More About Bertha and Florence Delcourt – Part 2

The mystery of what happened to Bertha and Florence still remains.

The last we read about Bertha and Florence Delcourt, Odilon’s first wife and daughter, we saw they were both listed in the transcriptions for the 1920 census records in Chicago.

We know that sometime between 1915 and 1917 Odilon left Chicago and went to Detroit.

By 1920 Bertha (DeBereau or Deburie) had remarried to Gentil Gernaey and Florence still had Delcourt as her surname. According to the family data from Craig Gernaey, Gentil and Bertha were married in Indiana.

Then we learn Gentil marries one Joannam Brugghe on 22 June 1922. So sometime between 1920 and 22 June 1922 Gentil divorces or leaves Bertha.

Now to see what else we can find.

Request for Information: Marocco Family

As a follow-up to the post on Monday about the 1930 Federal Census I need your help for the Marocco family.

This list is not from the original document but from what someone has transcribed.

Michigan SSDI and the 1930 Federal Census

Yesterday I was looking at both the Michigan Social Security Death Indexes (SSDI) and the 1930 Federal Census. I searched for Delcourt, Marocco, Timmerman, Poelman and Goens.

In the 1930 Federal Census I found the Odilon and Flavie Delcourt family; the Joseph and Celia Marocco family; and so many Timmermans that I couldn’t figure who were the relatives. I’m going to need some help with you all on the Timmermans.

As far as the Poelmans’ are concerned I found names and all from Detroit, but none that looked familiar. Let’s see what I can find out about Emiel Poelman first so stay tuned.