Biographie Ethier Eloi
17 July 1839 – 24 January 1930 South Bend Tribune 24 January 1930 Eli Hickey,
for nearly three-quarters of a century a familiar figure in South Bend
and said to be the first person to occupy a frame house in the city,
died this morning in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred Daveline,
1017 N. St. Peter Street, at the age of 91. His death was followed by an
illness of four weeks. Mr. Hickey, who had lived in South Bend
since 1856, coming here as a youth of 17 from Canada, where he was born
July 17, 1839. For many years he was engaged in the carpentry trade
having in his early life been employed by Alexis Coquillard. During the civil war he served with distinction as a corporal with the 157th infantry. Besides his daughter, he is survived by five other children, Mrs. Thomas Turnock, also of South Bend; Mrs. David Smith of Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Ordo Barrett of Chicago; Mrs. Edward Welty
of Muskegon, Mich.; and Benjamin Hickey of Los Angeles, Calif., and a
brother George Hickey of Canada. He also leaves more than 40
grandchildren and great-grandchildren. South Bend Tribune 26 January 1930 Funeral
services for Eli Hickey, age 90, of 1017 North St. Peter Street,
pioneer resident of South Bend and a veteran of the civil war, will be
held in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Rev. William P. Lennartz, CSC, pastor, will officiate and interment will
be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Note: The date of Eli Hickey's birth in his obituary was incorrect. He was was born on 24 June 1841 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan and baptized the next day as Eloi Etier. His surname was changed from Etier (Ethier) to Hickey when he arrived in South Bend, Indiana in the late 1850s.
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