CANADA Canada - Rosella DeLong, 29, Toronto, ON, 15 Dec 1947

[TheArtfulDetective]

Rosella Amanda DeLong



Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: December 15, 1947
Location Last Seen: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1918
• Age: 29 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Female
• Height: 165cm / 5 ft 5 in
• Weight: 66kg / 146 lb
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Blue
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scars on eyes.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Satin scarf. Black & white hat. Seal coat.
• Identifiers: False teeth

Circumstances of Disappearance:
DeLong was last seen leaving her family home in Toronto, Ontario on December 15, 1947. She intended on traveling to the USA to take a course and to buy equipment to start a weight loss clinic. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available regarding her disappearance and her whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Toronto Police Service: 416-808-5110; 416-808-7411; [email protected]
  Reference Case#: 1948-998.D55

• Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at Canadian Crime Stoppers Association. Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping.

• Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: [email protected]

Canada's Missing | Case details
Case View – Ontario's Missing Adults

 

[Quoththeraven]

Rose Ella Amanda Delong (note: not Rosella)
Born 1 Feb 1918
Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Delong and Alexandra Victoria Crawford.

Sister of James Alexander Crawford Delong, Mildred Jean (Delong) Bowman, Marguerite Catherine (Delong) Tanihill, Marie Adelaide (Delong) Hazlett, Laura Grace (Delong) Moersch, William George Bertram Delong, John Louis Delong, Cora Whilmena (Delong) Fairbridge, Victoria May (Delong) McDonald (She's the one in the newspaper report who reported her sister missing)

Rose was born in 1918. She is the daughter of Frank Delong and Lexy Crawford.

Rose DeLong, 30, who vanished from the city on Dec. 15, 1947.

DeLong had studied nursing but was a restaurant cashier at the time of her disappearance. DeLong had plans of starting a business in London, Ont., and just vanished after heading to New York to buy equipment. She lived on Seymour Avenue, not far from where the semi-mummified remains were discovered.‘

Family members who have done DNA may want to contact police to rule out body found is not Rose.

Rose Ella Amanda Delong (1918-) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Who was the woman in the concrete floor? The unanswered questions behind one of Toronto’s oldest cold-case mysteries

(I'd assume since she made it to the States, she wouldn't have been found in a concrete floor in Toronto, though De Long did have dentures, as did the lady in cement)
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According to this, she arrived in Niagara Falls.

• U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960,

Name Rose Ella Delong
Gender Female
Race/Nationality Scottish
Departure Contact Sister Victoria Macdonald (living at 5 Seymour St)
Age 29
Record Type Cards
Birth Date 1 Feb 1918
Birth Place Slate River, Ontario
Arrival Date 19 Dec 1947
Port of Arrival Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Who was the woman in the concrete floor? The unanswered questions behind one of Toronto’s oldest cold-case mysteries
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According to this Ancestry genealogy, she died in 1947 in Niagara Falls.

From an Ancestry family tree: Baeyens Family Tree
Rosella Amanda Delong
Father Benjamin Franklin Delong
Mother Alexandria Victoria Crawford
Birth 2 Feb 1918 Ontario, Canada
Death 1947 Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA
Residence 1 Jun 1921 Rainy River, Rainy River, Ontario, Canada
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First photo from newspapers showing her missing. This same article appeared in several Canadian newspapers and was the only one on Newspapersdotcom. Second photo shows her on bottom row, second from left, Rose Delong

 

[Romulus]

CANADA - Canada - Toronto, WhtFem, 19-40, under a cement floor, DOD 1949 or prior, May’95

 

[dotr]

CANADA - Canada - Toronto, WhtFem, 19-40, under a cement floor, DOD 1949 or prior, May’95

Excellent suggestion @Romulus!

 

[Richard]

A very interesting case. Hopefully a resolution will be forthcoming soon. It does seem a strong possibility for a match.

 

[Nate_Bro]

any updates on this?

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

According to this Ancestry genealogy, she died in 1947 in Niagara Falls.

From an Ancestry family tree: Baeyens Family Tree

I don't have any updates but I would like to point out that information posted on family trees is unreliable. I have had a number of people mix up my relatives and put them on their trees. They are very quick to grab a person that only somewhat matches what they think is their relative.
Then another person reuses the incorrect information and before I know it, my relative is on a lot of trees, with a new death place and spouse!
Also, so many people have similar names, Rose Ella/Rosella/Rose Anne/Rosana, etc., and names are changed and misspelled everywhere.