Individual Details
Marie Narcisse MANSEAU
(21 Dec 1819 - 29 Jan 1888)
"When Mary Manseau came to Bay Settlement, there was no priest. She taught Religion to all the children, clothed and fed the poor, and was respected and loved by all. She had been a teacher in Canada and brought with her a beautiful collection of pious books . . . The evening was always terminated by praying the Rosary in common. All visitors who happened to be there, got on their knees and prayed the Rosary with the family. Some visitors who had never said a prayer at home owed their salvation to the good lesson they learned in that visit."
The grave of Mary Narcisse is in Holy Cross Cemetery at Bay Settlement. The stone reads:
Mary
Wife of Oliver Champeau
(dates)
She is now at the age of 68; she has
never ceased to believe and to hope.
Events
| Birth | 21 Dec 1819 | Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 22 Dec 1819 | Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 2 Jan 1841 | Little Chute, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1842 | Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1846 | Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 19 Aug 1850 | Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1860 | Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1870 | Bay Settlement, Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Oliver CHAMPEAU | | | |
| Death | 29 Jan 1888 | Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | |||
| Burial | 30 Jan 1888 | Holy Cross Church Cemetery, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Oliver CHAMPEAU (1809 - 1896) |
| Child | David SHAMPO (1841 - 1908) |
| Child | Marie Philomene CHAMPEAU (1843 - 1844) |
| Child | Joseph CHAMPEAU (1844 - ) |
| Child | Marie Philomene "Mary" CHAMPEAU (1846 - 1908) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Eliza" CHAMPEAU ( - 1916) |
| Child | Oliver CHAMPEAU (1849 - 1916) |
| Child | Henry CHAMPEAU (1850 - 1923) |
| Child | Odile CHAMPEAU (1852 - 1873) |
| Child | Marie Matilda CHAMPEAU (1854 - 1930) |
| Child | Mary Emily CHAMPEAU (1856 - 1913) |
| Child | Francis Xavier "Frank" CHAMPEAU (1857 - 1929) |
| Child | Odile "Odelia" CHAMPEAU (1877 - 1946) |
| Child | Emma CHAMPEAU (1879 - 1946) |
| Child | Jane LANDEAU (1872 - 1947) |
| Father | Antoine Joseph MANSEAU (1784 - 1863) |
| Mother | Catherine CLOUTIER (1785 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Marie Desanges MANSEAU (1806 - 1895) |
| Sibling | David MANSEAU ( - ) |
| Sibling | Julie MANSEAU (1809 - ) |
| Sibling | Antoine MANSEAU (1810 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Anastasie MANSEAU (1811 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Joseph MANSEAU (1813 - ) |
| Sibling | Esther MANSEAU (1815 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Moïse MANSEAU (1818 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Thomas MANSEAU (1818 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Luce "Louise" MANSEAU (1822 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Nicolas de Tolentin MANSEAU (1824 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Emilie MANSEAU (1825 - 1900) |
Notes
Christen
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_20241216?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsinghttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27999-5468-14?cc=1321742&wc=MMY5-4XG:224453207
Marriage
In Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy by Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet (1978), the marriage date is stated to be 2 Jan 1841, and a copy of the church marriage record is provided in support of this claim. My research in the old record books at the Brown County Register of Deeds Office years ago confirmed this date. However, the marriage register microfilmed by the LDS Church gives a date of 2 Jan 1840 (Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1275772, item 2; Marriages: p. 11, rec. #00962, Oliver Champeau and Marcisse Marcon). Not only does this date conflict with my and Mary Ann's earlier research, it also conflicts with the 1840 Census, which showed Oliver to be living in Two Rivers with a household of males (though it is possible that he was temporarily living away from his wife). I think that the record microfilmed by the church is the least reliable, because it was not registered until 1867, and shows evidence of being copied from an earlier source. Will continue to check on the provenance of those records, but for the time being, the 1841 date is the most persuasive.Census (family)
Oliver Champeau was the head of this family, which consisted of 3 males and 3 females, for a total of 6 persons.Census (family)
Olivier Champeau was the head of this household, which consisted of three males and two females, for a total of five persons.Census (family)
Called "Lewis Shampo" on 1850 Census. All other family info matches. Recorded just before family of Joseph and Esther (Manseau) Landry.http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4191531_00107?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Oliver Champeau, age 51, a farmer; his wife Mary, age 40; and children: Mary, age 14; Joseph, age 16; Eliza, age 12; Oliver, age 11; Henry, age 10; Odile, age 8; Matilda, age 6; Amelia, age 5; and Xavier, age 3. Parents were born in Canada, children in Wisconsin.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4298895_00200/35642745?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are Oliver Champoux, age 61, a retail grocer, born in Canada; his wife, Mary, age 50, born in Canada; and children, all born in Wisconsin: Joseph, age 25; Oliver, age 21; Henry, age 19; Odene, age 17; Mattile, age 16; Emily, age 14; and Xavia (male), age 12.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7163/4268441_00792?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are Oliver Shampo, age 71, a farmer; his wife, Mary, age 60; Henry, age 30; Frank, age 23; and Mary, age 24.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4244703-00691?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing
Endnotes
1. "Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), baptism of Marie Narcisse Manseau; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1819, folio 26, image 26.
2. Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac (St-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec), 1796-1824, folio 161, image 515, baptism of Marie Narcisse Manseau; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).
3. "Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), baptism of Marie Narcisse Manseau; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1819, folio 26, image 26.
4. Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac (St-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec), 1796-1824, folio 161, image 515, baptism of Marie Narcisse Manseau; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).
5. Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet, Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy (Green Bay, Wisconsin: n.p., 1978), page 38 -- includes photocopy of record.
6. Brown County, Wisconsin, Vol. 2, p. 102; Register of Deeds, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
7. Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1275772, item 2; Marriages: p. 11, rec. #00962, Oliver Champeau and Marcisse Marcon (sic).
8. 1842 Wisconsin Territorial Census, , population, Brown County, Bay Settlement, p. 13, Oliver Champeau; FHL microfilm FHL film 1293919, item 3.
9. 1846 Wisconsin Territorial Census, Brown County, population, Bay Settlement, p. 19, Olivier Champeau; FHL microfilm 1293920.
10. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Dist. 12, Folio 52, lines 24-30.
11. 1860 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, page 282-283, image 22-23, dwelling 2132, family 2132, lines 37-40 and 1-7, Oliver Champeau and family; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 January 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.
12. 1870 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, page 34, image 34, dwelling 226, family 236, lines 32-40, Oliver Champoux and family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 January 2014).
13. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, ed 23, p. 25, dwelling 175, family 178, lines 7-11: family of Oliver Shampo.
14. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 26 January 2014), Mary Narcisse Manseau Champeau, memorial #52846714.