Mary Ernestine Moran

1859 - 1943  (84 years)

• Name	Mary Ernestine Moran
  Nickname	Tina
  Born	28 Jan 1859	Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario
  	Birth date of January 28, 1859 recorded on her Washington State civil death record. Naturalization record (17 June 1907, Williams Co., ND) gives birth date as 20 January 1861, born Carp, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	15 Mar 1882	Canada to the US
  	Huntley township, Carleton Co. to Grand Forks, ND/East Grand Forks, MN
  Travel	Oct 1887	East Grand Forks, Minnesota to Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [1]
  	"Mrs. Jos. Lavallee is visiting at her old home in Huntley, Ont."
  Address	1893	Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  	128 Arthur St. With Minnie Fagan, Michael H. Fagan, Julia Moran, Alec Moran.
  Address	1900	East Grand Forks, Minnesota   [3]
  	Lavallee Tina (wid Joseph), res Sibley sw cor Dovry ave
  Clubs & Societies	1901	East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota   [4]
  	Ladies' Auxiliary of the Catholic Order of Foresters of East Grand Forks: elected treasurer
  Naturalization	31 Jan 1902	Grand Forks, North Dakota
  	Declaration of Intention (1st papers).
  Address	1907	Tioga, Williams Co., North Dakota   [5]
  	With daughter Lila (Lavallee) Cheska, in order to prove their claim?
  Naturalization	17 Jun 1907	Williams Co., North Dakota
  	2nd papers (naturalization). Filed 1st papers at Grand Forks, ND on 31 January 1902.
  Land Patent	19 Dec 1907	Williams Co., North Dakota   [6]
  	Ernestine Lavallee granted patent to 160 acres in Williams County, ND (at or near Tioga)
  Address	1910	Seattle, King County, Washington   [7]
  	D1634 Terry av
  Address	1911	Seattle, King County, Washington
  	1107 5th
  Travel	25 Oct 1915	Redding to San Francisco   [8]
  	"Mrs. Ernestine Dimock left last evening for San Francisco, where she will join her son, Frank La Vallee, and wife, who went to the city a day or so ago."
  Census	1920	Seattle, Washington   [9]
  	Earnestine Dimmock, age 53, widowed, born Canada. Cousin of head of household Edwin T. Levi, age 47, born Michigan. Also Edwin's wife Edith, 46, born Iowa.
  Occupation	1921	Seattle, King, Washington
  	Manager of Wallfirst Hotel, 2414 1st av
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Clubs & Societies	1934	Seattle, King County, Washington   [10]
  	Precinct Committeeman, King County Democratic Party
  Clubs & Societies	1940	Seattle, King County, Washington   [11]
  	Women's Democratic Club
  Died	18 Jul 1943	Seattle, Washington   [12, 13]
  Obit	19 Jul 1943	Seattle, Washington   [14]
  Death Informant	20 Jul 1943	Seattle, King County, Washington
  	Joseph A. La Vallee, 1705-13 So. Seattle, Wash.
  Buried	20 Jul 1943	Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Seattle, Washington
  	Section 10, Lot 79, Site 9. Buried as Ernestine Boldman. Burial information comes from online search at Associated Catholic Cemeteries (http://www.acc-seattle.org/index.html).
  Association	Family: Edmond Thomas Levi / Edith Blass (Relationship: Lived with: 1920)
  Association	Anne Carmelita Moran (Relationship: Godmother/goddaughter)
  Notes	Emmett Sloan: "She buried four husbands." However, this turns out to be an exaggeration: she buried three husbands, not four. [15]
  Person ID	I20	Moran
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Alexander Michael Moran,   b. Oct 1830, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 26 Jan 1892, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Leavy,   b. 1 Jan 1832, Co. Longford, Ireland ,   d. 27 Apr 1907, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	About 1854
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph Lavallee,   b. 16 Mar 1854, Carleton Place, Lanark Co., Ontario ,   d. 26 Oct 1887, Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota  (Age 33 years)
  Married	About 1882
  	Married at Fisher, Polk Co.?
