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OCONTO COUNTY
Wisconsin
FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES

 

.LECOMTE.

Belgium to Oconto County, Wisconsin
For a Belgium history in Oconto please click: BELGIUM
The French speanking Belgium born LeComte Family living in Oconto County can be traced back to the 1860 federal census when brothers Antone and [Peter] Joseph LeComte were living in the boarding house of the Oconto Lumbering Company and working in the Oconto mill. Their sister Antoinette Lecomte had been married 1858 in Oconto County and was living in city of Oconto with her husband John B. Wauterbrook. Each had immigrated at separate times with Peter Joseph found in 1855 coming through the Port of New York only days after the opening of the new Castle Gardens immigration facility. Antoinette would follow at the same port in 1857. Antoine arrived sometime before 1860. Thdeir parents were Pierre François LeComte and Marie-Thérèse Josèphe Beaufaux both of Belgium.

The single brothers worked in the lumber industry and served in the U.S. Army of the Republic during the Civil War, shortly after arriving from their original homeland. Upon their return from the war, Joseph LeComte lived with his wife, Maria Alphonsia Reynier (also Alphonsine Renier and Reignier), whom he had married in 1861 and they had a daughter, Marie (Elizabeth) born in Oconto in 1863. After the war, in 1866, a son Gustave was born in neighboring Brown County, Wisconsin, where Maria had settled with her family after immigrating from Belgium in 1855. Joseph is believed to have died there very near the time of his son's birth. Antoine remained single in Oconto until 1882 when he married and started a family. 

 The Oconto LeComtes had a brother, Jean Nicholas LeComte, who had remained in Belgium. Jean Nicholas had married Catherine Virginie Paques and three of that couple's offspring immigrated to Oconto County in 1881 from Belgium. Camille, Adelin and Gustave Joseph LeComte each married and also raised families in Oconto County.

The Oconto surnames of LeComte Family spouses include: Wauterbrook, LeComte, Mineau, Tilley, Johnson, Renier, Picard, Schultz, Hoffman, Weisgerber, VanGaal, Loose, Peterson, Kinziger, Suderberg, Frederick, Vanderfin, Aubry, Whitaker, Trepanier and Belongia.


Generation 1

 1 Sister & 2 Brothers - Parents: Pierre François LeComte (b: August 7, 1796 in Wavre, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - d: after 1875 in the USA, burial not found) &  Marie-Thérèse Josèphe Beaufaux (b: April 14, 1795 in Doiceau, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - d: March 15, 1875 in Grez, Brabant Wallon, Belgium) paul hendrickx association genealogique wavre

Castle Garden,
New York, grand opening August 3, 1855. The structure (a former military fort at "The Battery") became
America's first immigrant receiving center, welcoming 8.5 million people before it was closed in 1890 and succeeded by Ellis Island.
Peter Joseph LeComte disembarked here upon immigration to the United States on August 16, 1855, his sister Antoinette LeComte arrived here on October 27, 1857.


1. Antoinette Therese LeComte    b: March 17, 1826 in Doiceau, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
    Immigrated: October 27, 1857 at Port of New York at age 31 years at Castle Gardens
    married: 1858 in Oconto County, Wisconsin 
    d: October 30, 1907 in Little River, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes Antoinette LeComte: She often used the first name Therese; Gust LeComte signed for her August 3, 1911 Passport Application for a trip to Belgium) + John B. (Jean Baptiste) Wauterbrook    b: September 30, 1930 in Belgium    d: April 19, 1901 in Little River, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin
    child of Antoinette and John:
            1. John Wauterbrook (also Waterbrook)
                b: August 3, 1859 in Little River, Oconto County, Wisconsin
                d: February 3, 1933 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
                burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin:
             + Mary Theresa LeCompte - wife of John Wauterbrook
                 b: September 30, 1864 in Belgium
                immigration: 1880
                marriage: July 4, 1882 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin at age 16 years
                 d: November 11, 1931 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
                 burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin

