Joseph Jean "JJ" Francois Le Capitaine - 1st Generation

B:  20 May 1838 in Grez-Doiceau, Brabant, Belgium
D:  22 Jan 1920 in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA

Parents:
Jean Baptiste Le Capitaine  (1804-1881)
Jeanne Marie Adelaide Coppe  (1810-1855)


March - June 1856 - Immigrated to Wisconsin from Belgium (age 18)

Joseph Jean settled in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin with his father and brothers.


Harriette in 1923, two years before her death




Married on 17 Sep 1867 to Harriette (Henriette) Josephe Detrie  (1841-1925)

Children:
🔹 John Joseph Le Capitaine  (1867-1950)
🔸 Mary Theresa Le Capitaine  (1870-1941)
🔹 Jules Le Capitaine  (1871-1962)
🔹 Desire Le Capitaine  (1876-1946)
🔹 Leopold "Paul" John Le Capitaine  (1878-1963)
🔹 Henry Le Capitaine  (1882-1969)












1897 - Joseph built and opened the Le Capitaine Grocery Store in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin.

Tues 23 Mar 1897 - Green Bay Press Gazette
Thur 14 Apr 1898 - Green Bay Press Gazette


1910 Census - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin
Joseph (head) - age 69  (he was actually 72...?)
Harriet (wife) - age 69
Desire (son) - age 27 (he was actually 34...?)
Henry (son) - age 28


Joseph died on 22 Jan 1920 in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, at the age of 81.

23 Jan 1920 - Green Bay Press Gazette

24 Jan 1920 - Green Bay Press Gazette


Wife Harriette died on 15 June 1925, in Green Bay, Wisconsin at the age of 83.

15 Jun 1925 - Green Bay Press Gazette - (Age is incorrect)

17 Jun 1925 - Green Bay Press Gazette


Le Capitaine headstone in Allouez, Wisconsin.  Harriet and Joseph are in the middle.
Photo taken by me in November 2013.

Detail of the above headstone.
Photo taken by me in November 2013.


*** Note:  Joseph's line seems to be the only branch (among the four brothers) where all the descendants kept the original spelling of Le Capitaine.

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