Individual Details

Martha Myrtle DOUCETTE

(Aug 1889 - )

The following is my rationale for believing that Myrtle Duquette was the same person as Martha Doucette: Myrtle Duquette, wife of Louis Champeau, did not have children of her own, but the 1920 Census shows Louis and Myrtle living with a two-year-old niece, named Florence VandenBush. As of the 1930 Census, Louis and Myrtle seem to have separated, but Florence was still living with her aunt, and was then 12 years old. Further research has shown that Florence was the daughter of Melinda Doucette. One of Melinda's sisters, Lily, married Willard Champeau, the brother of Louis Champeau. Lilly also used the surname Duquette. Since Florence was the niece of Lilly Doucette/Duquette and also the niece of Myrtle Duquette, it's reasonable to assume that Myrtle Duquette was a sister of Melinda and Lily, and that she also used the surname of Doucette. The trouble is that the 1900 Census does not show a Myrtle in this family. Martha is the one whose age would match Myrtle, so I am concluding that Martha and Myrtle were probably the same person.

Events

BirthAug 1889Wisconsin, United States
MarriageAbt 1910Louis CHAMPEAU
Census (family)15 Apr 19101263 Elm Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Louis CHAMPEAU
Residence (family)5 Jun 1917712 Cedar Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Louis CHAMPEAU
Census (family)1 Jan 1920712 Cedar Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Louis CHAMPEAU
Residence1 Apr 1930Lincoln Apartments, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Alt nameMyrtle DUQUETTE

Families

SpouseLouis CHAMPEAU (1890 - 1956)
FatherFrank DOUCETTE (1850 - )
MotherRosa DANIELS (1866 - )
SiblingDelia DOUCETTE (1883 - )
SiblingMelinda DOUCETTE (1887 - )
SiblingRose DOUCETTE (1891 - )
SiblingLillian "Lilly" DOUCETTE (1897 - 1927)
SiblingClara Rose DOUCETTE (1900 - )
SiblingElsie DOUCETTE (1903 - )
SiblingWilliam DOUCETTE (1905 - 1975)
SiblingEdward DOUCETTE (1909 - )

Notes

Birth

Age 30 on 1 January 1920.

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Louis Champeau, age 20, a horse dealer; and his wife, Myrtle, age 20. They had been married for less than a year.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4455053_00178?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7884%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4455053_00195

Residence (family)

Occupation: horseman

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Louis Champeau, age 29; his wife, Myrtle Champeau, age 30; and Florence Vanden Bush, their niece, age 2.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4391497_00610?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6061%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4391497_00621

Residence

Myrtle Champeau, age 30, is still listed as married, but she was not living with her husband. She was working as a landlady, and lived with her 12-year-old niece, Florence Vandenbush, and a lodger, Harry F. Vaile. (I believe Florence married Harry Vaile five years later.)

http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4547554_00355?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6224%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4547554_00363

Endnotes

1. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 6B, image 12, dwelling 101, family 134, lines 92-94, Louis Champeau and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.

2. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 14, image 9B, dwelling 172, family 181, lines 91 and 92, Louis and Myrtle Champeau; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 6 November 2014); National Archives Records Administration.

3. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 14, image 9B, dwelling 172, family 181, lines 91 and 92, Louis and Myrtle Champeau; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 6 November 2014); National Archives Records Administration.

4. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : accessed ); National Archives and Records Administration.

5. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 6B, image 12, dwelling 101, family 134, lines 92-94, Louis Champeau and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.

6. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee (Districts 1-250), enumeration district (ED) ED 40-40, sheet 5A, image 7, family 5, lines 10-12, Myrtle Champeau and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 28 October 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.