2. Antonius (Jean Antoine) LeComte (1831 - 1899) 
     b: February 8, 1931 in  Doiceau, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
    immigration: prior to 1860 - see notes below
    military: Private, U.S. Civil War, Company G, 17th Wisconsin Infantry 
    d: April 24, 1899 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Gustave LeComte: 1860 single, he was found on the Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin, Federal Census, living with younger brother [Pierre] Joseph in the boarding house of the Oconto Lumbering Company; 1863 July - August listed as Antoine at age 30 with brother [Pierre] Joseph LeComte at age 28 as living in city of Oconto, Wisconsin, on U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865.;Civil War Veteran; 1863 godfather to Peter Joseph LeComte's daughter Elizabeth (actually Maria) Felicitia LeComte in Oconto; see baptism St. Peters Catholic Church, Oconto; godmother Anna Josepha Motte; Living with sister in 1880 - single farm worker)
 + Camille LeComte
     b: February 24, 1865 in Belgium
    immigration: 1881
    marriage: 1882 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    d: October 2, 1900 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Camille LeComte: Father named John (Jean) LeComte, mother Virginia Paque; Camille is  the sister of Gustave Joseph LeComte who shares the same parents' names and birth time.)
    children of Antone and Camille:
        1. Felix LeComte
             b:  January 25, 1883 in oconto county, Wisconsin
            naturalization: 1906 Oconto County Circuit Court, Wisconsin
            d: February 25, 1920  in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes Felix LeComte: 1910 living in Oconto South Ward with uncle Gust J. LeComte and his family)
          + Lillian
             b:  1894 in Wisconsin
            d:
             Children of Felix and Lillian
                Felix Burton LeComte
                    b: July 08, 1914     
                    d: Nov. 24, 1915
                    burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
                 Antone LeComte
                    b: 1918 in Oconto, Wisconsin
                    Marriage: Patricia M Johnson 10 Apr 1944 - Pine Grove, Portage, Wisconsin
                    d: 23 Oct 2010 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin
        2. Wilfred (also Wilford) LeComte
             b:  July 1885 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d:  not found after birth
        3. Rosa (Rose) Marie LeComte
             b:  February 9, 1894 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d:  May 17, 1975 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
 (note on Rose LeComte: Obituary Oconto - 1975
Lifetime City Resident Dies
OCONTO - A lifetime resident of the City of Oconto, Mrs. Rose M. Mineau, 81, of 227 Pecor St. died today at Oconto Memorial Hospital. Death follows a long illness.
    The former Rose LeComte was born February 9, 1894. She was married to William L. Mineau on October 1, 1913, at St. Peter Catholic Church. He died July 10, 1946.
    Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Mary Lois) Gering and Mrs Paul LaBeck of Oconto; five sons, Robert and Wilfred of Green Bay, the Rev. David, John and Cifford of Oconto; 36 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
    Friend may call at the Gallagher-Pinkart funeral home on Monday after 2 p.m. There will be prayer service there at 8 p.m. Monday and the Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary at 9 p.m.
    The concelebrated mass will be offered Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Peter Church with her son, Rev. David, the Rev. Abner Laque and the Rev. Philip Hoffmann officiating. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery.;)
            + William Leonard Mineau - husband of Rose Marie LeCompte
            b:  July 15, 1881 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            marriage: October 1, 1913 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: July 10, 1946 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin

