Vidal and Dupy Families in Lee County

DUPY, MOUGHLER, OFSTAD, VIDAL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/14/2015 at 21:04:03

I answered a query from a researcher in Norway who posted to the Wapello County query board. Since the family he was researching was from Lee County and not Wapello, I am posting his original query and my answer to Lee County in addition to Wapello. The researcher he references, Tim Dupy, unfortunately is deceased.

Original query: Dated October 9, 2015
http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi?read=572310

Hi! I have been searching for my relatives in USA and in particular my great grandfathers sister Pauline Ofstad destiny.
When i saw Tim Dupy's splendid work on the Dupy family i was uplifted!!! I have been working with my family history for 25 years and it has been an adventorius travel. My great grandfather Odin Erasmin Ofstad had many siblings. Pauline Ofstad was his oldest sister she was born in Trondheim, Norway 24 dec 1814. She was married with Pedro Vidal in Kristiansund in Norway in 1847. I belive they were the parents of Lia Maria Vidal whose married Lafayette Dupy.

According to the heavily damage church books of Kristiansund Pauline and Pedro emigrated from Norway in 1858 with their kids. But because of the firedamage of the churchbook it was impossible to figure out were they emigrated to. But when Pauline's mother died in the tiny town Røros in the middle of Norway a record of her remains solved that riddle. From this source in the year 1878 it was mentioned by Birgitte, Pauline youngest sister that Pauline Ofstad was a widow in Iowa. Her deceast husband was farmer Pedro Vidal.

Any information of the Dupy family history would be of deep interest. And if the book of the Dupy family exsist anywhere it would be great to know.

With friendly regards
Bård E.Ofstad
Trondheim
Norway

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My response on October 14, 2015:

Bård, I located some information for you regarding Paulina Ofstad Vidal. I will also post it to the Lee County IA website since your query was on the Wapello County website. Hope this helps your research a little. This is what I found:

Paulina Vidal died in Lee County, Iowa on January 21, 1879. Her husband, Pietro/Peter Vidal died there on September 7, 1875. They are both buried in the Scandinavian Cemetery [Row 2, lot 59] in Montrose Township, Lee County with their sons Fred and James Vidal.

The dates of death come from Pietro Vidal's probate file in Lee County, Iowa which is over 54 pages long and contains death dates for both Paulina and Pietro confirmed by daughter, Lia Dupy, when she becomes the administratrix upon her mother's death.

Sources I located for you:

MRS. DUPY DIED LAST EVENING AT HOME OF HER SON
She Was Born in Barcelona, Spain and Came to This Country When a Child of Five

The death of MRS. LIA MARIE DUPY occurred Wednesday, January 10, 1923, at 8:30 p.m. at the home of her son, JIMMIE JESSE DUPY, 1120 Morgan street. Her health has been failing for the past year, but she has been seriously ill only a few days. Death was caused by myocarditis.

LIA MARIE VIDAL was born in Barcelona, Spain, March 9, 1853, and came to the United States with her parents, PEDRO and PAULINE VIDAL, in 1858 at the age of five years. Miss Vidal married SOLOMAN LAFAYETTE DUPY of Summitville, Iowa, October 10, 1872, who preceded her in death a number of years ago.

Mrs. Dupy is survived by three sons, JIMMIE JESSE DUPY and OSCAR WILDE DUPY of Keokuk and WILLIAM LAFAYETTE DUPY of Ottumwa, Iowa and six great grandchildren. One brother, FRED VIDAL of Summitville, also survives. Three brothers and one sister preceded Mrs. Dupy in death. Mrs. Dupy has lived in Keokuk for about sixteen years and for the past ten years has made her home with her son, JIMMIE JESSE DUPY. She was a member of the Christian church.

Funeral services will be held at the residence, 1120 Morgan street, Friday afternoon at 2:30 and interment will be made in the Hickory Grove Cemetery near Summitville.

The Keokuk Daily Gate City -- Keokuk, Iowa
January 9, 1923

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FUNERAL HERE
BODY OF JAMES SERING VIDAL WILL BE BROUGHT TO KEOKUK
Deceased was a Brother of MRS. LIA MARIE DUPY of 1527 Bank Street - Death Occurred Saturday

The body of JAMES SERING VIDAL, who died in Lander, Wyoming, Sunday night, September 26, 1909, at 9 o'clock, will be brought to this city for burial in the Scandinavian Cemetery. The remains left Lander Wednesday and are expected to arrive either Friday or Saturday.

The deceased was born in Barcelona, Spain about 55 years ago in 1854. At the age of three he came to this country with his parents PEDRO and PAULINE VIDAL. He resided at Summitville, Iowa until he was 18, when he entered college at Salem, Iowa. For several years he taught school and was professor of music at Auburn, Missouri. He returned to this city and studied law in the office of JOHN E. CRAIG. After being admitted to the bar, he went west to Lander, Wyoming, where he was engaged in the practice of law for twenty-one years. He was county attorney for twelve years in the county in which he resided. He had been ill for about a year.

The deceased was a brother of MRS. LIA MARIE (VIDAL) DUPY of 1527 Bank street, and also leaves two brothers to mourn his loss, FRED VIDAL of Vincennes, Lee county, Iowa and PEDRO VIDAL of Brownsville, Texas.

The Keokuk Weekly-Constitution Democrat - Keokuk, Iowa
October 1, 1909

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FRED VIDAL, NATIVE OF SPAIN DIES
Has Lived on a Farm Near Summitville Most of His Life. Is Survived by 3 Nephews, One in Keokuk

The death of FRED VIDAL of Summitville, Iowa, occurred at the Graham hospital in Keokuk, Thursday, Spetember 15, 1927, at 9:00 p.m. He was stricken with paralysis about a week ago and was brought to the Graham hospital four days before his death.

Mr. Vidal was the last of his immediate family and was a native of Spain having been born there at Barcelona, Spain seventy two years ago in 1855. When but a small boy he came to the United Stated with his parents, PEDRO AND PAULINE VIDAL, the family settling at Summitville, Iowa, where Mr. Vidal remained on a farm practically his entire life. He is survived by three nephews, OSCAR WILDE DUPY of Keokuk; WILLIAM LAFAYETTE DUPY of Ottumwa, Iowa, and JIMMIE JESSE DUPY of Litchfield, Connecticut.

The body was taken to the Pearson and Holbrook Funeral Parlors. The funeral will beheld Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the residence of OSCAR WILDE DUPY, 1009 Morgan street with burial at the Scandinavian Cemetery in Lee county.

The Keokuk Daily Gate City -- Keokuk, Iowa
September 16, 1927

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Scandinavian Cemetery -- Montrose Township, Lee County, Iowa
Row 2 - Lot 59

VIDAL
Fred 09 15 1927 73 years
Pedro
Pauline
James S. died in Wyoming 09 26 1909

http://iagenweb.org/lee/cems/scandi.htm

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Lee County, Iowa Probate Records
Pedro Vidal AKA Peter Vidal
Probate file Date: 8 Oct 1875 and 5 May 1876
Case Number: Box 6 -- 30
Case 5/30-7/07, pages 792 to 846