My Genealogy Hound

Joseph Dumay, Jr., a well-known resident of West Bloomfield township, Oakland County, resides in one of the handsome residences of the locality, which is beautifully situated in the midst of a well cultivated farm of 20 acres in section 2, and is surrounded by a fine lawn and fruit trees.

Mr. Dumay was born in 1842 in Detroit, Michigan, and is a son of Joseph and Julia (Mango) Dumay, both of whom were born in Montreal, Canada. The father, who was a blacksmith by trade, removed to Detroit in 1831, where a family of 11 children were born, namely: Julia, who married Frank Lapeer, and has been a widow since 1901, with seven children, — John, Celia, Maggie, Alexander, Benjamin, Rosa and Harry; Joseph, Jr., the subject of this sketch; Betsey, who married George Fissett, resides at Petersburg, Michigan, and has six children, — Joseph, Annie, Lucy, Nellie, Laura and Ezra; John, who was married to Cynthia Buell, of Harbor Beach, Michigan, and was killed in battle during the Civil War, leaving two children, Ida and Ada (twins), the former since deceased; Julius, who was married to Alice St. Herre, — both are deceased, leaving seven children, George, Louis P., Alice, Hattie, Alice, Ernest, and Mabel; Sophronia, who married Charles Barney, and left eight children at death, — Henry, William, George, Elizabeth, Annie, Alice, Lillie and Charles; and Ellen, who married Albert O’Hara, and left one child at death; the others died in infancy.

Until 1897 Joseph Dumay, Jr., resided in Detroit, where he was reared and educated. For 23 years he was connected with the Detroit Fire Department, as a builder of telegraph lines. Since 1897 he has been comfortably located on his present farm, where he erected his fine residence. In politics Mr. Dumay is a Republican. In religious faith he is a Catholic.

Mr. Dumay was married to Josephine Companey, the eldest daughter of Charles and Mary (Bouley) Companey, who were natives of Quebec and Montreal, respectively, but were married in Detroit, where Mr. Companey died December 27, 1881, and his wife in 1897. They left a family of 13 children, as follows: Mrs. Dumay; Sarah, who lives in Colorado; Rosa; John; Charles; Mary; Charles (2); Lizzie; Henry; Albert; Matilda; Edward; and Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Dumay, in the kindness of their hearts, adopted the little orphan daughter of Frank and Emma Morse, formerly of Vermont, the final papers being made out in 1895, when she had reached the age of 12 years. She was then baptized by Father Root, at St. Joachim Church in Detroit, and was given the legal name of Olive Marie Dumay, becoming thus the child of her foster parents. She has been carefully reared, and has never felt the want of parental affection.