 3. Peter (Pierre) Joseph LeComte
    b: May 13, 1833 in Doiceau, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - Belgians in the American Civil War Author: Guy Gallez
    immigration: 1855 Aboard the "Antartic", departing Antwerp on 6 July 1855 and arriving at New York 16 August 1855 at Castle Garden- Passenger List of the Antartic, July-August 1855
    d: about 1866 probably in Brown County, Wisconsin, near the time son Gustave J. LeComte was born in 1866 and before wife's remarriage in 1867)
     burial: not found, probably in Brown County Allouez Cemetery, or Oconto Catholic Cemetery
(note on Peter Joseph LeComte: Went by the first name of Joseph; 1860 single, he was found on the Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin, Federal Census, living with older brother Antoine in the boarding house of the Oconto Lumbering Company; 1863 July - August listed as Joseph LeComte at age 28 with brother Antoine at age 30 as living in city of Oconto, Wisconsin, on U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865.; listed as serving in the U.S. Civil War Belgians in the American Civil War Author: Guy Gallez)
+ Maria Alphonsia Reynier (also Alphonsine Renier and Reignier)  - wife of Peter Joseph LaComte
     b: 845 in Thorembais-les-Beguines, Brabant Wallon Province, Belgium
    immigration: 1855 Departed Antwerp, Belgium, for Hull, England, aboard the "Telegraph" 10 October 1855; arrived New York November 1855 at Castle Gardens
    marriage: #1 April 1, 1861 to Peter Joseph LeComte in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    d: March 3, 1906 in Brown County,  Wisconsin
    burial: Allouez Cemetery, Allouez/Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
(note on Maria A. Reynier/Renier: Married 3 times and children with each; Parents: Pierre Joseph Renier b: about 1820 in Thorembais-les-Beguines, Brabant Wallon Province, Belgium, Marie Catherine Follon b: about 1818 in Autre-Eglise, Brabant Wallon Province, Belgium)
    children of Peter Joseph and Marie Alphonsia:


Elizabeth Phelice LeComte
(Maria Felicitia)
1863 - 1910
Joseph Alexander Tilley
and
Elizabeth Phelice LeComte
Marriage 1882
        1. Elizabeth Phelice Lecomte (baptised Maria Felicitia LeComte)
            b: August 28, 1863 in Oconto, Oconto, Wisconsin, (original St Peter Catholic church baptism records show 1863; cemetery records - 1864)            d: 23 Jun 1910 in Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin,
            burial: Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin
        + Joseph Alexander Tilley - Husband of Elizabeth LeComte
            b: 1858
            marriage: 1882 in Wisconsin
            d:  in Escanaba, Delta, MI, USA
            children of Elizabeth and Joseph:   
                   1. Sarah (Sadye) MayTilley                    b: May 12, 1884 Menominee, Menominee, Michigan
                    d: 1911
                    burial: Allouez Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin
    (notes on Sarah May Tilley: Obituary - Marinette, Wisconsin 1911
Requiem For Miss Sarah May Tilley
Will Be At 8 O'Clock Tomorrow in
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
The requiem for Miss Sarah May Tilley, who died Friday, will be Tuesday morning in Our Lady of Lourdes church at 8 o'clcok. The body will be takien to Green Bay on the 9:30 passenger and laid at rest near the mother, who preceded her in death nine months ago. Many relatives and friends will accompany the body thither. Among the people here from other places for the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs. Gust LeComte and daughter the Misses Emma and Ida, Mr. and Mrs. A. LeComte, Mr. and Mrs Freeman (Firmin) LeComte and Miss Barbe Golin,  Oconto: Mr. and Mrs G. LeComte and son Edward, Green Bay: Mrs. James Bia and Mrs. Barney Hoffman, Appleton; Thomas McDermott, Escanaba  and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Malchow, Green Bay.)
                2. Mary (Mae) Helen Tilley
                     b: April 8, 1886 in De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin
                     d: 1945 age 59 years
                    burial: Allouez Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin
                3. Joseph Alexander Tilley   
                     b: May 5, 1888
                4. Robert George Tilley
                     b: June 18, 1890 in Menominee, Menominee County, Michigan 
                 5. Kathryn Ruby Tilley
                    b: November 1892 in Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin
                6. Gertrude Allegra Tilley
                     b: March 26, 1899 in Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin
                7. ,Winifred Gladys Tilley 
                    b: March 14, 1901 in Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin
                    d: 1971
                    burial: Allouez Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin
                8. John Carlton Tilley
                     b: June 24, 1903 in Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin
                9. Stanley Francis Tilley    
                     b: November 1, 1905 in Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin

