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Villette Selma <I>DuCray</I> Aageson

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Villette Selma DuCray Aageson

Birth
Death
29 Mar 2010 (aged 99)
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
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Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend Add to Map
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Villette was the daughter of Julian Senninger DuCray and Nellie Sophia Peterson DuCray, who married December 22, 1909, in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.

Her paternal grandparents were Charles Celestin Ducray and Hannah Heslop Ducray.

Villette was the granddaughter of Nicholas and Frances Ducray (née Françoise Petitjean) of Gondenans-les-Moulins, France, who emigrated in 1839 with their nine children to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (see "HARDY PIONEER FAMILY ducray" online), and had one more child in Pennsylvania, Julius C. Ducray, the first Ducray of the family line born in the U.S.

She was descended from Servois Ducray, one of the Ducray Nine, nine Ducray brothers who saved the life of the French King Henry IV ("Henry the Great," "Good King Henry") in the 1590s, and were rewarded with knighthood and villages. Servois' village was Gondenans-les-Moulins. The family crest is a shield and swords, with nine arrows crossed in the shape of an asterisk representing the nine brothers.

Her Ducray great-grandparents Nicholas (1785-1873) and Frances (née Françoise Petitjean; 1795-1883) married 13 Feb 1822 in Gondenans-les-Moulins. Her grandfather Charles Celestin Ducray was born in the Ducray family village.

Villette's wedding was reported in the newspaper Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) on 22 April 1938. The article reported that her bridegroom Trygve K. Aageson "is a certified public accountant of Milwaukee. The bride is the only daughter of Professor and Mrs. Julian DuCray of Moline, Illinois."

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Villette S. Aageson Obituary

Villette S. Aageson, 99, of Fredericksburg, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Mary Washington Hospital.

Mrs. Aageson attended Trinity Episcopal Church and was formerly a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Burgaw, North Carolina.

Villette was a pioneering professional woman of the 1930s through 1950s, holding executive positions in advertising and hosting her own television and radio programs in Chicago, Wisconsin and Indiana. Writing was her passion, publishing occasional columns and magazine articles. She also enjoyed tutoring at her home in Alexandria, Virginia, in the 1960-70s. Later years were spent in Penderlea, North Carolina, and Fredericksburg, Virginia.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Julian S. and Nellie S. DuCray; her husband, Trygve K. Aageson; and her two sons, Trygve K. Aageson, Jr., and David DuCray Aageson.

Survivors include her daughter, Karen Aageson Bowers; three grandchildren, Patricia Bowers Hudson, Cynthia Bowers Francisco, and Edith Villette Bowers; and two great-grandchildren, Thomas James Hudson, and Claire Inez Hudson.

A memorial service will be held at 10AM on Saturday, April 3 at Trinity Episcopal Church. Inurnment will be at a later date in the St. Mary's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden in Burgaw, North Carolina.

Online guestbook is available at covenantfuneralservice.com.

Published in the Wilmington Star-News on Apr. 1, 2010
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/starnewsonline/obituary.aspx?n=villette-s-aageson&pid=141350581#sthash.XniHN2MM.dpuf

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From search "HARDY PIONEER FAMILY Ducray" online:
In 1839, Nicholas and Frances with their nine children left the port of Le Havre, France, aboard the ship Navire Marie, headed for a new home in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where friends from France already had settled. The ship began taking on water near Newfoundland, and hoping to keep the ship afloat, passengers and crew threw everything overboard, including the Ducrays' chest containing $2,000 in gold and everything else they brought for their start in the United States. Despite all efforts, the ship foundered. Everyone aboard was shipwrecked on a sand island off of the coast of Newfoundland. After days without rescue, without food and fresh water, the ship's crew became crazed. A passenger François Poly overheard the crew planning to kill and eat Nicholas Ducray and one of his sons (possibly his eldest, 15-year-old Jean-Baptiste). François saved the lives of the Ducrays by hiding them buried in sand. To everyone's great fortune, all were rescued the following day by a passing ship. The Ducrays remained lifelong friends with Jean François Poly. The Ducrays had with them a simple wooden cross with an ivory carving of Jesus, that they credited for their fortune of surviving the perilous voyage. The Ducray family bought 80 acres acres southeast of East Mead Township (now Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania) on the southern tip of Tamarack Lake; and later bought another farm on 72 acres located "2 miles south of Frenchtown and Route 27" and "on Route 441 near Boussons Corners." (An estate sale was listed in 1963 upon the passing of Nestor Ducray, grandson of Nicholas and Frances, son of Julius C. and Julia [née Grosclaude] Ducray. Nestor's sister Eva/Eve Mary Ducray Brunot passed away in 1967. The wood cross with ivory carving of Jesus brought with the family to America was kept by Eva, then passed to one of her children.)

