Geneology for
Courchaines of NE Wisconsin
Oconto & Manitowoc Counties

As best as I can determine, it appears that three Courchaine brothers(Peter, Joseph,
& John) and one sister(Sophia) emigrated to Wisconsin during the years 1845 through 
1857 from St. Francois-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada.  A fourth Courchaine, Henry, also 
emigrated during this time and from the same place.  He has different parents. Peter 
and Joseph then moved with their families to Oconto County during the late 1870s or 
early 1880s.  Henry & John and their families remained in Manitowoc County.  See this 
page on the Oconto Genweb site about the migration of the French families from Manitowoc 
to Oconto town of Lena. (click here)

I have listed each of the above families as generation 1.  Their children will be 
listed under generation 2.  Many pieces of information are missing.  I have only 
focused my research on those individuals with the Courchaine surname for these two 
generations.  Other Courchaine names can be found throughout this area and time 
period. Especially Courchaines of Menomonee Indian decent.  How they are connected 
to these families is still not known.

The initial information was obtained by viewing actual records at the Oconto & 
Manitowoc County court houses during the early 1990s.  Much more information is now 
available on-line that I am just beginning to go through.  Many thanks have to go to
all the individuals that are working so hard putting this information on-line. 
 

My information is referenced as follows:

Dates followed by [cert] indicate that I found a certificate for that event, 
either birth, death, or marriage.

Comments from the certificate are placed in ( …) parenthesis following the [cert]

Other information obtained from documents or on-line are followed with:

[2rvrlib ] information obtained at the Two Rivers WI Library. I have copies.

[manitowoc-genweb] information obtained from the Manitowoc GenWeb website.

[oconto-genweb ] information obtained from the Oconto GenWeb website.

[Canada] information was obtained from Camille Courchesne of Quebec Canada 
 at ccourch@sympatico.ca 


Camille’s information along with my g-g-grandfathers(Peter) obituary links the 
three Courchaine brothers that emigrated from St. Francois - du Lac Canada.
  

The sister, Sophia Courchaine, married a Louis Greenwood Boisvert.  I have 
exchanged information with a descendent of Sophia.  Her name is Roxanne Mikkelson 
and she can be reached at roxylou@yahoo.com.

A David(Chalk) Courchaine from Washington State has a significant amount of 
information on the Courchaine’s of Canada.  This information traces the Courchaines 
back to the 1600’s when they first emigrated from France to Canada.  He can be 
reached at CCourchane@aol.com.

Information in the brackets { .. } was obtained from conversations with various
individuals.  
See the end of each family page for names & addresses

I have copies of selective records from the Diocese of Green Bay.  They are all in 
French and have not been translated.



Comments. Suggestions, Corrections should be sent to:
Dolph Courchaine   (grandson to Peter Dominic Courchaine)

(314) 835-9760 dolph@courchaine.org

Misc. notes





The following data is on the Manitowoc GenWeb site and can not be definitively 
associated with any of the individual families in generation 1.  Some spellings are
close but not exact. They may even be un-related. Viewing the actual records may help
in placing them somewhere.

1855 State Census Index

     [Centerville][Cooperstown][Eaton]
     [Kossuth][City of Manitowoc][Manitowoc]
     [Manitowoc Rapids][Maple Grove][Meeme][Mishicot][Newton][Two Rivers] 
     Cato, Franklin, Gibson, Liberty(or Buchannan), Rockland, Schleswig, and 
     Two Creeks(Rowley) were not separated as townships in 1855. For additional
     information on the formation of these towns, see the Town History Page

     This was on the mishicot page

     CAUSHEIME, P.          Page 92

     This was on the Two Rivers Page.

     CUSHANE, HENRY      Page 27


from pre-1907 births page

     Mary M Couchnet
     Birth Date: 14 Jul 1891
     Reel: 0118
     Record: 002195

     Elenor L Cuchane
     Birth Date: 06 Feb 1886
     Reel: 0117
     Record: 001449

from marriage index 'C' 

     COURCHAINE: Eugenie 
     Marriage Date: 06 Oct 1873 Vol:02 Page:0247 Vol:A Sequence:04562 
     to: GAGNON: Jonas Marriage Date: 06 Oct 1873 
                                Vol:02 Page:0247 Vol:A Sequence:04561 

     COURCHAINE: Jessie 
     Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1880 Vol:03 Page:0029 Vol:A Sequence:04732 
     to: GAUTHIER: Joseph Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1880 
                                Vol:03 Page:0029 Vol:A Sequence:04731

     COURCHENE: Thomas E 
     Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1897 Vol:04 Page:0525 Vol:B Sequence:00795
     to: Florence Eva Morse Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1897 
                                Vol:04 Page:0525 Vol:B Sequence:03708


from the:
PRE-1907 DEATHS


COURTHOUSE PRE-1907 DEATH INDEX

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
These are the ones from the courthouse that are not in with the other pre-1907 deaths. 
A - part of K are on the microfiche pre-1907 pages. On these pages, A-J are from 
vol. 1, part of K and L-Z are from all volumes.


     COUCHAINE:
     Maria............May  07, 1875  *same name, 1 May, 1875, vol.2, p.114

     COURCHAINE:
     Ephr.............Jul. 30, 1884  *Ephrem, same dt., vol.3, p.139
     Henry............Mar. 05, 1894  *same, vol.4, p.207
     Mary.............Jan. 12, 1905  Cem.#63, Mary Ann, same date
                                     *Mary Courchane, same dt, vol.7, p.297

from: Marriages for Manitowoc County, Cross-Indexed]
            (Includes Newspaper Articles and Links to Biographies) 

     COURCHAINE: Joseph
     m: 27 Feb. 1906 (co. mar. index. v.7 p.426)
     to: Louise Filliez

from cemetary listings:  CALVARY CEMETERY
                         City of Two Rivers, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin

                         COUCHANE:
                         [Unk]-[Liston Courchane/bur. 02-11-1922]

INDEX FOR "EARLY MANITOWOC HISTORY" by JOHN HARMON

John Harmon wrote a series of articles for the Herald Times Reporter. 
This is the index to the book that was printed with the articles in it.
The book is in the Manitowoc Public Library and can be ordered through
the interlibrary loan.

Courchene 104



End of Notes from Manitowoc GenWeb