STAGE NAME: ADELE DEGARDE

BIRTH NAME: Adelaide or Adele Louise DeGard     DOB: May 3, 1899     BIRTH PLACE: Brooklyn, New York
DOD: January 7, 1966 (Sources on ancestry.com)     PLACE OF DEATH: Valley Stream, New York     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
CEMETERY: N/A

SPECIAL SKILLS: N/A
MEMORABILIA / ENDORSEMENTS: N/A
EDUCATION: N/A

OTHER OCCUPATIONS: N/A

FAMILY
PARENTS MARRIED: August 15, 1897 (Kings, New York) -September 1, 1908 (Until her death)

FATHER: Albert F. DeGard     DOB: abt 1876     BIRTH PLACE: New York
DOD: N/A     PLACE OF DEATH: N/A     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: Hardware Salesman

MOTHER MAIDEN NAME: Ida L. Whitaker     DOB: abt June 1878     BIRTH PLACE: New York
DOD: September 1, 1908     PLACE OF DEATH: Kings New York (buried 9/4/1908 Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, NY)     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: N/A

SIBLINGS: (4)
SISTER: Melba May DeGard     DOB: May 1, 1901     BIRTH PLACE: Brooklyn, New York
DOD: April 13, 1997     PLACE OF DEATH: East Moriches, Suffolk, New York     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A

BROTHER: Albert M. DeGard     DOB: abt 1903     BIRTH PLACE: New York
DOD: N/A     PLACE OF DEATH: N/A     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
1905 census: Albert F. Degard (29), Ida Degard (27), Dell Degard (6), Melba Degard (4), Albert Degard (2)
1910 census: Albert De Gard (7) is listed as a "boarder" at the William D. Dixson household (Kings, NY).
1920 census: Albert De Garde (17) is living with his sister Melba & her husband.

BROTHER: George W. DeGard     DOB: 1906     BIRTH PLACE: New York
DOD: N/A     PLACE OF DEATH: N/A     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: Messenger (NJ Zinc Co./1920)
1910 census: No mention of George DeGard living in DeGard household.
Found 1910 census record of George W. DeGard (4) (mis-spelled as George W. De Yard by ancestry.com) living with his uncle Samuel Diets (Kings, NY). Ester Whittaker (34) listed as a niece as well as a few other nieces & nephews living in the same household.
1920 census: George W. De Garde (14) is living with his sister Adele & her Husband Harry N. Jespersen.
1925 census: George (20) & Albert (22) De Garde are both living with their sister Adele & her Husband Harry N. Jespersen (Kings, NY).

FATHER RE-MARRIED: abt 1909
STEP MOTHER MAIDEN NAME: Alice (Maiden Name Unknown)     DOB: abt 1886     BIRTH PLACE: New York
DOD: N/A     PLACE OF DEATH: N/A     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
1910 Census: List 2nd Marriage for Albert & 1st Marriage for Alice. Number of children born is 0 for Alice at this time.
1930 Census: Alice remarried to Alex Connelly. Stepson Howard DeGarde (18), Alice Connelly (44). Alice's age at first marriage (23)

HALF BROTHER: Howard R. DeGarde     DOB: December 19, 1911     BIRTH PLACE: New York
DOD: August 26, 1992     PLACE OF DEATH: Roswell, Fulton, Georgia (Green Lawn Cemetery)     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: Bank Clerk

ADELE MARRIAGES
MARRIED: May 25, 1918-September 14, 1955 (until his death)    
SPOUSE: (Harry) Harris Norman Jespersen     DOB: January 3, 1898     BIRTH PLACE: Oslow, Norway
DOD: September 14, 1955     PLACE OF DEATH: Queens County, New York     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: N/A

CHILDREN: (1)
SON: Albert Henry Jespersen     DOB: June 21, 1920     BIRTH PLACE: Brooklyn, Kings, New York
DOD: December 12, 1981     PLACE OF DEATH: Oceanside, Nassau, New York     CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A



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