Individual Details
Paul COLLETTE
(15 Jul 1843 - 13 Oct 1920)
Death record gives age as 77 yrs., 2 mos., and 27 days (record on file at Brown County Register of Deeds Office, Green Bay, Wisconsin). This corresponds with birth info given in 1900 U.S. Federal Census (De Pere, Brown County), stating that he was born in July of 1843 in French Canada. His age is given as 26 on the 1871 Census of Québec (Varennes, Vercheres Co.).
Marriage cleared
1900 Census info: Immigrated in 1879; Parents born in French Canada; naturalized citizen; employed as a day-laborer; owns home mortgage-free; can read and write; speaks English
Events
| Birth | 15 Jul 1843 | Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 16 Jul 1843 | Saint-Anne, Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 18 Feb 1868 | Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada - Marie Eloise BERTRAND | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1871 | Verchères, Verchères, Québec, Canada - Marie Eloise BERTRAND | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1878 | 43 Labelle, Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada - Marie Eloise BERTRAND | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1900 | Oneida Street, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Marie Eloise BERTRAND | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1905 | 3rd Ward, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Marie Eloise BERTRAND | | | |
| Residence (family) | 15 Apr 1910 | Oneida Street, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Marie Eloise BERTRAND | | | |
| Residence | 7 Jan 1920 | Marsh Street, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | | |
| Death | 13 Oct 1920 | De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | |||
| Burial | 16 Oct 1920 | Mount Calvary Cemetery, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Marie Eloise BERTRAND (1846 - 1912) |
| Child | Ernestine Marie Eloise COLLETTE (1869 - ) |
| Child | Ernest Xavier COLLETTE (1873 - 1932) |
| Child | Alice COLLETTE (1878 - 1912) |
| Child | John Baptiste COLLETTE (1883 - 1932) |
| Father | Joseph COLLETTE (1801 - 1886) |
| Mother | Céleste HÉBERT (1803 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Joseph COLLETTE (1828 - 1886) |
| Sibling | François Xavier COLLETTE (1830 - ) |
| Sibling | Louis COLLETTE (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | Honoré "Henry" COLLETTE (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles COLLETTE (1834 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Céleste COLLETTE ( - 1865) |
| Sibling | François Xavier COLLETTE (1839 - ) |
| Sibling | Apolline COLLETTE (1840 - 1938) |
| Sibling | John Baptist COLLETTE (1845 - 1887) |
Notes
Christen
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_1102a0752?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_11080983Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family are Paul Collette, a farmer, age 26; Dame Elyse Collette, age 24; and Ernestine Collette, age 2.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1578/4395475_00211?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1578%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4395475_00307
Residence (family)
Lived with Eloise's father, Romain Bertrand.Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Paul Collette, age 56, a day laborer; his wife, Alouise, age 52; and daughter, Alice, age 21, a sorter at the paper mill. They had immigrated in 1879, and Paul's naturalization was pending. Alouise had had five children, four of whom were still alive.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120617_00418?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7602%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=004120617_00431
Residence (family)
Living with children, John (age 21) and Alice (age 26).Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Paul Collette, age 67, a foundry laborer; his wife, Alouise, age 63; and daughter, Alice, age 30, a paper sealer at the paper mill. They had immigrated in 1880, and Paul was a naturalized citizen.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4455052_00678?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7884%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4455052_00697
Residence
Widower, living with family of son, Ernest Collette.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4391497_00174?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6061%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4391497_00188
Endnotes
1. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Verchères, Quebec, 1834-1844, image 279, bapteme 107, Paul Collet; digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ).
2. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Verchères, Quebec, 1834-1844, image 279, bapteme 107, Paul Collet; digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ).
3. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Verchères, Quebec, 1868-1873, image 6, marriage 3, Paul Collet and Eloise Bertrand; digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ).
4. 1871 Census of Canada, Québec, population, Dist # 119 Verchères, Verchères, page 37, image 50, dwelling 112, family 146, lines 16-18, Paul Collette and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www. ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2013); The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Library and Archives Canada.
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906," online digital images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 20 September 2012), Paul Colette; originally compiled by Canadiana.org; Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1878 -- p. 102 (image 57).
6. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, De Pere, enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 7B, image 14, dw. 146, fam. 148, lines 62-64, Paul Collette and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 September 2013); National Archives and Record Administration.
7. Paul Collette family -- De Pere (3rd Ward), Brown County, 1905 State Census, Wisconsin, population, , image 26, sheet 3, p. 105, family 53, lines 41-44; on Ancestry.com, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
8. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, De Pere, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 10B, image 20, dw. 174, fam. 176, lines 82-84, Paul Collette and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 10 September 2013); National Archives Records Administration.
9. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, De Pere, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 8A, image 15, dw. 157, fam. 160, line 31, Paul Collette; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 September 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.