Gustave J. LeComte
1866 - 1935
        2. Gustave J Lecomte brother of Elizabeth - 
            b: January 6, 1866 in  06 Jan 1866 in Humbolt, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
            d:  November 7, 1935  in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, at age 69
            burial: Allouez Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin
(notes on  Gustave J. LeComte: Obituary - Green Bay Press Gazette, November 8, 1935
GUSTAVE LE COMTE, LAKE CAPTAIN, DIES
    Funeral Services to Be Held at 9 P.M. Monday
    Gustave Le Comte, 70, well known lake captain, died shortly after 9 o'clock last evening at his home, 1250 Elm street, after a paralytic stroke.
    He was born in the town of Humboldt, Jan. 6, 1866, and came to Green bay when he was six years old. For 46 years he sailed the Hart Line until it was sold, then transferring to the Interstate Steamship company. He retired eight years ago.
    Survivors are his wife, two sonsw, Edward and Alphonse, and one daughter, Mrs. Agnes Castonia, all of Green Bay, four grandchildren, Beatrice,Carol and Johann Le Comte and John Castonia, and four half brothers and two half sisters.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 8 a.m. Monday in SS. Peter and Paul's church, with burial in Allouez cemetery.)
        + Hortense Reignier (also Renier and Reynier)
             b:  1867 in Wisconsin
            d:  1946 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Allouez Cemetery, Brown County, Wisconsin
                1. Edward Francis Lecomte     
                     b: August 13, 1888, Brown County, Wisconsin
                     d: September  11, 1972 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
                    marriage: 1816 to Flora Cleereman  (1892 - 1978)
                 2.  Ida Lecomte   
                     b: 1889
                3. Alphonse Joseph Lecomte   
                     b: February 28, 1900
                4. Agnes Melina Lecomte   
                     b: October 1, 1902
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OBITUARIES

FORMER FALLS MAYOR ROLAND LECOMTE 
DIES PEACEFULLY ON WEDNESDAY EVENING 

Oconto Falls - Funeral rites for Roland B. LeComte, former mayor of the city of Oconto Falls will be held Saturday morning at St. Anthony's Catholic church. The requiem mass will be intoned at ten thirty o'clock and interment will take place in the Catholic Cemetery at Oconto.

Mr. LeComte had operated a barber shop in the hotel building for about 28 years. His failing health caused his retirement some months ago. Always interested in civic affairs, he became alderman of the Third ward, and filled this official position for eight years. In 1948 he became mayor of Oconto Falls and his administration was marked with much improvement and progress.

In addition to his interest in city affairs, Mr. LeComte was active in the Business Men's Association and the Junior Association of Commerce. He was active in the Holy Name Society of St. Anthony's congregation and was a member of the Knights of Columbus.

He was born in Oconto on November 29, 1903 where he grew to manhood. After establishing his business in Oconto Falls, he was married to Miss Mildred Belongia of Oconto on November 30, 1929, who survives. He is further survived by two daughters, Margaret, Mrs. Ralph Vanden Bush of Oconto Falls and Miss Mary LeComte at home, grandchildren, Cynthia and Richard Vanden Bush and a sister Mrs. George Aubry of Oconto.

The remains are resting at the Soulek Funeral Home and will be in state after six on Thursday evening. The parish rosary will be recited at eight on Friday evening, with the Knights of Columbus conducting their service at nine.