  Census	1891	Huntley township, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada   [16]
  	Francis Lavallee (age 4) and Joseph Lavalle (age 3), born United States, in the household of their grandparents Alexander Moran and Mary Leavy.
  Census	1891	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [17]
  	Tina Lavallee, age 30, widowed, living in household of brother-in-law Michael H. Fagan and sister Mary Eugenie (Moran) Fagan. Occupation: Milliner. Where is daughter Lila Lavallee?
  Census	1895	East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesota   [18]
  	Head of household is Tina Lavallee, age 32, born Canada, occupation Housekeeper. With daughter Lila, age 10, born Minnesota; Annie McCormick, age 2[8?], occupation Dressmaker; Patrick Byrne, age 28, born Canada, occupation Grocery Merchant. Presumably sons Joseph and Francis are still living with Moran grandparents in Canada?
  Census	1900	East Grand Forks, Minnesota   [19]
  	Head of household is Mrs Tine Lavall, with children Lila M, Francis H, and Joseph A. Living beside Timothy Sullivan and Hanora Enright, whose son Michael married Helen Elizabeth Moran.
  Census	1905	East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesta
  	Tena Lavalle, with children Frank, Joseph, and Lila, and a boarder named Randall Montgomery (age 30, born Nebraska). 339 Sibley Street.
  Notes	In the 1900 US federal census (East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota), Mrs. Tine M Lavall is listed as the mother of 4 children, with 3 children living
  Children	1. Lila Mary Lavallee,   b. 20 Aug 1882, Fisher, Polk Co., Minnesota ,   d. 16 Feb 1967, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah  (Age 84 years)   2. Unknown Lavallee,   b. About 1884, East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota ,   d. Before Sep 1887, East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota  (Age ~ 3 years)   3. Francis Howard Lavallee,   b. 15 Nov 1886, East Grand Forks, Minnesota ,   d. 10 Dec 1918  (Age 32 years)   4. Joseph Alexander Lavallee,   b. 01 Apr 1888, East Grand Forks, Minnesota ,   d. 7 Mar 1963  (Age 74 years)
  Newspaper		Miss Rose Lavallee joins brother's family in the country Grand Forks Herald, 23 April 1887, p. 2; copied from the East Grand Forks Courier Her brother was Joseph Lavallee, husband of Ernestine Moran
  Obituary		Death of Joseph Lavallee The Almonte Gazette, 11 November 1887 Copied from the East Grand Forks Courier, 28 October 1887
  		Mother day late to see dying son The Searchlight (Redding, CA), 29 December 1918
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2025
  Family ID	F500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Frank Leslie Dimock,   b. About 1857, Maine ,   d. 2 Aug 1912, Redding, Shasta County, California  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	27 Sep 1911	Seattle, Washington   [20, 21]
  	Type: Civil
  Address	16 Oct 1913	Redding, California   [22]
  	Widow Ernestine as beneficiary of Frank L. Dimock's army pension. Address: 702 Butte St., Redding, California.
  Documents		Estate of Frank L. Dimock, Judgment Given The Searchlight (Redding, CA), 12 January 1915
  Marriage		Chivarri [Shivaree] for Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Dimock The Searchlight (Redding, CA), 31 October 1911
  Obituary		Details of Death of Frank L. Dimock Evening Times (Grand Forks, ND), 12 August 1912
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Samuel Louis Boldman,   b. 19 Feb 1872, Rush, Scioto, Ohio ,   d. 14 May 1927, Seattle, Washington  (Age 55 years)
  Married	2 May 1921	Portland, Oregon   [23, 24]
  Address	1923	Seattle, Washington
  	1405 9th Ave. S Louis Boldman and Ernestine M.
  Census	1930	Seattle, Washington   [25]
  	Widowed Ernestine Boaman [Boldman] as head of household. Lives alone, but appears to live next-door to daughter Lila and son-in-law Edwin Cheska.
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Mary Ernestine Moran Tina Lavallee, circa 1910?