Soon after settling in Crawford County, Nicholas became a church trustee for Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pettis, and donated an acre beside the church for use as the church cemetery (his name was misspelled on the deed "Ducri"). Nicholas and Frances and many of their family, friends, and neighbors are at rest in the Catholic church cemetery, in Section B Lot 5.

Nicholas and Frances's descendants (first generation) went to California, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, and Minnesota.

Nicholas and Frances had ten children, nine born in the family village in France:
1) Françoise Virginie/Frances Virginia born 1822
2) Jean-Baptiste/John B. Ducray 1824-1890 March 20
3) Celestine F. Ducray Bourquin, 25 Feb 1826-1899 Feb 7
4) Augustus Ducray 27 Sept 1827-1895 May 12 Pettis
Birth name: Gustavus Ducray
5) Claude Marie 8 August 1828-1912 February 23 = Mary F. Wood
6) Jeanne Claude/Johanna/Jane born 1831
7) Jean Claude/John C. Ducray 1833-1875 April 6
8) Charles Celestin Ducray 29 April 1835-1925
9) Justin Ducray January 1836-1914 December 24
Birth name: Augustus Ducray
Began using his name Justin Ducray in 1862, after his brother Gustavus's name change to Augustus Ducray.
10) Julius C. Ducray Meadville 1841-1925 Pettis
Julius was the first descendant of Servois Ducray born in the U.S.




Villette was the daughter of Julian Senninger DuCray and Nellie Sophia Peterson DuCray, who married December 22, 1909, in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.

Her paternal grandparents were Charles Celestin Ducray and Hannah Heslop Ducray.

Villette was the granddaughter of Nicholas and Frances Ducray (née Françoise Petitjean) of Gondenans-les-Moulins, France, who emigrated in 1839 with their nine children to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (see "HARDY PIONEER FAMILY ducray" online), and had one more child in Pennsylvania, Julius C. Ducray, the first Ducray of the family line born in the U.S.

She was descended from Servois Ducray, one of the Ducray Nine, nine Ducray brothers who saved the life of the French King Henry IV ("Henry the Great," "Good King Henry") in the 1590s, and were rewarded with knighthood and villages. Servois' village was Gondenans-les-Moulins. The family crest is a shield and swords, with nine arrows crossed in the shape of an asterisk representing the nine brothers.

Her Ducray great-grandparents Nicholas (1785-1873) and Frances (née Françoise Petitjean; 1795-1883) married 13 Feb 1822 in Gondenans-les-Moulins. Her grandfather Charles Celestin Ducray was born in the Ducray family village.

Villette's wedding was reported in the newspaper Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) on 22 April 1938. The article reported that her bridegroom Trygve K. Aageson "is a certified public accountant of Milwaukee. The bride is the only daughter of Professor and Mrs. Julian DuCray of Moline, Illinois."

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See photo at http://ak-cache.legacy.net/legacy/images/Cobrands/StarNewsOnline/Photos/W002389175_1.jpg

Villette S. Aageson Obituary

Villette S. Aageson, 99, of Fredericksburg, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Mary Washington Hospital.

Mrs. Aageson attended Trinity Episcopal Church and was formerly a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Burgaw, North Carolina.