Deep sympathy is extended to the bereaved family and their loss is keenly felt throughout the community. The contributions Roland LeComte made in the city and his service to his church will live on. Even though his passing seems untimely, God in His Infinite Wisdom will not lose sight of the sterling qualities of this neighbor and friend of many.

~~~~~~~~~

Mary Lois GERING 

Mary Lois Gering, 84, Oconto, died Friday, December 24, 1999 at the Oconto Memorial Hospital.

She was born October 26, 1915 in Oconto to the late William and Rose (LeComte) Mineau and lived all of her life in Oconto with her husband Arthur whom she married on August 16, 1941. She was employed at Pine View Health Care Center in Peshtigo until her retirement in 1977. Mary also was an Avon representative for over 25 Years. She was a member of Holy Trinity Parish.

Survivors include her husband Arthur J. Gering; two daughters, Cynthia Gering, Oconto; Kathryn (Wayne) Vorpahl, Green Bay; four sons, David L. (Marilyn) Gering, Oconto; Rodney (Gina) Gering, Rockford, IL; William Gering and fiancee Mary Ann, Oconto; Stephen (Nancy) Gering, Oconto; three brothers, Robert Mineau, Green Bay; Clifford Mineau, Oconto; and Wilfred (Vi) Mineau, Green Pay; 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers John Mineau and Rev. David Mineau; a great-granddaughter, Renee Belongia and a daughter-in-law, Kathy Adains.

Friends called at the Gallagher Funeral Home, Oconto where a prayer service was held. Mass of Christian burial was celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 1999 at Holy Trinity Parish, St. Peter Site with Rev. David C. Ruby officiating. Burial at Oconto Catholic Cemetery. 
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 Generation 2


1 Sister & 3 Brothers - Parents: Jean Nicholas LeComte ( b: July 10, 1828 in Archennes, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - d: July 26, 1913 in Archennes, Brabant Wallon, Belgium) and Catherine Virginie Paques (b: October 20, 1833 in Archennes, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - d: before 1913 in Belgium)(notes on  Jean Nicholas LeComte: he was the son of Pierre François LeComte (b: August 7, 1796 in Wavre, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - d: after 1875 in the USA) &  Marie -Thérèse Josèphe Beaufaux (b: April 14, 1795 in Doiceau, Brabant Wallon, Belgium - d: March 15, 1875 in Grez, Brabant Wallon, Belgium) and is the brother of the above Antoinette, Jean Antoine and Pierre (Peter) Joseph LeComte paul hendrickx association genealogique wavre

1. Camille LeComte
     b: February 24, 1865 in Belgium
    immigration: 1881 at Port of Boston, Massachusetts at age 16 years
    d: October 2, 1900 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Camille LeComte: Father named John (Jean Nicholas) LeComte, mother Catherine Virginia Paques)
+  Antonius (Antone) LeComte - husband of Camille LeComte
     b: February 8, 1931 in  Dion-le-Val, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
     d: April 24, 1899 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
    children of Antone and Camille:
        1. Felix LeComte
             b:  January 25, 1883 in Belgium
            naturalization: 1906 Oconto County Circuit Court, Wisconsin
            d: February 25, 1920  in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes Felix LeComte: 1910 living in Oconto South Ward with uncle Gust J. LeComte and his family)
          + Lillian nee ? -  wife of Felix LeComte
            b:  1894 in Wisconsin
            d:
             Children of Felix and Lillian
                Felix Burton LeComte
                    b: July 08, 1914     
                    d: November 24, 1915
                    burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
                 Antone LeComte
                    b: 1918 in Oconto, Wisconsin
                    Marriage: Patricia M Johnson April 10, 1944 - Pine Grove, Portage, Wisconsin
                    d: October 23,  2010 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin
        2. Wilfred (also Wilford) LeComte
             b:  July 1885 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d:  not found after birth
        3. Rosa (Rose) Marie LeComte
             b:  February 9, 1894 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d:  May 17, 1975 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
 (note on Rose Mineau: Obituary Oconto - 1975
Lifetime City Resident Dies
OCONTO - A lifetime resident of the City of Oconto, Mrs. Rose M. Mineau, 81, of 227 Pecor St. died today at Oconto Memorial Hospital. Death follows a long illness.
    The former Rose LeComte was born February 9, 1894. She was married to William L. Mineau on October 1, 1913, at St. Peter Catholic Church. He died July 10, 1946.
    Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Mary Lois) Gering and Mrs Paul LaBeck of Oconto; five sons, Robert and Wilfred of Green Bay, the Rev. David, John and Cifford of Oconto; 36 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
    Friend may call at the Gallagher-Pinkart funeral home on Monday after 2 p.m. There will be prayer service there at 8 p.m. Monday and the Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary at 9 p.m.