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mrs. M.J. Sullivan and Mrs. T. Lavalley [Lavallee] members of leap year party committee Grand Forks Daily Herald, 16 January 1896
  		Mrs. Lavelly wins "most pious widow" prize at East Side Catholic Fair Grand Forks Daily Herald, 16 November 1897 Also: Michael Enright won a range
  		Birthday celebration for M.J. Sullivan, Mrs. E.J. Kennedy, and E.J. Sullivan Grand Forks Daily Herald, 9 October 1901
  		Mrs. T. Lavallee and Mrs. M.J. Sullivan entertained the Pansy Club Grand Forks Herald, 2 February 1906
  		Mrs. Lavelle and Mrs. Cheska to reside on claims in Tioga, ND The Evening Times (Grand Forks, ND), 20 August 1906 Mrs. Lavelle = Mary Ernestine Moran, widow of Joseph Lavallee Mrs. Cheska = Lila Mary Lavallee, wife of Edwin W. Cheska

  
  

  Newspaper

  On a trip to Dakota with her sister Ottawa Daily Citizen, March 9, 1893, p. 7

  
  

  Obituary		Obituary for Mary Ernestine Moran Seattle Daily Times, 19 July 1943
  		Death of Mrs. Alex Moran The Grand Forks Daily Herald, 14 May 1907

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 4, 7 Oct 1887. "Mrs. Jos. Lavallee is visiting at her old home in Huntley, Ont." [S326] Ottawa City Directory 1893-94, (Might Directories). [S437] U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995. Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1900 [includes East Grand Forks]. Image 86 of 104. [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 3, 31 Mar 1901. [S59] The Evening Times (Grand Forks, North Dakota), p. 2, 11 Jul 1907. "Mrs. Tina Lavallee of Tioga, sister of Mrs. M.J. Sullivan, paid a visit to her son Frank. She left for Duluth this morning on a short visit." [S211] US Federal Land Patents, 19 Dec 1907. Meridien: 5th PM, Twp-Rng: 157N - 095W Section 32 [S464] Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1910, p. 942. La Vallee Mrs Tina h D1634 Terry av Image 499 of 1131 [S53] The Searchlight (Redding, California), p. 4, 26 Oct 1915. [S105] 1920 United States Federal Census. Queen Ann Av, Seattle, King, Washington. Roll: T625_1927; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 755. [S47] Seattle Daily Times, p. 24, 20 Sep 1934. "[Precinct] 323, Ernestine Boldman" [S47] Seattle Daily Times, p. 11, 28 Apr 1940. "Women Demos to Be Card Party Hosts"... Mrs. Ernestine Boldman named as one of the committee members to organize the card party [S201] Washington Death Index, 1940-1996. Name: Ernestin Boldman [S202] Washington State Death Records. Name: Ernestine Boldman. Father: Alexander Moran. Mother: Mary Levi. DA Reference Number: {C7C8C12E-248D-463C-A9FE-797F9D14BFDA} [S47] Seattle Daily Times, p. 17, 19 Jul 1943. "MRS SAMUEL L. BOLDMAN. Requiem Mass for Mrs. Ernestine Boldman, 84 years old, who died yesterday at her home, 1705 13th Ave S. will be said at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow forenoon in Saint Peter's Church. Mrs Boldman was born in Ontario. She had lived in Seattle for the past 34 years. She was the widow of Samuel L. Boldman. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lila Cheska, and a son, Joseph A. La Valle, both of Seattle; and three sisters, Mrs. Nell Sullivan, East Grand Forks, Minn., and Mrs. Emma Delaney and Mrs. Minnie Fagen, both of Ottawa, On." [S213] Oral Interview with Emmett Sloan, January 2007. [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, Lanark North, Huntley, Family Number 3. [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, Ottawa City, Wellington Ward, Family Number 221. [S164] 1895 Minnesota State Census. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, 1895, Polk, East Grant Forks Ward 4, Family Number 129. [S118] 1900 United States Federal Census. Minnesota, Polk, East Grand Forks, District 212, household no. 242. [S365] Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008. King, Marriage license register 1911-1912 vol. 28 [S390] Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013. King, Marriages 1911 Sep-Dec, image 1409 of 2554 [S52] United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933. Frank L Dimock, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,630. [S51] Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008. Multnomah County. Louis Baldman. Neary Dimock. [S46] Oregonian, p. 16, 3 May 1921. Marriage Licenses...BOLDMAN-DIMOCK. Louis Boldman, legal, Seattle, Wash., and Mary Dimock, legal, Portland. [S111] 1930 United States Federal Census . Washington, King, Seattle, District 131, household no. 317, p. 28.