- Theodore James De La Vergne, Greenville, Greene NY, born 6 Apr 1892 in Albany Co, NY, registered for the draft. He was self employed. The person who would always know his address was his wife, Mrs Goldie De La Vergne, at the same address. He was White, 5' 6", 128 pounds, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a ruddy complexion.
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- Goldie De La Vergne died peacefully in her sleep at 1:30 a.m., July 1st, 2006. She was the great-great- granddaughter of Mary Avery and Enoch Mabey and so a descendent of Benjamin and Sarah Avery, of "the beautiful little stone". Goldie's grandmother was Mary L. Mabey, who married Uriah Stevens. Mary was the daughter of Stephen E. Mabey, one of Enoch and Mary's sons.
She was born 28 Sept. 1911, Goldie Stevens, and lived most of her life in the Freehold-Greenville area of Greene County, NY. She died at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, July 1, 2006 at the home of her daughter, Geraldine Smith, with whom she had lived in Albany, for the last 30 years, since the death of her husband, Ted De La Vergne. She is survived by her daughters, Geraldine Smith and Yvonne D. Mabey (Wayne) who were with her at the time of her death. She is also survived by grandchildren, Holly Williams of New York City and South Westerlo, N.Y., Margaret Johannesen of Florida and Joanna Mc Naughton of California, Erin Mabey Hawks (Bruce) of Poughkeepsie; Michael Wayne Mabey (Lu) of Port Ewen, NY; Sean Kenneth Mabey (Tina) of Atlanta, Georgia. Also, great grandchildren, Rachel, Ryan, and Ian( Erin & Bruce); Aidan and Liam(Mike & Lu) and Madison and Braxton, (Sean & Tina); Jenny Bruen of Arlington, Va. Jenny has a new baby daughter, (great-great-grandchild) that Goldie got see the week before she died.(Aidan and Madison are both girls) Goldie's ashes will be interred in the Stevens family plot in the Greenville Cemetery in accordance with her wishes and near her immediate family, parents, aunts, uncles and siblings, as well as her grandparents Mary Mabey Stevens and Uriah Stevens.
Both of Goldie's daughters, Geraldine and Yvonne were with her though she had not been conscious for that day. She was under hospice care, but as recent as a month ago her mind was still keen and her memory excellent. She would have been 95 in September. It was due to Goldie that I got the necessary information to research the children and grandchildren of Enoch and Mary along with your help on the Avery side. I was able to send her quite a file of information that she was very pleased to have. We talked on the phone about 2 years ago and she was very enthusiastic and happy to recall her "roots". She was quite hard of hearing, so we did not talk after that, but I kept in touch through my Brother Wayne and Vonnie and sometimes talked to Gerry.
An interesting story about Goldie's passing-She had lived with her daughter for many years, and that was where she died. At 12:30 a.m. Gerry and Vonnie were awakened by the phone - it was Goldie's sister-in-law, Edith, widow of Warren Stevens (Goldie's brother). She was of course enquiring about Goldie's condition. The strange thing was that she chose to call at such a late hour- probably couldn't sleep and Goldie was on her mind. After the phone conversation, the daughters both noticed that Goldie's breathing was labored and irregular and she died shortly after. Whether a coincidence or something else - it made an impression on everyone. We will all miss "Grandma Goldie" as she was affectionately called by the extended family but her long life and clarity of her mind until recently were a blessing to all, though her quality of life had been declining over the past year. How fortunate we were to have her as a link to our past. Goldie was a Mabey descendent. Her grandmother was Mary Louisa Mabey (who married Uriah Stevens), daughter of Stephen E. Mabey and Lucy Teats (son of Enoch and Mary Avery Mabey, etc.. Goldie was responsible for getting us the information on the Stephen E. Mabey line. She had a keen mind and fantastic memory right up to her final days and took great interest in her family ,past and present. Goldie recalled hiding under Grandma Mary's hoop skirts, from her brother Warren, even though Mary died when Goldie was about 3 or 4 years of age. Goldie's parents were Alvan Stevens and Josie Chappel- Stevens"
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