“Emil L Rane” appeared in the Vancouver directory in 1917, with an address at 1224 Denman Street.
Early Life
His name was actually Emile (or Emil) Louis Rene. He was born on April 14, 1874, in Montreal, Quebec. His parents were Fabien Rene and Celina St Aubin.
Marriage to Nellie Bilansky
On February 13, 1899, in Chambly, Quebec, Emile married Nellie Olympe Bilansky.
![Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Name: Emile Rene; Event Type: Mariage (Marriage); Marriage Date: 1899; Marriage Place: Chambly, Québec (Quebec); Place of Worship or Institution: St-Joseph; Spouse: Nellie Olympe Bilanski [indexed as Nellie Olympe Belauck.]](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/emile-rene-and-nellie-olympe-bilanski-marriage-date-1899-marriage-place-chambly-quebec.jpg?w=704&h=1085)
Nellie was born in on July 13, 1877, in Saint-Basile, Quebec. Her father was Benjamin Ramsey Bilansky, who was born in Minnesota in 1850. It appears that Benjamin’s father was Stanislaus Bilansky, and that his mother, Ellen, was Stanislaus Bilansky’s second wife. After Ellen left Stanislaus in 1856, he married Mary Ann Evards Wright (often called “Ann”). Stanislaus later died under suspicious circumstances. Ann was convicted of murder and she became the only woman executed in Minnesota.
Nellie’s mother was Marie Anne Lynch.
To Vancouver
By 1916, Emile was a rancher, living at 456 East Hastings Street in Vancouver.
The only other Vancouver directory listing for Emile was in 1921. He was living at 836 Seymour Street.
To California
Emile and Nellie moved to California about 1922, where they settled in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles.
In 1930 they were living at 346½ Indiana Avenue in Venice Beach. Emil was a commercial diver.
In 1939 Emile was salvaging a sunken dredge in the Fraser River, near Lytton, British Columbia. He appears to have suffocated, although his equipment was working correctly.
Emile was buried in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.
Nellie: Later Life
In 1943, Nellie became a naturalized United States citizen. She was still living at 346½ Indiana Avenue in Venice, California.
Nellie continued to live in California until the mid-1960s. She died in Los Angeles on March 15, 1967. She was buried in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.
Emile and Nellie had a daughter.
Eveline Helen Rene
Eveline Helen Rene was born in Canada (possibly in Quebec) on October 25, 1901.
On May 8, 1922, in Los Angeles, California, she married Rodolphe Lord, who was a machinist. He was born in Canada about 1886. His parents were Joseph Lord and Odile Beudoin. This marriage ended in divorce. Rodolphe and Eveline had a son, Leonard Richard Lord, who was born in California on June 20, 1928.
On March 12, 1936, Eveline married Fred George Lane, who was an electric railway motorman. He was born in Paulding, Georgia, on December 1, 1898. His parents were John Lane and Nana Colbert. Fred had been married before, but he was divorced.
Eveline died in Los Angeles County, California, on January 3, 1988.
Fred died in Orange County, California, on March 17, 1990.
Sources
Fabien René (father of Emil Louis Rene)
“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M42M-X9D : 13 November 2014), Fabien René, Waterloo, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 26, line 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10074, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,036.
Emil Louis Rene
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH5F-43T : 13 November 2014), Emile René in household of Walte Alfred, A, Montréal (city/cité), Quebec, Canada; citing p. 8, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=89168&highlight=46&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Emile+Ren%E9
“United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVW-XY4 : 8 December 2015), Emil L Rene, 1930.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLM-DVV : 30 September 2015), Emile Louie Rene, 1939.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKT-Y2YY : 13 December 2015), Emile Louis Rene, 1939; Burial, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park; citing record ID 53267584, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53267584
Benjamin Ramsey Bilansky (father of Nellie Olympe Bilansky)
Benjamin Ramsey Bilansky, http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/benjamin-ramsey-bilansky_10506970: “Born. Benjamin Ramsey married Marie Anne Lynch and had a child.”
“The Execution of Ann Bilansky,” Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota,
By John D. Bessler, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2003, chapter3, pages 67-92. Page 78 refers to “ten-year-old Benjamin Bilansky.”https://books.google.ca/books?id=FFoxXkFxQsMC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=benjamin+bilansky&source=bl&ots=f9mzLwQnEm&sig=UhXiSp5-9RiL8Jf6zH-c6Kn0wrk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG_LyNpaPOAhVC02MKHfkqCDgQ6AEILTAE#v=onepage&q=benjamin%20bilansky&f=false.
