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 1863 - 1929 (65 years)
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| Name |
Francis Xavier Jarvis |
| Born |
2 Jun 1863 |
Berlin Township, S. Rockwood, MI  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Mar 1929 |
cause: intestial nephritis; burial: Holy Cross Cem, 8850 Dix, Detroit, MI |
| Person ID |
I06894 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
19 Oct 2010 |
| Father |
Ralph ("Raphael") James Jarvis, b. 8 Mar 1839, Montreal, (St. Philippe de la Prairie?) Canada , d. 13 Jan 1911, Holy Redeemer Parish, Detroit, MI (Age 71 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Trombley, b. 15 Jan 1840, Monroe, MI , d. 8 Jan 1906, St. Mary's Parish, Pinckney, MI (Age 65 years) |
| Married |
27 Jan 1862 |
St. Charles, Newport, MI |
| Family ID |
F0190 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Wattie L. Eldridge, b. Abt 1864, Berlin Twp., MI , d. 19 Oct 1947 (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1884 |
Berlin Twp, MI (?) |
| Children |
| | 1. Almeda Jarvis, b. Abt 1885, d. Abt 1888, S. Rockwood, MI, of small pox, buried S. Rockwood (Age 3 years) |
| | 2. Leo Jarvis, b. Abt 1887, d. 1959, Christian Brothers, St. Joseph's Institute, Barrytown, NY (Age 72 years) |
| + | 3. John Francis Jarvis, b. Abt 1891, d. 1943, Age 58, 4 mos, 5 days of coronary occlusion: cemtery records of Holy Cross Cem. (Age 52 years) |
| + | 4. Clarice Jarvis, b. Abt 1892 |
| + | 5. William (Willis) Jarvis, b. 09 Sep 1897, d. 1947, VA Hospital, of heart attack (hypertrophy of the heart) (Age 49 years) |
| | 6. Willard B. Jarvis, b. 10 Jun 1895, d. 7 Apr 1952, VA Hospital,coronary thrombosis. (Age 56 years) |
| + | 7. Henry Raphael Jarvis, b. Abt 1899, d. 9 Jan 1941, heart attack; burial: Holy Cross Cem., Dix St. , Detroit, MI (Age 42 years) |
| + | 8. Irwin Jarvis, b. 1 Aug 1901, Linwood, Bay County, MI , d. 28 October 1963 (Age 62 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2502 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, 8850 Dix, Detroit, MI, Grave 51, lot 181, Section E. The grave is unmarked. He died of chronic interstitial hepatitis, according to Cemetery records.
He was an inventor and engineeer, according to his daughter, Clarice Jarvis Brown Harker, who also gave Patrick L. Tombeau the members of this family in 1963. She was living at the time on Payne Street on the east side of Dearborn, MI.
His brother Charles states he could never finish the rosary and his nephew
A.J. larabell, states he always thought the devil was chasing him.
The following entries were found for Francis in the Detroit City Directory:
Jarvis, Frank, laborer, 339 Crogham (1889, 1890)
Jarvis, Frank X. carpenter, house on 652 McKinstry (1891)
Jarvis, Frank, laboerer, house south side Ancvhor, 9 w of the river (1892)
Jarvis, Frank, engineer, house ss Anchor, 6 w of river (1893)
Jarvis, Frank X, house west side of Anchor, n of River, River Rouge (1894)
Jarvis, Frank X, laborer, house w side Anchor, 6 n of River, River Rouge (1895)
Jarvis, Frank X., engineer, house east side of Henry, 5 s of River, River Rouge (1896, 1897)
Jarvis, Frank, laborer, h e s of Henry, 5 s of the river, River Rouge, (1898)
Jarvis, Frank X., carpenter, h e s of henry, 5 s of the River, River Rouge (1899)
Jarvis, Frank X., carpenter, he s Henry, 6 s of river, River Rouge, (1900)
No further entries after 1900 were found in the Detroit Directory for Frank. At the time of his death, he may have been living on Middlesex in Dearborn, MI. See wife's entry.
The following statements were made by A.J. Laraberll about his maternal Uncle Francis X. Jarvis, on June 27, 1964:
Francis spend time at Pontiac State Hospital for mental Illness.
In addition to Francis X. Jarvis inventions mentioned by his borhter Charles (the gondola coal car and the back seat bed), he patented a pump for kerosene cans- a small ahnd pump to replace the spigot on the barrels. A.J.'s father, Joseph Larabell, had invested $150 in its development, but the item failed to cathc on apparently because Francus jarvias did not press for its use. His brother, William Jarvis, is reputed to have used a model of it in the back of his grocery on Fort St. , Detroit.
Charles Jarvis, brother of Francis X. Jarvis, states that his brother spent twelve years in Pontiac State Hospital for mental illness. He also stated that his brother Francis was responsible for the loss of the South Rockwood farm of his father Ralph Jarvis because of the heavy mortgages he had built up against it.
A. J. Larabell also stated that Ralph Jarvis ran a basket company and that at one point he recieved two orders from from a Toledo firm and when he was not paid, he went to the firm to discover his son Francis was employed there. (as no trace of a basket farm has been found at this writing and Ralph's obituary indicates he owned a brick factory, it is possible this is the actual business involved in the above anecdote.)
The following may lead credence to the above land dealings. They were researched by A.J. Larabell:
April 1, 1885: Sophia Jarvis ) deeds land to her grandson, Francis X. Jarvis:
two 25 acre parcels are involved. later that year Francis sells the land back to his father, Ralph Jarvis. Francis is noted as a single man in the deed.
The earlier history of this land indicates that Sophia's husband, Joseph Jarvis II, bought 80 acres of land in 1865 from Mr. Wallace for $700 in the township of Berlin, section 22.
Ralph sold his farm in 1894 and moved to Detroit on Spring wells Ave.
According to his brother, Charles Jarvis, Francis X. Jarvis was an inventor. He invented the V-shaped coal gondola. He got $50 for the patent in Cleveland, OH, from the railroad company. But he lost the money on the way back on the boat because he became seasick. Francis also invented a a back seat bed in a car, but never patented it. He was in a sanitarium in Traverse City (Or Pontiac?) for twelve years because of paranoid tendencies. Charles describes his brother as a quiet, deep man.
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