Delcena Diadamie Martineau (1857 - 1865)

Born 27 Nov 1857 in Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

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Died 23 Oct 1865 at age 7 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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Delcena Martineau died young.

Biography

Delcena was born on November 27, 1857 in Parowan, Utah. She was the daughter of James Martineau and Susan Sherman. Her father noted that she was born at 10:45pm, weighing 9 1/4 lbs.^[1][2][3]

She died of typhoid fever on October 23, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was seven years old.^[2][4][3] She was buried on October 24 in Salt Lake City Cemetery next to her grandmother and namesake Delcena Diadamia Sherman. Apparently, young Delcena had asked to be buried by her grandmother a few months before she died.^[1]

The following poems were copied in the journals of her father, James Henry Martineau:^[1]

"Lines written by Julia S. Martineau on the death of our daughter Delcena" (by her mother Susan Julia Martineau)

We are so lonely now my daughter dear
Since you have left us for a brighter sphere
Your absence causes us to mourn and weep
But that can not disturb your quiet sleep.

Sleep on in peace, for though thou’rt far away
Thy parents prayer shall be from day to day
To faithful, worthy and contented be
To meet their daughter in eternity.

Was it for some bad action I had done
That I was robbed of my sweet darling one?
If so, oh God, forgive the sin I pray
And take no more of my sweet babes away.

But teach me, Holy Father, how to be
A faithful servant unto them and Thee
And when at length our work on earth is done
Take us to Thee, in Thy celestial home.

"To the air of Belle Brandon" (by her father James Henry Martineau)

Oh Dellie, my heart’s sad and weary
With waiting and watching for thee:—
For thy sweet laugh so joyous and cheery.
That was ever like music to me.
But thou hast departed and left me
In sorrow lamenting thy loss.
Never more to my heart shall I press thee
Till my spirit is freed from its dross.

Oh Dellie if e’er tis permitted
For Spirits like thine to return
And revisit the scene they have quitted
Oh come to me, darling, oh come!
And bring with thee, Willie, thy brother
My playmate when you were both here
Let him visit his sorrowing mother
Her sad aching heart let him cheer

Oh dost thou remember that hour
When thy last lingering gaze dwelt on me,—
And my words, as I gave thee those flowers–
“Tis my last gift, my Della, to thee.”
Thou hast passed from all weeping and sorrow,—
Thou hast entered that city so fair;
And when shall arrive my to-morrow
I’ll join thee so joyfully there.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Martineau, James Henry. An Uncommon Common Pioneer: The Journals of James Henry Martineau, 1828-1918. Ed. Donald G. Godfrey and Rebecca S. Martineau-McCarty. Provo, UT: The Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z6BC-KMT2 : 9 December 2020), Delcena D Martineau, 1865.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH2-JVD : 4 August 2017), Delcena D Martineau, 23 Oct 1865; citing Ward 15, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.
4. ↑ Death notice for Delcena D. Martineau, "Died", Deseret News, 9 November 1865, p. 8. University of Utah Library.

See also:

• Martineau, James Henry. An Uncommon Common Pioneer: The Journals of James Henry Martineau, 1828-1918. Ed. Donald G. Godfrey and Rebecca S. Martineau-McCarty. Provo, UT: The Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-BJQ : 11 November 2020), Julcena Martineau in entry for James H Martineau, 1860.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #28056625