Family: Dyke, Chauncey V. / French, Vesta Cordelia (F36526)

• Male Dyke, Chauncey V.

  
  

  Birth			LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death			Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Marriage			Sealed S (LDS)
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Female French, Vesta Cordelia

  
  

  Birth	1826		LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	21 Jun 1878	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Father	French, Azial | F38460 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nimocks, Pamela F. | F38460 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female + Dyke, Eva D.

  
  

  Birth	3 Mar 1853		LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death			Endowed (LDS)
  Burial		Eulalia Cemetery, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Thompson, William W. | F36525
  Marriage	4 Oct 1882	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

  Male Dyke, Monta

  
  

  Birth			LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death			Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)

  
  

• Notes

  Divorced: THE THOMPSON FAMILY Miss Vesta Cordelia French came from Amity, N. Y., and lived with her brother, Dr. Amos French, while she attended the academy in 1843-44. She married Chauncey V. Dvke and had Monta, who died young, and Eva, born March 3, 1853. After a divorce from her husband, she worked as compositor in the Potter Journal printing office. In 1867 she and William W. Thompson bought the business and worked in partnership until Jan. 1871, when Mr. Thompson went to Kansas after which she continued the business alone for a few years. She was a very industrious woman and most successful in business. She died on June 21, 1878. Mr. Thompson returned to Coudersport in 1874 and in May of that vear became one of the publishers and the first editor of the Potter Enterprise. On Oct. 4, 1882, he was married to Miss Eva Dyke. Their only child, Vesta Ella, was born on Oct. 10, 1886, On Sept. 16, 1914, she married DeGrover VanDeBoe, born Aug. 23, 1&85, son of Carmi D. and Ida (Grover) VanDeBoe. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. He was a Boy Scout executive from 1919 until his retirement in 1948, due to ill health. Children: Mrs. Gretchen Fesus, Mrs. Evelyn Dyke Mann, and Mrs. Wilhelmina Irvine. 682684