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Collection Summary
Collection: 00032 - North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Folder: SK-20
Item: 00001
Title: Mrs. Neree Elia Beaumier Dorval
Date: 1900
Creator: Dorval, Joseph Alphonse,--1894-1980
Inscription/Marks: [facsimile file] Written in ink on reverse: Mrs. Neree Dorval [Obituary: Dorval, Elia Beaumier –1856-1936 Belfield Review 11-12-1936 p01] Belfield Woman 81 Dies At Home. Funeral Services for Mrs. Elia Dorval Were Conducted at Gaylord. Mrs. Elia Dorval, 81, resident of the community 11 miles southeast of Belfield, died at her home Wednesday, November 4, 9:30 p.m., with attending physicians reporting heart ailments as the direct cause of death. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at the Gaylord Catholic church and Internment was in the Gaylord cemetery. Reverend Father Brandner was in charge. Pallbearers were George Kessier, Frank DeFoe, Gust and Julius Fugere, Albert and Alphnse Ouellete. Born at Cap-De-Madelline, Quebec, Canada November 1, 1855, Mrs. Dorval there grew to womanhood. In 1873 she was united in marriage to Neree Dorval. The couple lived at Fargo for seven years prior to moving to the Belfield community in 1906. Surviving are fouir sons and two daughters: Joseph, George and Alphonse of Belfield; Edmond of Whitefish, Montana; Mrs. George Tessier and Mrs. Mary Saveageau, both of Belfield. There are also 18 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren surviving. Preceeding Mrs. Dorval in death were her husband, who died three years ago, one son and one daughter.
Summary: Head and shoulders, full face, studio portrait of Elia Beaumier Dorval. She is wearing a dark dress with high gathered collar topped with white lace, bouffant sleeves, pleated top with decorative edging and a jewelled brooch at her neckline.
Red ID: PH_I_121182 Image ID: 54924 Image Notes: 00032-SK-20-00001

Collection: 00032 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1977

Summary: Consists of copies of photographs belonging to people interviewed for the North Dakota Oral History Project. The Project was undertaken by Larry Sprunk, with the cooperation of the North Dakota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the North Dakota Farmers Union, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The primary objective of the North Dakota Oral History Project was to conduct oral tape recorded interviews with North Dakotans who lived through the state's history and who could speak of this history from a first-hand basis. Interviewees were photographed at the time of their interviews. In addition, the project borrowed over 6,000 historical photographs which were copied and added to the State Historical Society's collection. Many interviewees also donated family histories, documents, letters, ledgers, books, and artifacts.

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