on November 17 1908.
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The date, location, witnesses and pastor are listed on a page of Elmer and Della's colorful wedding album.
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Also pinned in their wedding album, newspaper clippings report their marriage and an earlier story of the "Children's Day" with the singing Mathews sisters, Carrie and Della.
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Authenticated with the family bible, Elmer Joseph Hurelle's birth.
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Adella confirms Elmer Joseph Hurelle's birth with the family bible. She lists his parents as Joseph Hurelle and Eliza Stanton with Mary Hurelle as midwife.
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Idella Mathews Hurelle's birth record.
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1926 studio portrait of the Hurelle family with Elmer, Della, Walter, Claude and Willard
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1926 Hurelle boys with Walter, Elmer, Claude and Willard
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The Hurelle Family Tree written in hand by Della Mathews Hurelle. |
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Hurelle Family tree leading to an ancestor, John Howland that arrived in the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in the 1600's. Family trees are from screen grabs in Familysearch.org.
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Hurelle Family tree leading to potential Native American ancestors during King Philip's War (1675-1676) including Massasoit. The Native link is controversial, however, with the recent advances in DNA testing another ancestor in Familysearch.org writes:
"The heritage of Ann Phillip has been needlessly controversial for no real reason for far too long. I have been in contact with a direct maternal (mtDNA) descendant of Ann Starkweather, Dawn S. and her DNA is Amerindian, likely Algonquin (Anabnaki / Wampanoag / Narraganset "federation" which would include most New England tribes). The argument that colonists would not marry 'natives' for racist reasons is thus moot."
Other evidence supports John Starkweather married his Native American captive. During King Philip's War:
"Over 600 colonists and 3,000 Indians had been killed. Several hundred more natives who had surrendered or been captured were sold as slaves in the Caribbean. Members of the sachem's extended family were placed for safekeeping among colonists in Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut. In Stonington, Connecticut, selectman John Starkweather married his Christianized captive. Other survivors were forced to join more western tribes, mainly as captives. The Narragansett, Wampanoag, Podunk, Nipmuch, and several smaller bands were virtually eliminated, while the Mohicans were greatly weakened. Sporadic raids continued on the far northern frontier in Maine and New Hampshire. These were finally ended when Sir Edmund Andros negotiated a treaty with the northern bands on April 12, 1678."
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Hurelle Family tree with a potential link back to Cherrueix, France. 1850 US Census data clearly shows the Julien and Mary Hurelle family in New York, but finding solid evidence back to France in difficult. International records are thin and translations are problematic. However, the church records from Cherrueix are quite good if a connection can be made to the U.S. More research is needed!
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The 1850 US Census data shows the Julien and Mary Hurelle family with their son Joseph in New York. The data shows both Julien and Mary were from France and Joseph New York.
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Generations of Hurelle's were born at the le Église Notre-Dame de Cherrueix - Church of Our Lady of Cherrueix in Brittany, France. The parish church of Cherrueix was built in stages through the 11th, 14th, 16th and 19th centuries. Hopefully more solid links can be made to the Hurelle's of Cherrueix. |
John Hurelle, at his Illinois wedding, lists a father of a Julien or Julius Hurelle and Mary Fuow. Is this the same Hurelle family originally from France? Records are thin. |
The 1885 US Census data shows the Joseph Hurelle and Elizabeth Stanton family in Iowa
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Willard, Claude, Walter, and Elmer in 1925 |
Joseph Hurelle b: 6-28-1835 d: 01-17-1917
Elizabeth (Eliza) Stanton Hurelle b:1845 d:1920
Otsego cemetary |
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