Selina Cecelia Delvaux was born on 29 Jul 1875, in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, to Jules Joseph and Stephanie (Simon) Delvaux. She was raised by her Belgium immigrant parents in Montpelier, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

In about 1892 she married Louis Joseph Veraghen, probably in Humboldt Township, Brown Wisconsin. The couple lived in Humboldt and Green Bay, Wisconsin prior to moving their family to Nadeau Township, Menominee, Michigan, in 1905.

They purchased what is known as the Regan farm in Nadeau Township, where she and her family lived, until losing the property during the Great Depression. In 1941, the Piche family (Daughter Hazel's husband and in-laws), and others, built her and her husband a new home at N13800 Old Highway 41, in Nadeau. As her grandson, Bob Piche, recalled, the basement was dug with the help of horses, and the stone foundation was laid by hand.

Selina spent the last two years of her life receiving cancer treatment in Flint, Michigan, while living with her daughter, Mary, son Joseph, and their families.

Education: Never attended school. Could not read or write.

Occupation: Loving mother, housewife, and homemaker.

Selina, age 78, died of bowel cancer on 5 Nov 1953, at St. Joseph Hospital, in Flint, Michigan. She was buried on 9 Nov 1953, at the Nadeau Township Cemetery, in the Veraghen family plot, next to her husband, Louis, and several of her children.

Parents:
Jules Joseph Delvaux (1844-1910)
Stephanie "Fanny" Simon (1854-1921)

Spouse:
Louis Joseph Veraghen Sr. (1873-1943)
Married in about 1892, probably in Brown County, Wisconsin (51 years)

Children:
John Baptiste Veraghen (1894-1928)
Flora (Veraghen) Conrad (1895-1981)
Louis Joseph Veraghen Jr. (1898-1918)
William Julius Veraghen (1899-1974)
David Octave Veraghen (1901-1919)
Martin George Veraghen (1903-1982)
Joseph L. Veraghen (1905-1991)
Louise "Lucy" F. (Veraghen) Trombley (1907-1931)
Jule Lawrence Veraghen (1909-1965)
Mary L. (Veraghen) Forgette (1911-1990)
Hazel A. (Veraghen) Piche (1913-1998)
Adeline Cecilia (Veraghen) Olsen (1914-1995)
Selina Flora (Veraghen) Forgette-Macco (1916-2002)

Siblings:
Mary Felicite Delvaux (1873-)
Jules Joseph Delvaux Jr. (1877-1951)
Josephine Marie Delvaux (1880-?)
David Joseph Delvaux (1882-1958)
Louis Joseph Delvaux (1884-1930)
Ernestine M. (Delvaux) Veraghen (1886-1934)
Martin Joseph Delvaux (1888-1944)
Margaret (Delvaux) Charles (1891-1921)
Josephine Mary (Delvaux) Duquaine (1894-1991)
John Joseph Delvaux (1901-1960)

Bio by James C. Orr (3/13/2023) FAG ID# 47360719