Villette was a pioneering professional woman of the 1930s through 1950s, holding executive positions in advertising and hosting her own television and radio programs in Chicago, Wisconsin and Indiana. Writing was her passion, publishing occasional columns and magazine articles. She also enjoyed tutoring at her home in Alexandria, Virginia, in the 1960-70s. Later years were spent in Penderlea, North Carolina, and Fredericksburg, Virginia.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Julian S. and Nellie S. DuCray; her husband, Trygve K. Aageson; and her two sons, Trygve K. Aageson, Jr., and David DuCray Aageson.

Survivors include her daughter, Karen Aageson Bowers; three grandchildren, Patricia Bowers Hudson, Cynthia Bowers Francisco, and Edith Villette Bowers; and two great-grandchildren, Thomas James Hudson, and Claire Inez Hudson.

A memorial service will be held at 10AM on Saturday, April 3 at Trinity Episcopal Church. Inurnment will be at a later date in the St. Mary's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden in Burgaw, North Carolina.

Online guestbook is available at covenantfuneralservice.com.

Published in the Wilmington Star-News on Apr. 1, 2010
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/starnewsonline/obituary.aspx?n=villette-s-aageson&pid=141350581#sthash.XniHN2MM.dpuf

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From search "HARDY PIONEER FAMILY Ducray" online:
In 1839, Nicholas and Frances with their nine children left the port of Le Havre, France, aboard the ship Navire Marie, headed for a new home in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where friends from France already had settled. The ship began taking on water near Newfoundland, and hoping to keep the ship afloat, passengers and crew threw everything overboard, including the Ducrays' chest containing $2,000 in gold and everything else they brought for their start in the United States. Despite all efforts, the ship foundered. Everyone aboard was shipwrecked on a sand island off of the coast of Newfoundland. After days without rescue, without food and fresh water, the ship's crew became crazed. A passenger François Poly overheard the crew planning to kill and eat Nicholas Ducray and one of his sons (possibly his eldest, 15-year-old Jean-Baptiste). François saved the lives of the Ducrays by hiding them buried in sand. To everyone's great fortune, all were rescued the following day by a passing ship. The Ducrays remained lifelong friends with Jean François Poly. The Ducrays had with them a simple wooden cross with an ivory carving of Jesus, that they credited for their fortune of surviving the perilous voyage. The Ducray family bought 80 acres acres southeast of East Mead Township (now Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania) on the southern tip of Tamarack Lake; and later bought another farm on 72 acres located "2 miles south of Frenchtown and Route 27" and "on Route 441 near Boussons Corners." (An estate sale was listed in 1963 upon the passing of Nestor Ducray, grandson of Nicholas and Frances, son of Julius C. and Julia [née Grosclaude] Ducray. Nestor's sister Eva/Eve Mary Ducray Brunot passed away in 1967. The wood cross with ivory carving of Jesus brought with the family to America was kept by Eva, then passed to one of her children.)

Soon after settling in Crawford County, Nicholas became a church trustee for Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pettis, and donated an acre beside the church for use as the church cemetery (his name was misspelled on the deed "Ducri"). Nicholas and Frances and many of their family, friends, and neighbors are at rest in the Catholic church cemetery, in Section B Lot 5.

Nicholas and Frances's descendants (first generation) went to California, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, and Minnesota.

Nicholas and Frances had ten children, nine born in the family village in France:
1) Françoise Virginie/Frances Virginia born 1822
2) Jean-Baptiste/John B. Ducray 1824-1890 March 20
3) Celestine F. Ducray Bourquin, 25 Feb 1826-1899 Feb 7
4) Augustus Ducray 27 Sept 1827-1895 May 12 Pettis
Birth name: Gustavus Ducray
5) Claude Marie 8 August 1828-1912 February 23 = Mary F. Wood
6) Jeanne Claude/Johanna/Jane born 1831
7) Jean Claude/John C. Ducray 1833-1875 April 6
8) Charles Celestin Ducray 29 April 1835-1925
9) Justin Ducray January 1836-1914 December 24
Birth name: Augustus Ducray
Began using his name Justin Ducray in 1862, after his brother Gustavus's name change to Augustus Ducray.
10) Julius C. Ducray Meadville 1841-1925 Pettis
Julius was the first descendant of Servois Ducray born in the U.S.






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