Remi Geoffroy becomesJeremiah Jefway
c.1850
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Remi bridged the world
of French Quebec and America, moving from Quebec Province to Chateaugay,
New York around 1849 -- changing his name to Jeremiah (astutely keeping
"remi" in his name) Jefway. He died in Chateaugay, NY in 1876.
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Sons from his first marriage (born in
Canada) to Louise Brisson
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Adolphus (the elder half-brother of the same name)
died in the Civil War just after the battle of Atlanta and is buried in
Marietta Georgia
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Philip died in the
Civil War on the Potomac River leaving a widow and young child in
Chateaugay, New York
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| Jefferson (pictured seated at right) died in Chateaugay in
1900 after being kicked by a horse.
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| Simon eventually moved to Warren County NY. Two
daughters. |
Sons from his second marriage to
Therese Boutillier (Theresa Butler)
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Adolphus (the younger half-brother of the same
name) went
out west, but stayed just a year. He returned to Chateaugay, New
York where he was "head of household" for his mother, wife, four
children and ailing (blind) half-brother "Jefferson." He would
then move the family to Easthampton, Mass.
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William Jefway
died at age 28 in Canon City Colarado
in the gold and railroad boom, leaving a widow, two daughters and a
son near Chateaugay.
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Edward Jefway
also went out west, living in Colorado
and then Alberta, Canada. He was married but had no children.
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Jeremiah, Jr.
went out west and was an early settler
of Colorado where "Jeffway Peak" and "Jeffway Gulch" remain named for
him today (right).
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Adolphus Jeffway's household in
1899: Left to right: his daughter Molly, his mother Teresa, his
sister Priscilla, half-brother Jefferson (seated) and Adolphus' sons
Alfred, Harry and Bill.
For some reason Adolphus & his wife Mary are not in the photo.
Just a few years before moving to
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Adolphus Jefway's
Civil War grave
is in Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia. Read about his unit,
the
123rd New York Voluntary Infantry.
Philip Jefway's
Civil War grave
is in the National Cemetery in Brooklyn,
New York and mistakenly reads Philip "Jeffery."
The four brothers, Adolphus, William,
Edward and Jeremiah, Jr. all went out west to Colorado in the 1880's.
Jeffway Gulch and Jeffway Peak in Craig Colorado are named for
Jeremiah, Jr.
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