B: 21 Apr 1849 in Grez-Doiceau, Brabant, Belgium
D: 28 Mar 1922 in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Parents:
Jean Baptiste Le Capitaine (1804-1881)
Jeanne Marie Adelaide Coppe (1810-1855)
March 1856 - Immigration from Belgium to Wisconsin with his father and brothers. (age 7)
Married in about 1871 to Philomena Mignon (1850-1920)Children:
🔸 Josephine Le Capitaine (1871-1941)
🔹 Desire Le Capitaine (1873-1886)
🔹 Joseph Louis Captain (1875-1954)
🔹 Julius Jules Captain (1877-1962)
🔸 Selina Le Capitaine (1879-1954)
🔹 Victor J Captain (1881-1965)
🔹 Charles Joseph Captain, Sr (1882-1965)
🔸 Elma Mary Le Capitaine (1886-1981)
🔹 William Joseph Le Capitaine, Sr (1888-1952)
The Peshtigo Fire took place on the night of 8 Oct 1871 and affected both the West and East sides of Green Bay.
There are many articles in the Algoma, Door County, and Green Bay newspapers in the following weeks detailing the people who perished in the fire, and listing property lost. I have not found any Le Capitaine names among those lists, both for fatalities and property lost. Many of the neighbors and in-laws of our family did lose their lives and property.
However! Constant Le Capitaine is listed on a document from the Town Board of Brussels as a recipient of funds for folks who needed support after the fire. His father-in-law, Charles Mignon was listed in the newspapers as having lost his home and property. Because Constant did not yet own land of his own and because his father-in-law is listed on the document directly above him, I assume that Constant was living there with his young family and was also affected.
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| 26 Oct 1871 - Door County Advocate |
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| Constant and his father-in-law received funds from the Town of Brussels' Treasury |
Charles Mignon and Constant Le Capitaine each received $7.87. In today's money, that's about $149.01 each. Barb Chisholm, a researcher of Belgian-Wisconsinites, found that "In 1872 an average horse cost $60.00, pigs $5.00, cows over $20.00." So this money was not a lot to start over with, rather it was just a bare minimum to keep them going.
28 Sep 1877 - Constant filed his Declaration of Intent at court house at Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin.
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| Declaration of Intent signed 28 Sep 1877 Constant signed with an "X," likely because he was illiterate |
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| 1880 Census |
21 Feb 1883 - Naturalization
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| Constant Le Capitaine's Naturalization Record |
30 Aug 1883 - Constant acquired land in Door County.
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| 30 Aug 1883 - Constant's land patent. |
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| Map showing Constant's land-- that smallest rectangle in the darkest orange. 80 acres. Source: https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=WI1790__.305&docClass=STA&sid=g1o1ltvp.fwr#patentDetailsTabIndex=0 |
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| Front: Charles Joseph Sr, Philomena Mignon, William Joseph Sr, Constant, Selina Back: Julius, Joseph Louis, Victor J - Photo taken approximately 1893 |
1901 - Lived in Appleton, at 1200 Spencer Street.
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| All the family is listed as "Captain" in this 1901 Appleton, WI City Directory |
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| 1915 Appleton City Directory, family is listed as "Capitaine" |
Wife Philomena died on 16 Sep 1920 in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, at the age of 70.
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17 Sep 1920 - The Appleton Post Crescent
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Constant died on 28 Mar 1922, in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, at the age of 72.
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| 29 Mar 1922 in the Appleton Post Crescent The part about coming to Outagamie at age 6 is not correct... |
Constant and Philomena are buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin.
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