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Wisconsin
FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES
.BERGEVAIN.
Generation 1
1. Louis Bergevain - Moved with wife and daughters
from Bay Settlement, Brown County, Wisconsin to Oconto County, Wisconsin in
1870.
Born:
November 1, 1837 in French Canada (1870 & 1900 census)
Immigration: 1852 (1900 census) (
family oral history - to US with an Uncle at the age of 14.)
Died:
May 17, 1911 (Note: Lived with daughter Mary A. Bergevain [William] LaPlante
in Meager, Montana, on 1910 Census)
Buried:
Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto Wisconsin
+Rosalie (Rosalee) Forcier - wife of Louis
(Please see: FORCIER
Family Page )
Born:
December 1842 (or 1847 Brown County Index) in Bay Settlement, Brown County,
Wisconsin
Married:
1862 Brown County, Wisconsin
Died:
March 9, 1906
Buried:
Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto Wisconsin
Children
of Louis and Rosalie: (10 born, 5 living in 1900)
1. Amelia
(Emily) Bergevain -1900 had birthed 8 children with 7 living. Lived in
Meager, Montana in 1910 next door to father Louis Bergevain. Living in
Cottonwood, Montana in 1930 with 2 Greetan grandchildren
Born July 1863 Bay Settlement, Brown County, Wisconsin
Died: April 11, 1934 in Montana (Montana Death Index)
+ Joseph Greetan ( also Greeten, Greetans) - husband of Emily Bergevain -
1910 worked for Railroad
Parents: Maximo (Max) Greeten
December 4, 1836 - June 30, 1923; Pilagie ? Greeten
November 1, 1833 - April 19, 1908; buried in Oconto Catholic Cemetery,
Oconto, Wisconsin
Born: October 1862 in French Belgium
Married: July 31, 1882 Oconto
OCONTO COUNTY REPORTER, 1882
August 5, 1882
Children of Joseph and Emily:
1. Joseph M. Greetan
Born: February 1884 in Wisconsin
2. Edna M. Greetan
Born: June 1886 in Wisconsin
3. Oscar F.
Born: October 7, 1887 in Wisconsin
Died: September 1970 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
4. Leah Greeten
Born: December 1889 in Wisconsin
5. Frank J. Greetan
Born: March 1892 in Wisconsin
Died: 22 Sep 1914 Montana (Montana Death Index)
6. William J. Greeten
Born: April 1895 in Michigan
Died: April 16, 1961 in Beaverhead Montana
7. Wallace J. Greeten
Born: May 22, 1897 in Wisconsin
Died: August 1977 Bothell, King County, Washington
2. Rosalie Bergevain -
Born 1868 in Bay Settlement, Brown County, Wisconsin
Died: August 15, 1821
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery
+ Henri Lacourt - husband of Rosalie Bergevain
Born: 1862
Married: July 2, 1890 Oconto
Died: June 16, 1907
3. Henrietta (Hattie) M. Bergevain -
Born: May 14, 1868 (Cemetery Records)
Died: 1950
Buried: St Anthony Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
Oconto Falls
1950
Mrs. Frank Henne, 82, a resident of this area for more than 60 years, died in her sleep this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Landin, in Gillett. Mrs. Henne had fractured her hip in a fall on April 19, and after being released from the hospital had been staying with her daughter.
The former Hattie Bergevain was born May 14, 1868 in Bay Settlement, Brown county, the daughter of the Louis Bergevains. In 1886 she was married to Frank Henne, and after two years in Oconto, the couple moved to a farm in the town of Oconto Falls, in 1913 moving to the city. Her husband died December 9, 1938. Mrs. Henne was a member of the Altar society of St. Anthony church, the Legion auxiliary , and a former member of the Grand Army of the Republic. She had been in comparatively good health and was very active until her fall this spring.
Of the 14 children born to the Hennes, four died in
infancy, a son, Frank Jr., died in 1923, and a daughter, Mrs. James
(Pauline) O'Neal died in Chicago in January of this year. Her survivors are
three sons, Oscar, Oconto Falls, Fred, Gillett, and Paul, Butte, Mont.; five
daughters, Mrs. Roy (Rose) Miller, Oconto Falls, Mrs. Elmer (Leona) Landin
and Mrs. Herman (Pearl) Damp, Gillett, Mrs. J.H. (Christie) Venable, West
Yellowstone, Mont., and Mrs. J.J. (Katherine) Tatman, Linwood, Calif.; a
sister, Mrs. Mary LaPlant, Marquette Mich. The body is at the O'Neill
Funeral home in Oconto Falls.
