Jules LeCaptain - 1st Generation

B:  13 Sep 1851 in Grez-Doiceau, Brabant, Belgium
D:  22 Oct 1924 in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, USA

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






1856 - Came to Wisconsin with his father, brothers, and sister.  (Age 5)

1870 - Jules lived on the family farm with his father and brothers.  (Age 19)

Married in 1877 in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin to Mary Massart  (1859-1939)

Children:
🔹 Joseph LeCaptain  (1878-1965)
🔹 Henry LeCaptain  (1879-1968)
🔸 Alice H LeCaptain  (1882-1972)
🔸 Marie Eida LeCaptain  (1886-1981)
🔸 Louise M LeCaptain  (1893-1982)
🔸 Emma LeCaptain  (1895-1983)

1880 - Farmed at his father-in-law, Dennis Massart's farm, in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

Mary and Jules LeCaptain - date unknown

1900 Census in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin

1910 Census in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin

 

Jules died on 22 Oct 1924 in Casco, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, at the age of 73.
The cause of death was dropsy (the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water; edema.)

25 Oct 1924 - Green Bay Press Gazette

 

Jules was buried on 25 Oct 1924 in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Lincoln, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

Wife Mary Massart LeCaptain died on 9 Jun 1939 in Casco, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

12 Jun 1939 - Green Bay Press Gazette

23 Jun 1939 - Algoma Record Herald

Jules and Mary LeCaptain's headstone at St Peter's Church, in Lincoln, Wisconsin.
Photo by me in April 2018.