Etta is the daughter of
Joseph ("Joe") Chevrie, and his
wife Amelia ("Emma") Mathews.
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Etta died on either March 29,
or on March 30, 1946.
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In the 1880 census of Galien,
Berrien County Michigan, she is
incorrectly listed as the daughter
of Joe and Emma "Chevery".
(See her mother's headstone).
[Note: On her first marriage
certificate Etta is incorrectly
listed as Etta "Chives" the
daughter of Jasper Chives].
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Near Etta's headstone,
are some headstones which
are spelled "Chevrie".
One is for her father
Joseph "Joe" Chevrie, who was
born in Canada, and died on
May 21, 1895, at the age of 55.
(Joseph served in the Civil War,
in Company A, 6th Michigan Infantry),
and one is for her mother,
Amelia ("Emma") Chevrie (1838-1918).
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m. # 1. Lancing Barber, on
June 17, 1890, in Weesaw township,
Berrien County Michigan.
Two children: Olive Barber (1898-1935),
and Amelia MARIE (Barber) Gebert
(wife of Arthur H. Gebert),
of Westwood, California
(possibly named after Etta's mother?).
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m. # 2. John William Harroff,
on June 10, 1910.
This gave Etta a step-son:
Jack Delmore Harroff (of Buchanan).
(John's son Ray Theodore Harroff
died in 1908).
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Etta died at the age of 74, at the
home of her daughter Marie Gebert,
in Westwood, Lassen Co. California.
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Etta's obituary was published in
the "Niles Daily Star" newspaper,
in Niles, Michigan, on
April 2, 1946, page 2.
It reads as follows:
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Funeral services for Mrs. Etta J. Harroff,
74, long-time resident of this vicinity
who died last Saturday in Westwood, Calif.,
will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
Latter Day Saints church here (Galien).
The Rev. George Seymour, Buchanan, will
officiate and burial will be in the Galien
cemetery.
Mrs. Harroff's body arrived at the
Kenney-Connelly funeral home here
Thursday night from Calif. Accompanying
the body were her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur GEBERT,
with whom she resided in Westwood, Calif.
The Rebekah lodge of Glendora,
of which Mrs. Harroff had been a member
for 30 years, will conduct the committal
ritual at the grave. Friends may call at
the funeral home until 1:00 p.m. Sarurday.
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Also published in the
"Galien River Gazette" newspaper,
in Galien, Michigan, on April 11, 1946,
page 11, column 1:
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Mrs. Harroff married Lancing Barber,
June 17, 1890, he died April 20, 1909.
She married J. W. Harroff on June 10, 1910.
She is survived by a daughter Amelia Marie
Gebert; a sister Alice E. Bremer of Galien;
and several nieces and nephews.
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Obituary in the St. Joseph Herald-Press of Monday, 1 April 1946:
"GALIEN, April 1 (Special)—Mrs. Etta J. Harroff, 74, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amelia Marie Gebert in Westwood, Calif., with whom she resided. Born April 1, 1871, in Galien Township, she lived most of her life in this vicinity. She married Lansing Barber, June 7, 1890, and he preceded her in death on April 20, 1909. On June 10, 1910, she married J. W. Harroff, who died September 26, 1944. A daughter, Olive, died April 5, 1935. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Amelia Marie Barber Gebert of Westwood, Calif.; a stepson, Jack Harroff of Buchanan; a sister, Mrs. Alice E. Bremer of Galien; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Harroff was a member of the Glendora Rebekah Lodge for 30 years. The body will be brought to Galien for burial. Funeral arrangements are incomplete."