Justice in Heaven: The Trial of Ann Bilansky, by Matthew Cecil , http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/55/v55i08p350-363.pdf. Includes history of Bilansky family.
“Bilansky’s second wife, Ellen, left him in 1856 after nine years of marriage. The couple had four children. The three surviving—Benjamin, Rinaldo, and Kate, ages 10, 8, and 6 in 1860—remained with Bilansky after the divorce.
Despite his unpleasant demeanor, Bilansky married for the third time in September 1858. Mary Ann Evards Wright had moved to Minnesota from Pleasant Hill, Illinois, in April 1858 at the request of her nephew John Walker, who was ill with typhoid fever. (She and her husband had lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, for several years before he was killed in a railroad accident.) Wright . . . went by her middle name, Ann . . .”
Marie Anne Lynch (mother of Nellie Olympe Bilansky)
Marie Anne Lynch, http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/marie-anne-lynch_26359708: “Born to John Lynch and Rose Delima Provost. Marie Anne married Benjamin Ramsey Bilansky and had a child.”
Nellie Olympe Bilansky (wife of Emile Louis Rene)
Nellie Olympe Bilansky, http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/nellie-olympe-bilansky_10542336: “Born to Benjamin Ramsey Bilansky and Marie Anne Lynch. Nellie Olympe married Emile Rene.”
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVJQ-Z4J : 18 November 2014), Nelly Belonstri in household of Benjamin Belonstri, St-Bazile, Chambly, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 7; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13205, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,841; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008150232.pdf
“United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVW-XYH : 8 December 2015), Nellie B Rene in entry for Emil L Rene, 1930.
“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H2-2NP : 17 May 2014), Nellie Rene in household of Fred Georg Lane, Councilmanic District 1, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-51, sheet 17B, family 520, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 376.
“California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX3R-32Y : 28 November 2014), Nellie Olympe Rene, 1943; citing Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, Laguna Niguel; FHL microfilm 1,557,044.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKT-Y2YB : 13 December 2015), Nellie Olympe Rene, 1967; Burial, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park; citing record ID 53267512, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53267512.
“California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4B-XSD : 26 November 2014), Nellie Rene, 28 Mar 1967; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
“United States Social Security Death Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBQT-26R : 19 May 2014), Nellie O Rene, 15 Mar 1967; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Eveline Rene (daughter of Emil Louis Rene)
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8F1-B2Y : 28 November 2014), Rodolphe Lord and Eveline Rene, 08 May 1922; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,277.
“United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVZ-LDH : 8 December 2015), Eveline Lord in entry for Rodolphe J Lord, 1930.
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JG-CGF : 28 November 2014), Fred George Lane and Eveline Lord, 12 Mar 1936; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,113,868.
“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H2-2NL : 17 May 2014), Evelyn Lane in household of Fred Georg Lane, Councilmanic District 1, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-51, sheet 17B, family 520, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 376.
“California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ7-B8J : 28 November 2014), Eveline Helen Lane, 1954; citing Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, Laguna Niguel; FHL microfilm 1,570,467.
“California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGP8-V5S : 26 November 2014), Eveline Lane, 03 Jan 1988; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
“United States Social Security Death Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBQV-M46 : 20 May 2014), Eveline H Lane, 03 Jan 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
“California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPMG-925 : 26 November 2014), Evelyn Lane, 03 Jan 1988; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Leonard Richard Lord (son of Rodolphe Lord and Eveline Helen Rene)
“California Birth Index, 1905-1995,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGFR-JGT : 27 November 2014), Leonard Richard Lord, 20 Jun 1928; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
“United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GV-N47 : 5 December 2014), Leonard R Lord, enlisted 06 Sep 1946, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing “Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946,” database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
“United States Public Records, 1970-2009,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KT84-X2S : 23 May 2014), Leonard R Lord, Residence, Carson, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
Fred George Lane (husband of Emilie Rene)
“United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD3-TMD : 8 December 2015), Fred G Lane, 1930.
“California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGPJ-W8T : 26 November 2014), Fred G Lane, 17 Mar 1990; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
“United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV57-G73M : 4 September 2015), Fred G Lane, California, United States, 22 Mar 1990; from “Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 – Today),” database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
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