+ Francois (Frank) E Henne - husband of Hattie Bergevain
Born: November 1849 in France
Immigration: 1870
Married: Aug. 8, 1887 Oconto (Oconto County Marriage Index)
Died: December 9, 1838
Buried: St Anthony Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
Children of Hattie and Frank: Birthed 14 children , 4 infant deaths.
1. Frank L Henne
Born: May 16, 1891 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: October 19, 1925 (32 Yrs. 7 Mos. 3 Days; WI Pvt 150 M.G. Battn 42 Div.
WWI)
Buried: St Anthony Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
2. Oscar J. Henne
Born: March 1894 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: 1955
Buried: St Anthony Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
+ Ruth R. ? - wife of Oscar Henne
Born: 1893
Died: 1979
Buried: St Anthony Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
3. Rosa M. Henne ( + Roy Miller)
Born: January 7, 1896 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: August 21, 1992 in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin
4. Christina J. Henne ( + J. H. Venable)
Born: December 1898 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
5. Catherine H. Henne ( + J. J. Tatman)
Born: November 1899 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
6. Pauline Henne ( O'Neal)
Born: 1903 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: January 1950 in Chicago, Illinnois
7. Alfred (Fred) Henne
Born: February 1, 1904 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: March 1977 in Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin
8. Filbert (Phil, Paul) E. Henne
Born: April 27, 1905 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
February 1987 in Butte, Montana
9. Leona (Leah, Violet) Henne - ( + Elmer Lansin)
Born: May 21, 1908 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: October 18, 1991
10. Pearl Henne ( + Herman Damp)
Born: 1911 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
4. Louis
Bergevain -
Born: 1871 Oconto, Wisconsin
+ Catharina Kooner: wife of Louis Bergevain Jr.
Married May 10, 1890 Oconto
Children of Louis Jr. and Kate: all born in Oconto County, Wisconsin
1. Agnes Bergevain - Baby
Born: 1892
Died: 1892
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
2. Lottie Bergevain - single
Born: 1895
Died: May 15, 1912
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
3. Wilbert Bergevain
Born: 1897
Died: 1964
Buried: St. Charles Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
+Idella G. - wife of
Wilbert Bergevain
Born: 1910
Married: 1925
Oconto County Reporter
October 8, 1925
The marriage of Miss Idella Hatton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hatton and Wilbur Bergevain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Bergevain, was solemnized Wednesday morning at eight thirty in St. Peters
parsonage, Rev. Looze performing the ceremony.
Died: 1998
Buried: St. Charles Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
Children of Wilbert and Idella:
Elroy
C. Bergevain
Born: 1934
Died: 1968
4. Stella Bergevain - single
Born: 1899
Died: 1941
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
5. Hattie Bergevain - single
Born: 1900
Died: 1982
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
6. Walter Bergevain
Born: July 26, 1903
Died: July 29, 1903
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
7. Catherine Mary Bergevain - single
Born: March 8, 1905
Died: Novemeber 24, 1994
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
8. Charles Louis Bergevain
Born: March 4, 1807
Died: March 16, 2001
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
+Irma Hoehne - wife of Charles Louis Bergevain
Married: on May 25, 1935.
Died: November 23, 1991
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
Children of Charles and Irma:
Charles Bergevain
Born: November 05, 1941
Died: November 07, 1941
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
9. Viola Bergevain - single
Born: August 06, 1909
Died: Apr. 30, 1911
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
10. Marcella Bergevain - single
Born: December 17, 1913
Died: April 27, 1935
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
5. Mary
Bergevain (1930 census lived in Marquette, Michigan)
Born: 1880
+ William Laplante - husband of Mary Bergevain
Parents: Joseph LaPlante b. January 1844 French Canada; Rosa ? b.
August 1848 in Michigan. 10 children born, 6 living in 1900 Detour,
Chippewa, Michigan
Born: June 1873 in Chippewa, Michigan
Married: July 30, 1906 Oconto
Children of Mary and William:
1. Infant LaPlante -
Born: before 1910 died before 1910
2. Norman La Plante
Born: 1908 in Michigan
3. Edna LaPlante
Born: 1912 in Meager, Montana
4. Wearly (Worley) LaPlante
Born: 1913 Meager, Montana
6.
Infant
Born: July 10, 1884 Oconto
Buried: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin