DeLloyd Warren Schell

1875 - 1959  (84 years)

• Name	DeLloyd Warren Schell  [1]
  Birth	17 Nov 1875	San Jose, Santa Clara County, California   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	12 Apr 1901	Blandford, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Warren Shell. Male, White, Head, Married, Mar 29 1843, 52 born in Ontario, German origin, Canadian, Baptist, Farmer Catherine Shell, Female, White, Wife, Married, Dec 12, 1852, 48 born in Ontario, Holland origin, Canadian, Baptist DeLloyd W Shell. Male, White, Son, Single, Nov 17, 1875, 25, born in USA, arrived 1885, German origin, Canadian, Baptist, Son-Farm
  Inform-Death	26 Feb 1939	Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Michigan   [4]
  Witness-Obituary	27 Feb 1939	Battle Creek, Michigan   [5]
  	Catharine Mabee Schell, 86, the widow of Warren Schell and a survivor of the Sanilac county forest fire of 1881 which killed hundreds of persons, died at 11 pm Sunday in the home of a son, DeLoyd Schell of Pennfield township. She had been seriously ill since last Wednesday, when she fractured her right hip in a fall at the home . She had resided with her son for more than 20 years. Mrs Schell and her parents escaped death in the fire by lying in a clover field and wrapping wet clothing around their faces to protect them from the smoke. Their home and all their possessions were destroyed. Some estimates put the death toll at 500. [Note- in 1881 Catherine's parents were living in Oxford County, Ontario, and Catherine was married to Warren Schell and two son's in 1881 - that may have been the family - jdm] Born Dec 12, 1852 in Ingersoll, Ont. She moved to Sanilac county with her parents, Walter and Lavine (Jaynes) Mabee when a young girl. Her husband died 12 years ago. Surviving besides the son at whose home she died is another son Orland Schell of Georgia and two grandsons Rolan Schell of Detroit and Francis Schell of Pennfield township. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the Shaw funeral home with the Rev Arthur L Ellsworth in charge.
  Reference Number	40897
  Death	22 Nov 1959	Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan   [2]
  Burial	Hicks Cemetery, Pennfield, Calhoun County, Michigan   [6]
  	Schell: Mary E.;1875-19 ; Esther J; 1878-1938; DeLLoyd 1875-1959
  Person ID	I40632	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Warren H. Schell,   b. 26 Nov 1848, West Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Jun 1926, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine Mabee,   b. 12 Dec 1852, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Feb 1939, Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Dec 1873	West Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  	Warren Schell, 25, a farmer of West Oxford, born in West Oxford to Solomon and Artemisia Schell married Catharine Mabee, 20, of West Oxford, born in West Oxford to Walter Bishop Mabee and Lovina Mabee by C, G, Schell on 9 Dec 1873 at the home of the bride's father in West Oxford. Witnesses were Andrew Capin of Embro and Francis Mabee of West Oxford
  Family ID	F633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther J Wilbur,   b. 8 Jul 1878, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan d. 23 Feb 1938, Battle Creek General Hospital, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1905	Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan   [9]
  Family ID	F15283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] The Automated Genealogy 1901 Census of Canada; Url: http://automatedgenealogy.com/, Blandford, Oxford (North/Nord), Ontario; Pages: 8-9; Family No: 82. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, obit in the Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan), 23 Nov 1959, Mon, Page 4. [S337] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, obit in the Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan), 27 Feb 1939, Mon, Page 2. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 13452243. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, appeared in Woodstock Sentinel, 12 Dec 1873 , page 2 , column 3. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952.