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Newspaper Articles and Correspondence

For the family of Mabelle Angeline Deal and 
husbands John Van Hagan and Elwood Diehl

 

(Note:  the repository for these articles and letters are in the John Van Hagan Family Papers in possession of this website's author, unless otherwise noted)

   

Number

Name of Source

Actual Images
1 23 Jan 1899 letter from Mabel Deal to Jack Hagan
2 06 April 1899 letter from Mabel Deal to Jack Hagan (see below)
  page 1&2  page 3&4 page 5&6
  page 7&8 page page 9&10
  page 11&12 page 13&14
  page 15  
3 07 May 1899 letter from Jack Hagan to future father in law Clarence Deal asking for his daughter's hand in marriage (see below)
  page 1&2 page 3
4 1899 letter from Cora Deal to future son in law Jack Hagan (see below)
  page 1 page 2
5 Newspaper article (not dated or named) about the mailing of the wedding invitations to John Hagan & Mabelle Deal’s wedding
6 Newspaper article dated 25 Oct 1899 from the Three Rivers Hustler about the wedding of John & Mabelle
7 Newspaper article not dated from the Kalamazoo Telegraph about the wedding of John & Mabelle
8 Newspaper article not dated from the Bristol Banner about the wedding of John & Mabelle
9 Newspaper article not dated from the Constantine Mercury about the wedding of John & Mabelle
10 28 Oct 1899 newspaper article
11 Oct 1899 newspaper article
12 ca early 1900s newspaper article
13 ca early 1900s newspaper article
14 ca early 1900s newspaper article
15 29 Jan 1900 newspaper article
16 30 Jan 1900 newspaper article
17 01 Feb 1900 newspaper article
18 27 April 1900 newspaper article
19 30 May 1900 newspaper article
20 02 June 1900  newspaper article
21 05 June 1900 newspaper article
22 10 June 1901 newspaper article
23 22 June 1901 newspaper article
24 08 Nov 1901 newspaper article
25 14 Nov 1901 newspaper article
26 15 Nov 1901 newspaper article
27 24 Dec 1901 newspaper article
28 03 Jan 1902 newspaper article
29 31 July 1902 newspaper article
30 13 Sept 1902 newspaper article
31 26 Sept 1902 newspaper article
32 15 Oct 1902 newspaper article
33 24 Dec 1902 newspaper article
34 28 May 1903 newspaper article
35 unknown and puzzling letter dated 28 July 1903.  This was found among the John Hagan pictures and artifacts.  

It is addressed to "John", which I would assume to be John Van Hagan, especially since he notes at the bottom of the letter about a large increase to "Thrivers" [Three Rivers].  

It is signed by "Wm. Hagan", which was John's uncle, who lived in Brooklyn New York at the time.

John & Mabel's first child, John Gerald, was born on 15 Sept 1902.  I suppose it is possible that there were actually triplets born, but only the one child "John Gerald" survived.  There was never any mention of triplets being born among our family history.
36 09 Nov 1904 newspaper article
37 18 Oct 1905 newspaper article
38 1906 postcard from John to his wife Mabel

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 25 Nov 1909 newspaper article.  Note I just recently made contact with a descendant and he apparently had the photograph that was taken at this reunion.

 

 

 

 

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Janet Hagan Monnin
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