Husband: John DIBEAN
Birthdate: 20 Nov 1858
Birthplace: Michigan, Oakland Cty, West Bloomfield T
Baptism: 12 Dec 1858 Michigan, Oakland Cty, Pontiac
Death date: 24 Jan 1892
Place of death: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Bennington Twp
Burial: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Bennington Twp
Father: Peter (2) DIBEAN (b abt 1817)
Mother: Mary Till (DeDroit) STRAIT Dibean (b abt 1825)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 17 Nov 1883
Marriage place: Michigan, Oakland Cty, Pontiac

Wife: Wilhelmina A "Minnie" MOSS Hickmott-Dibean-White
Birthdate: 22 Oct 1861
Birthplace: Germany, Mecklenburg
Death date: 18 Oct 1924
Place of death: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso
Burial: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Bennington Twp
Father: Frederick MOSS (b 15 Oct 1823)
Mother: Sophia SCHENICH Moss (b 24 Oct 1833)
Other spouses: [1] Alviron H HICKMOTT\HIGMOT Date: 26 Jul 1881 [3] Hubert Ivanville WHITE Date: 1 Dec 1896

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Nellie S DIBEAN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Jul 1884
Birthplace: Michigan, Macomb Cty, Sterling Twp
Death date: 29 Jun 1969
Place of death: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso
Burial: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso - Oakhi
Marriage date: 21 Nov 1912
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: William R BERESFORD

Child No. 2: John Henry DIBEAN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Jul 1888
Birthplace: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Bennington Twp
Death date: 23 Sep 1981
Place of death: Michigan, Eaton Cty, Charlotte - County
Burial: Michigan, Clinton Cty, Lansing - Chapel
Marriage date: 20 Nov 1917
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Sadie Agusta DRUMM Scharrer

Child No. 3: Frankie W DIBEAN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 Dec 1890
Birthplace: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty
Death date: 15 Dec 1899
Place of death: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso
Burial: Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Bennington Twp
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:
 
 
Documentation:
1. Dibean-Moss. Marriage Certificate from First Baptist Church between Minnie A Moss and John Dibean.
2. Dibean, John. Baptism Record from St Vincent DePaul Church (Translated from Latin).
3. Ibid. 1870 Census Record Clinton County.
4. Ibid. Cemetery Marker Picture.
5. Moss, Minnie A. Obituary from Owosso Argus Press (See Document Number 13).
6. Moss, Minnie A. Picture of Cemetery Marker.
7. Dibean, Nellie S. Obituary from Owosso Argus Press.
8. Ibid. Cemetery Marker Picture.
9. Dibean, John H. Death Certificate from State of Michigan Number CH-96.
10. Ibid. Brochure from Gorsline & Runciman Funeral Home.
11. Ibid. Cause of death from State of Michigan Death Certificate Number CH-96.
12. Ibid. Obituary from Lansing State Journal.
13. Ibid. Picture of Cemetery Marker.
14. Dibean, Frankie W. Cemetery Marker Picture.
Notes:
Marriage(1): Married in the First Baptist Church in Pontiac. Marriage information based on church marriage certificate with last digit of year missing but appears to be 1883. Witnesses are Lewis and Charles Perry. John's last name appears to be spelled either Dibuis or Dubois.

Husband's Notes
Baptism(2): Baptism performed by Father Peter Wallace at Saint Vincent DePaul Church.
1870 Census(3):
Death: Died at home.
Cause/Death: Cause of death taken from Pension File of Peter Dibean (John's father) which contained a statement from a doctor that had treated him.
Burial(4):
General: 1870 Census Notes:
Bath Township Page 369 - John at age of 12 living with a Thomas Bateman Family.
Last name spelled Dibion.
1860 Census: 1860 Michigan, Oakland Cty
1870 Census: 1870 Michigan, Clinton Cty
Cause/Death: 24 Jan 1892 Diabetes

Wife's Notes
City Dir: Resided with spouse, Hubert.
1910 Census: Volume 85 ED 94 Family 2 . Listed John H Dibean living
with Minnie White.
City Dir: Resided with spouse, Hubert.
City Dir: Resided with other family members.
City Dir: Listed as widow of Hubert.
Death: At time of death lived at 1417 Young Street Owosso.
Obituary(5): Listed survivors as five children; Mrs Gus (Alvira) Drebenstedt, Mrs William (Nellie) Beresford, John Dibean, and Delbert and Harry White. Also three sisters; Mrs Samuel Tyack, Mrs Henry Hickmott, and Mrs John Hickmott.
Burial(6):
City Dir: 1907 Babcock 1 block west of Chestnut
1910 Census: 1910 Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso
City Dir: 1910/11 Babcock 1 block west of North Chestnut
City Dir: 1913 Cleveland & Wilson
City Dir: 1917/18 223 South Chestnut
City Dir: 1924 1417 Young Streete
Obituary: 18 Oct 1924 Owosso Argus Press**
Funeral Home: 18 Oct 1924 Jennings & Lyons Funeral Home

