Generation 2 :
Family of William Courchaine &
Mary Schmidt
Husband: William Courchaine
Birth: ~1867
Death:
Father: Joseph Courchaine
Mother: Viginia Boisvert
Marriage: 8/18/1902 [cert] (Little River WI)
(spouse parents: Frank & Mary Schmidt)
Wife: Mary Schmidt
Birth: ~1887
Death: 2/14/1926 [cert] (age 39 years) (broncio pneumonia 14 days)
(Burial: 2/16/1926 Lena)(informant: William)
Father: Frank Schmidt from Europe [from Mary's death cert.]
Mother: Mary Ricidof ??? [from Mary's death cert.]
Children …….
1. ? Child: Ovide (Audry) William
Birth: 6/16/1903 [cert] (Oconto City)(mother: Mary Smith of Oconto)
(father: William of Lena)
Death: 7/29/1904 [cert] (Oconto) (Age 1 year 1 month 11 days; birth 6/13/1903)
(deulitim leumulis)(burial: Cath. Cem.)
(mother: Mary Smith)(name: Audry William)
[oconto-genweb: deaths pre 1907]
Audre W Courchere 27 Jul 1904 01 0514 102 0218 02 069055
2. M. Child: William
Birth: ~1905
Death: {killed by boom in the 1940s}
Marriage: 9/16/1924 [cert] (Oconto) (witness Dorothy Courchaine)
(spouse parents; Wilfred Noel & Mary Bunker)
Spouse: Eva Noel
3. F. Child: Dorothy May Elizabeth
Birth: 4/5/1908 [cert] (Little River) (mother: Mary Smith, 20 yrs old)
(father:william, 27 yrs)
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse: {Arthur Plude}
4. M. Child: Lawrence Ambros(Amos)
Birth: 12/2/1910 [cert] (Little River) (4th child , 3 living)
(mother: Mary Schmidt of Little River, 23 yrs)
(father: William of Little River, 29 yrs)
Death:
Marriage: 1/23/1930 [cert] (Oconto)(spouse parents: Henry & Vivian)
Spouse: Lucille Dunk
5. F. Child: Ruby Agnus Mary
Birth: 3/25/1913 [cert] (Little River) (5th child 4 living)
(mother: Mary Smith, 26 yrs)
(father: William, 32 yrs)
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse:
6. F. Child: Carolyn Sofia
Birth: 11/15/1914 [cert] (Little River) (5th Child 5 living ???)
(mother: mary, 27 yrs)(father: William, 33yrs)
Death: 3/12/1923 [cert] (Age 8 yrs 3 mos 20 days) (Lena) (multiple arthitis)
(mother: Mary Smith)(informant: William)
(burial: 3/4/1923, Lena)
7. M Child: Joseph
Birth: 8/13/1916 6:45am [cert] (Little River) (7th child)
(mother: mary, 29 yrs)(father: William, 35 yrs)
Death: 8/19/1916 [cert] (Age 6 days) (pulminary) (Burial: 8/21 or 9/4??)
(burial: Lena)(informant: William)(mother: Mary Smith)
8. M. Child: Joseph William
Birth: 1/25/1918 [cert] (Little River) (8th child 6 living)
(mother: mary, 30 yrs)(father: William, 36yrs)
Death: 1/25/1918 [cert] (cause: not known no medical attendent at birth)
(age: 2 hours)(mother: Mary Smith)(burial:Lena)
(informant: William)
9. F. Child: Rosemary Virginia
Birth: 7/21/1919 [cert] (notes: 9th child 6 living)
(mother: mary, 33 yrs)(father: William, 38yrs)
Death:
Marriage:
Spouse:
10. ? Child: Infant
Birth: 8/10/1921
Death: 8/10/1921 [cert] (Lena) (stillborn) (burial: Lena)(informant: William)
(mother: Mary Smith)
{Notes were from a conversation I had with a Bernie Courchaine and his wife
whom we met in the early 1990s in Milwaukee WI. They lived in the Oconomowoc
area and came to our house in Mequon for a visit. Bernie is the son of
Lawerence Courchaine}