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Wisconsin
FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES
.GREETAN.
Descendant contact: Beverly
I found the ship that Max and family came over on. They came into Quebec on the S.S. Europe in April 27 1871. They sailed from Liverpool on April 1 th. (Geneas data base, National Archives of Canada.) Beverly
GENERATION 1
1. Minau Greeten - farmhand, boarder in Oconto 1880
with lumberman Albert LeCourt age 22.
Born:
1845 in Belgium
Single
2. Maximo (Max) Greeten
(1880 neighbor of Louis Bergevain in Oconto);
Born:
December 4, 1836 in French Belgium (1831 on 1900 census)
Immigrated in 1871
Died:
June 30, 1923
Buried
in Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
+ Pilagie also Tounise and Plege ? - wife of Max
Greeten
Born:
November 1, 1833 in French Belgium (1831 on 1900 census)
Immigrated in 1871
Died:
April 19, 1908;
Buried
in Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
Children
of Max and Pilagie Greeten - birthed 4 children in 1900 with 4 living
1. Joseph Greetan - born in Belgium 1861
2. Adaline Greeten - born in Belgium August 1864
3. Elmira Greeten - born in Belgium 1866
4. Clement Greeten - born in Wisconsin 1874
+ Mary Thome
Married: March 10, 1896 Oconto
GENERATION 2
1. Joseph
Greetan ( also Greeten, Greetans) - husband of Emily Bergevain - 1910 worked
for Railroal
Born: October 1862 in French Belgium
Married: July 31, 1882 Oconto
Died: 24 July 1953 (Age 90) -- Oconto County, Wisconsin
+ Amelia (Emily) Bergevain - wife
of Joseph Greetan; 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
Father:Louis Bergevain ( please see: BERGEVAIN
Family Page )
Mother: Rosalie (Rosalee) Forcier - wife of Louis (Please see: FORCIER
Family Page )
Born July 12, 1863 in Bay Settlement, Brown County, Wisconsin
Died: April 11, 1934 in Yellowstone County, Montana (Montana Death
Index)
OCONTO COUNTY REPORTER, 1882
August 5, 1882
Children of Joseph and Emily:
1. Joseph M. Greetan
Born: February 1884 in Wisconsin
+ Carrie Spice - wife of Joseph Greentan
Born: October 1890 in Ashland, Ohio
Died: 1971
2. Edna M. Greetan
Born: June 26, 1886 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Died: 23 October 1981 -- King County, Washington age 95
+ Dell Waldron - husband of edna M. Greetan
Born 19 April 1885 -- Ohio
No recorded children
3. Oscar F. Greetan
Born: October 7, 1887 in Wisconsin
Died: September 1970 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
Duluth News-Tribune; Minnesota
Date: February 3, 1907
Oscar Greetan of Crystal Falls, MI Railroad accident inches from death. (nearly crushed by runaway car)
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)
Montana Anaconda Standard
Sept 23, 1914
Frank Greetan Drowned in the Musselsyhell River (worked for the railroad)
6. William J. Greeten
Born: April 1895 in Michigan
Died: April 16, 1961 in Beaverhead Montana
7. Della Greetan
Born: 9 Aug 1896 in Oconto (WI Birth Index)
8. Wallace J. Greeten
Born: May 22, 1897 in Wisconsin
Died: August 1977 Bothell, King County, Washington
2. Adaline Greeten -
Born August 1864 in Belgium widowed 1920 married at age 34
Died: Aug. 08, 1939 Oconto Catholic no stone
+ ? Burke. - husband of Adaline Greetan
Married: 1887
Known Children of Adaline and Burke:
1. Joseph Greeten - born in Wisconsin October 1887
2. Arthur Greeten - born in Wisconsin May 1900
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