The First of Our Family's Settlers in Wisconsin

Jean Baptiste Le Capitaine (1804-1881) traveled from Antwerp, Belgium to NE Wisconsin with his daughter Sylvie (1834-1898), and four sons in 1856.  Wife Jeanne Marie Adelaide Coppe (1810-1855) had passed away the year before.

We believe that this is a portrait of Jean Baptiste and Jeanne Marie, which was made in Belgium and brought to Wisconsin with the family.

Here are the five siblings, from whom all of us Le Capitaines, LeCaptains, and Captains descend:
Sylvie Josephe Le Capitaine (1834-1898)
Prosper Jean Francois LeCaptain (1837-1917)
Joseph Jean Francois Le Capitaine (1838-1920)
Constant Jean Baptiste Le Capitaine (1849-1922)
Jules LeCaptain (1851-1924)

Source: From Grez-Doiceau to Wisconsin : contribution à l'étude de l'émigration wallonne vers les États-Unis d'Amérique au XIXème siècle (1986) by Defnet, Mary A.; Ducat, Jean; Eggerickx, Thierry; Poulain, Michel