    The concelebrated mass will be offered Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Peter Church with her son, Rev. David, the Rev. Abner Laque and the Rev. Philip Hoffmann officiating. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery.;)
            + William Leonard Mineau - husband of Rose Marie LeCompte
            b:  July 15, 1881 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            marriage: October 1, 1913 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: July 10, 1946 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin

2. Adelin LeComte
    b: January 4, 1868 in Walloon Brabant, Walloon Region, Belgium
    immigration: 1881 at Port of Boston, Massachusetts at age 13 years
    d: March 10, 1936 in Oconto, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Adelin LeComte: He is the brother of Gustave J. LeComte Sr. of Oconto County; 1920 the family lived in on 1st Street, Menasha, Winnibago County, Wisconsin; )
+ Marie Victoria Picard - wife of Adelin LeComte
    b: December 2, 1867 in Oconto, Wisconsin
    d: February 12, 1943 in Oconto, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Marie Victoria Picard: Husband #1 was Francis Gaulin of Canada with one child Barbara Marie Gaulin [Emil] Deterville [1887 - 1989]
    children of Adelin and Marie:
        1. Virginia LeComte
            b: May 12, 1900    
            d: September 23, 1921    
             burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
            Child of Virginia:
                Joseph Henry LeComte
                     b: January 8, 1919 in Green Bay, Wisconsin
                    d: December 16, 2001 in Menasha, Wisconsin
(notes on Joseph Henry LeCombe: Raised by grandparents as their son after his mother's death when he was age 2 years)
                + Lillian Florence O'Bryan - wife of Joseph Henry LeComte
                    b: August 18, 1921 in Altha Florida
                    d: July 10, 2007 in Menasha, WiIsconsin
        2.  Alonzo LeComte
            b: September 17, 1901 in Wisconsin
            d: April 27, 1959 in Omro, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
(notes on Alonzo LeComte: 1940 living as a lodger with sister Aurelia LeComte (Helmer) Hoffman in Menasha also a lodger with Alonzo was John LeComte (LaCounty) age 9 years and son of widowed Alonzo)
         +  Eleanor nee ? - wife of Alonzo LeComte
            b: 1907
            d: 1930
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
       3. Julienne LeComte
            b: July 4, 1903 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            d: February 13, 1977 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
(notes on Julienne LeCombe: 4 children)
         + Harry C. Schultz - husband of Julien LeComte
            b: June 7, 1899 in Appleton, Wisconsin            d: October 1, 1962 in Appleton, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
       4.  Aurelia E. LeComte
            b: March 5, 1906 in Oconto Wisconsin
            d: February 13, 1977 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
(notes on Aurelia LeComte: On the couple's gravestone is son James F. Hoffman [1931 - 1961]; 1940 had 3 children)
        + Helmer Hoffman - husband of Aurelia LeComte
            b: 1907 Wisconsin
            d: unknown (gravestone unmarked)
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
       5.  Marguerite LeComte
            b: November 1907 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            d: 1989 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
(notes on Marguariette LeComte: Oconto County Reporter - November 21, 1907 A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adelin LeComte last week Wednesday.; 1940 there were 4 children)
        + George T. Weisgerber - husband of Marguerite LeComte
             b: 1906 in Wisconsin
            d: 1964 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
        6. Emmanuel S. LeComte
            b: June 14, 1909 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            d:  February 4, 1966 in Menasha, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
(notes on Emmanuel LeCombe: 3 children; 1940 brother/nephew Joseph lived with the family in Menasha, Wisconsin; )
         + Edith nee ?
            b: 1908 in Wisconsin
            d: 1994 in Menasha, Wisconsin
            burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
3. Gustave Joseph Lecomte
    b: January 29, 1869 in French Belgium
    immigration: 1881 at Port of Boston, Massachusetts at age 12 years
    naturalization: August 27, 1906 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    d: July 20, 1927 in Oconto Falls, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Gustave LeComte Sr.: Marriage registration 1890 for Gustave Joseph Lacount (LeComte) and Rosa Mineau -  gives Gustave's father as Jean Nicholas Lacount (LeComte) and mother as Virginia Paque, St. Peter's Catholic Church in Oconto, witnesses Adelin Lacount (Lecomte) and Regina Trepanier, clergy F. Vaillant; The brother of Adelin LeComte; 1910 lived on First Street in city of Oconto; 1910 was County Sheriff; According to the book "A History of Oconto - Wisconsin" by George E. Hall, who was a local historian and member of the Oconto County Historical Society, on page 61 there is the following information. "Gust  Lacomte of Belgium was proprietor of the La Comte House, well known for it's fine food. It had a big dance hall upstairs.")
