Delphine Mullen was the second daughter born to Daniel and Mary (Maillet) Mullen. She was born in Illinois, but moved with her family to Colorado, where they lived in Park County. After her marriage to Joseph Lovell, they lived in Leadville, then Eagle, Colorado, but finally settled in California. They had eight children: William, Lyman, Frank, Valentine, Roy, Earl, and Allison Bryan. After her husband Joe died, she lived with her son Roy until her death in California.
Fact: Residence (1870) Otto, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
Fact: Residence (1885) Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Eagle, Eagle, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Santa Cruz Ward 7, Santa Cruz, California
Fact: Residence (1930) Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Fact: Residence (1935) Oakland, California
Fact: Residence (1940) Redding, Shasta, California, United States
Research Notes
Delphine's name is frequently spelled Delphene.
Sources
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WH-TCC : 12 April 2016), Delphine Mullen in household of Daniel Mullen, Illinois, United States; citing p. 5, family 36, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,737.
1885 Census: "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WN-JZH : 1 April 2016), Della Lovell in entry for Joe Lovell, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,507.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM3-L35 : accessed 17 October 2017), Dell Lovell in household of J A Lovell, Precincts 9-10, 14, 12-13 Eagle, Gypsum, Bums Hole, Basalt, Ruedi Eagle, Gypsum & Basalt towns, Eagle, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 15B, family 323, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,120.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVG5-ZWF : accessed 22 July 2018), Delphene Lovell in household of Joseph A Lovell, Santa Cruz Ward 7, Santa Cruz, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 18B, family 475, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 106; FHL microfilm 1,374,119.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZT-SK2 : accessed 22 July 2018), Dell Lovell in household of Roy A Lovell, Los Angeles (Districts 0501-0750), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 511, sheet 11A, line 10, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 151; FHL microfilm 2,339,886.
1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9H3-1SX : accessed 22 July 2018), Delphine Lovell in household of Roy A Lovell, Redding, Judicial Township 1, Shasta, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-2B, sheet 5A, line 26, family 117, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 344.
Burial: "California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q287-KGKM : 13 March 2018), Delphene Lovell, 1950, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; citing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2,101.
Burial: Delphine Lovell (1861-1950) on Find A Grave: Memorial #185656173 retrieved 22 July 2018
Death: "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPF8-K6J : 26 November 2014), Delphene Lovell, 09 Jun 1950; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Marriage:"Married" Fairplay, Colorado: The Fairplay Flume, April 17, 1879, page 3. Accessed via Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org 16 February 2020.
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