Notes for: Nellie S DIBEAN Beresford
Birth: Probably born at home. Born in Sterling Township, Macomb County Record #483 Volume C Page 167. Birth Certificate held by Arlene Anderson.
City Dir: City of Owosso
1904 - Resided at 202 West Mason and employed as a domestic.
1905 - Employed as a domestic at Hotel Hauck.
1910/11 - -Resided on Babcock, one block west of Chestnug Street and employed as a clerk for Joseph Bryan.
1913 - Resided at 220 North Elm with spouse William R Beresford.
1917/18 - Resided at 522 West Mason with spouse William R Beresford.
1924 - Resided at 522 River Street with spouse, William R Beresford.
1928 - Resided at 522 River Street with spouse, William R Beresford.
1930/31 - Resided at 522 River Street with spouse, William R Beresford.
1932 - Resided at 522 River Street with spouse, William R Beresford.
Death: Resided at 522 River Street at time of death.
Obituary(7): Survived by two foster daughters, Mrs Kenneth (Arlene) Anderson of Owosso and Mrs Margaret Tate of Pontiac; sister, Elvira Drebenstedt of Owosso; three brothers, John Dibean of Lansing, Adelbert and Harry White of Owosso. Adelbert and Harry were half-brothers. Burial(8): Buried in Division G, Lot 4, Block 2.
City Dir: bet 1904-1932 Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso
Funeral Home: 29 Jun 1969 Jennings & Lyons Funerald Home
Obituary: 30 Jun 1969 Owosso Argus Press**

Notes for John Henry DIBEAN
Birth: Probably born at home.
City Dir: City of Owosso.
1913 - Worked as a teamster for the Owosso Fire Department at Station Number 2, 1007 West Main Street. Lives at home of his mother.
1917/18 - Employed as a city fireman and resided at 223 South Chestnut.
1919/20 - Employed as a meat cutter for F F Axford and resided at 223 South Chestnut.
1924 - Resided at 223 South Chestnut and part owner of Central Meat Market and worked as a meat cutter. City Dir: Fairview Township.
1928 - Resided on a farm.
1930/31 - Resided on a farm.
1932 - Resided on a farm near Elsie. City Dir: City of Lansing.
1939 - Resided at 1110 Seymour Avenue with spouse (Sadie) and sons, Gerald L and John Jr.
1940 - Resided at 421 South Sycamore Street with spouse (Sadie), and sons, Gerald L and John Jr.
1945 - Resided at 2223 North Grand River and worked as a Wholesale Dealer for Shell Oil Company.
1946 - Resided at 2223 North Grand River and employed as a driver for Shell Oil Company.
Death(9,10):
Cause/Death(11):
Obituary(12):
Burial(13): Buried in the Garden of Trinity.
Volume 85 ED 94 Family 2 Listed John Dibean living with Minnie White, his mother.
Worked for the Owosso Fire Department as a driver - fireman for the horse drawn fire engine and later worked in a grocery store and ran a butcher shop in Owosso. After moving to Lansing worked for the Shell Oil Company as a delivery driver. In about 1950 started the Dibean Fuel Service with son John Junior selling Shell Oil Products as a distributor until 1956 when the business was sold. In 1952 moved to a farm on Canal Road in Eaton County after the death of son Gerald Leroy in an automobile accident near Flint Michigan. He worked the farm until about 1972, when the farm was sold with a life lease on the home. He remained at the farmstead until his death in 1981.
1910 Census: 1910 Michigan, Shiawassee Cty
City Dir: bet 1913-1924 Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Owosso
1920 Census: 1920 Michigan, Shiawassee Cty
City Dir: bet 1928-1932 Michigan, Shiawassee Cty, Fairview Twp
City Dir: bet 1939-1946 Michigan, Ingham Cty, Lansing
Cause/Death: 23 Sep 1981 Cancer of Urinary Bladder
Funeral Home: 23 Sep 1981 Gorseline & Runciman Funeral Home
Obituary: 24 Sep 1981 Lansing State Journal**
SSN: 381-18-0071

Notes for Frankie W DIBEAN
Death: Shiawassee County Death Record Book 21, Page 521.
Burial(14):
Misc: Checked Owosso Argus Press.

Prepared 10 Oct 2003 by:
Jack & Marianne Dibean
400 Sawyer Road
Lansing Michigan 48911-5606
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