 + Rose Mineau - wife of Gustave J. LeComte Sr. 
    b: June 21, 1870 in Wisconsin
     marriage: July 6, 1890 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
    d: April 13, 1956 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Rose Mineau: Marriage registration 1890 for Gustave Joseph Lacount (LeComte) and Rosa Mineau -  gives Rose's father as Edward Mineau and mother as Adilia (also Delia) Ponile of Canada;
Obituary in Marinette Eagle Star of 14 April 1956 -
DIES LAST NIGHT AT GREEN BAY -
Mrs. LeComte Of Oconto Striken - Oconto - Mrs. Rose Le Comte, 85, lifetime Oconto resident, died Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. Suderberg, in Green Bay. She had been ill for three weeks. The former Rose Mineau was born here June 21, 1870. She married Gustave Le Comte 67 years ago in St. Peter's church. He died in 1928.
    She is survived by seven daughters and two sons. They are Mrs. Edward Loose of Milwaukee, Mrs. G.F. Suderberg, Mrs. Walter Whitaker and Mrs. Francis Vanderfin of Green Bay, Mrs. William Van Gaal, Mrs. Walter Petersen, Mrs Clarence Kinsiger, Charles and Gustave Lecomte of Oconto. Also surviving are a brother George of Marinette, 10 Grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. The body is at Sheffield funeral home where friends may call from 7 tonight until final rites at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Peter's church. The Rev. Abner Laque will officiate and burial will be in Catholic cemetery. Rosary services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday by Catholic Foresters and by 9 p.m. the parish.
Marinette Eagle Star, Monday, 16 April 1956, Oconto Funeral - Le Comte - The Rev. Abner LaQue officiated at final rites today for Mrs. Rose Le Comte, Oconto resident who died Friday.
    The rites were held in St. Peter's church and burial was in Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were six grandsons, Leon VanGaal, Robert Loose, Robert and William Peterson, Richard and Thomas Le Comte.; )
    Children of Gustave and Rose
       1. Rose Mary Bell (Belle) LeComte
           b:  April 2, 1891 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
           d:  November 1, 1975
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Rose LeComte: 3 children)
        + William  VanGaal - husband of Rose (Belle) LeComte
            b: April 2, 1889 in Wisconsin
            marriage: 1910 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            occupation: 1940 Grocery Owner in Oconto, Wisconsin
            d: December 28, 1969
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
         2. Emma May LeComte
           b:  May 25, 1893 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
           d:  April 28, 1956
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Emma LeComte: 2 children)
        + Edward A. Loose
            b: 1888
            d: March 22, 1960 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
        3. Francois Xavier LeComte
            b: July 21, 1894 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: September 5, 1895 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(Notes on Francis LeComte: died of "Cholera Infantile")
        4. Mary Ida (Ida Marie) May LeComte
            b: July 7, 1896 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d:  December 13, 1958 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(Notes on Mary Ida LeComte: 3 children;)
        + Walter L. Peterson - husband of Mary Ida LeComte
            b: April 8, 1891 in Wisconsin
            d: August 25, 1964 In Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
         5. Stella L. LeComte
           b:  March 22, 1898 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
           d:  July 13, 1956 in Oconto County, Wisconsin  
           burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Notes on Stella LeComte: no children;)
        + Clarence Kinziger - husband of Stella LeComte
            b: March 2, 1897 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: November 21, 1961  
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Notes on Clarence Kinziger: Wisconsin Private United States Army, World War II, Company M 2nd Wisconsin Infantry NG; )
         6  . Charles Raymond LeComte
            b: September 24, 1899 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d:  April 2, 1966 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Notes on Charles LeComte: single;  enlisted in US Army September 23, 1942;  Pvt. WWII HDQ Co. Wis;)        
         7. Gladys F.  LeComte
            b: February 8, 1904  Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: January 1965
            burial: Riverside Cemetery, Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin
(Notes on Gladys LeComte: one child - added by Richard Lecomte ;
Oconto County Reporter - October 30, 1924
