His father was:
Joseph Giroux
Birth about 1816 in Canada
Death 15 Dec 1846 in Chautauqua County, New York.
His Mother was:
Elizabeth King
Birth 6 January 1816 in Wortham, Suffolk, England
Death June 1897 in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York
Joseph drowned in the icy Niagara River while on a duck hunt with his half brother Henry Van Wagnen & friend Henry A. Rose. The boat they were in had capsized plunging the men into the icy waters. Both Henry's survived by clinging to the floating river ice & being rescued. Joseph succumb to the river & his body initially lost, but was finally recovered later in the Niagara River near Queenston, Canada where his widow positively identified him & had his remains interred at Oakwood Cemetery. Possibly his mother Elizabeth & half brother Henry Van Wagnen's remains were placed nearby Joseph's remains. The Remains Found newspaper article was taken from the Niagara Falls Gazette, dated Wednesday June 3, 1874. So Joseph's body was recovered about the first week of May 1874, about 3-1/2 months after he had drowned.
Joseph Giroux
Birth about 1816 in Canada
Death 15 Dec 1846 in Chautauqua County, New York.
His Mother was:
Elizabeth King
Birth 6 January 1816 in Wortham, Suffolk, England
Death June 1897 in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York
Joseph drowned in the icy Niagara River while on a duck hunt with his half brother Henry Van Wagnen & friend Henry A. Rose. The boat they were in had capsized plunging the men into the icy waters. Both Henry's survived by clinging to the floating river ice & being rescued. Joseph succumb to the river & his body initially lost, but was finally recovered later in the Niagara River near Queenston, Canada where his widow positively identified him & had his remains interred at Oakwood Cemetery. Possibly his mother Elizabeth & half brother Henry Van Wagnen's remains were placed nearby Joseph's remains. The Remains Found newspaper article was taken from the Niagara Falls Gazette, dated Wednesday June 3, 1874. So Joseph's body was recovered about the first week of May 1874, about 3-1/2 months after he had drowned.
His father was:
Joseph Giroux
Birth about 1816 in Canada
Death 15 Dec 1846 in Chautauqua County, New York.
His Mother was:
Elizabeth King
Birth 6 January 1816 in Wortham, Suffolk, England
Death June 1897 in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York
Joseph drowned in the icy Niagara River while on a duck hunt with his half brother Henry Van Wagnen & friend Henry A. Rose. The boat they were in had capsized plunging the men into the icy waters. Both Henry's survived by clinging to the floating river ice & being rescued. Joseph succumb to the river & his body initially lost, but was finally recovered later in the Niagara River near Queenston, Canada where his widow positively identified him & had his remains interred at Oakwood Cemetery. Possibly his mother Elizabeth & half brother Henry Van Wagnen's remains were placed nearby Joseph's remains. The Remains Found newspaper article was taken from the Niagara Falls Gazette, dated Wednesday June 3, 1874. So Joseph's body was recovered about the first week of May 1874, about 3-1/2 months after he had drowned.
Joseph Giroux
Birth about 1816 in Canada
Death 15 Dec 1846 in Chautauqua County, New York.
His Mother was:
Elizabeth King
Birth 6 January 1816 in Wortham, Suffolk, England
Death June 1897 in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York
Joseph drowned in the icy Niagara River while on a duck hunt with his half brother Henry Van Wagnen & friend Henry A. Rose. The boat they were in had capsized plunging the men into the icy waters. Both Henry's survived by clinging to the floating river ice & being rescued. Joseph succumb to the river & his body initially lost, but was finally recovered later in the Niagara River near Queenston, Canada where his widow positively identified him & had his remains interred at Oakwood Cemetery. Possibly his mother Elizabeth & half brother Henry Van Wagnen's remains were placed nearby Joseph's remains. The Remains Found newspaper article was taken from the Niagara Falls Gazette, dated Wednesday June 3, 1874. So Joseph's body was recovered about the first week of May 1874, about 3-1/2 months after he had drowned.
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