Miss Gladys LeComte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gust LeComte of this city, and Mr. Gunard Suderberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Suderberg of Peshtigo were married at Menominee Friday evening.)
        + Gunnard F. Suderberg - husband of Gladys LeComte
            b: 1898 in Wisconsin
            d: May 31, 1959 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Riverside Cemetery, Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin
        8. Gustave Joseph LeComte Jr.
            b: April 4, 1905 in  Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: November 8, 1976
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(Notes on Gustave J. LeComte Jr.: 1 child found)
        + Ann Frederick   - wife of Gustave J. LeCompte Jr.
            b: Sep. 09, 1910 in Wisconsin
            d: Dec. 11, 1988
            burial: St John Lutheran Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
        9. Helen Claire LeComte - wife of Gustave J. LeComte Jr.
            b: January 4, 1907  in  Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: October 22, 2001 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
        + Walter Whitaker - husband of Helen LeComte
            b:  April 18, 1916 in Stevens Point, Portagbe County, Wisconsin
            marriage: June 12, 1943
            d:  April 6, 2005 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
      10. William A. LeComte
            b: March 20, 1910 in  Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: January 11, 1911 in  Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
      11. Lorraine LeComte
            b: 1915 in   Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: February 1, 1991 in Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Notes on Loraine LeComte Jr.: 1 infant child September 9, 1948 - September 9, 1948 burial Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin)
        + Francis G. Vanderfin - husband of Lorraine LeComte
            b:  May 23, 1908 in Wisconsin
            d:  April 13, 1984 in Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin

4. Firmin (also Freeman) LeComte
    b: February 1874 in Belgium
    immigration: 1881 at Port of Boston, Massachusetts at age 7 years 
    d:  September 30, 1941
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
+ Eldea (also Eldia, Elda and Delia) Trepanier  - wife of Firmin LeComte
    b:  April 14, 1871 in Wisconsin
    marriage: 1896 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    d:  August 14, 1940
    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Eldia Trepanier: Father: Desire Trepanier [b: 1835 St. Maurice County, East Quebec, Canada - d: 1876 Oconto County, Wisconsin], Mother: Clarisse (Clara) Marcotto both buried in Oconto Catholic Cemetery - no stones;Obituary 1940  Mrs. Firman Le Comte  (Eldia Trepanier)
1940 Oconto - Funeral services for Mrs. Firman Le Comte, 69, were held here this morning at St. Peters Cahtolic church, the Rev. B. Belongia officiating. Interment was in the Oconto Catholic cemetery. Mrs. LeComte died Wednesday afternoon at her home here. The survivors are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. George (Esther) Aubrey and Florence LeComte, Oconto; a son, Roland, Oconto Falls; a sister, Mrs. Mary Picard, Oconto; and six grandchildren.)
    Children of Firmin and Eldia:  
        1. Baby Girl LeComte
            b: May 25, 1899 Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: May 25, 1899 Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
        2. Esther Mary LeComte
            b: October 15, 1901 in  Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: Auguast 9, 1990 Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Esther LeComte: 1940 had 4 children)
         + George Victor Aubry - husband of Esther LeComte
            b: Jan. 18, 1896 in Wisconsin
            d: May 11, 1987 Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on George Aubry: 1940 owned a baker shop in city of Oconto, Wisconsin)
        3. Desire Roland B. LeComte (birth index: Desire Rolland LeComte)
            b: November 11, 1903, Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin (birth index - b: November 29, 1903 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin)
            d:  September 5, 1956
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Roland LeComte: Oconto County Reporter, Oconto, Wisconsin, - December 4, 1903
OCONTO - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Freeman (Firmin) Lecomte a ten and a half pound boy, last Monday.; 1940 had 2 children)
         + Mildred Belongia - wife of Roland LeComte
            b: December 9, 1900
            d: September 29, 1983
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Mildred Belongia: Father - George E. Belongia [b: 1874 in Oconto - d: 1939 in Oconto], Mother - Amelia Olsen [b: 1874 in Pulcifer, Wisconsin - d: 1962 in Oconto]  both buried in Oconto Catholic Cemetery)
        4. Florence LeComte
            b: September 15, 1905 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: September 19, 1955 in Napa, California
            burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
 (notes on Florence LeComte: single)

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