Monday, October 17, 2011

Marriage Certificate from 1883


Marriage license and certificate for my great-great-grandparents Toussaint and Mary Billette. I have been looking for about two years for more information about g-g-grandpa Toussaint including origins and parents etc. So far all I know is that he was born somewhere in Canada around 1850 and probably spoke only French.
On an 1855 census from Quebec I found someone named Toussaint Billette but it has his birthday around 1845. I cannot verify that the boy on the census was my g-g-grandpa. I really want to find out more about Toussaint because he is the earliest link in the direct Billette line.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Death Certificate


Great-great-grandpa Toussaint Billette is shown in the death certificate of his widow; great-great-grandma Mary.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Earliest related Billette... so far


My great-great-grandpa Toussaint Billette along with my great-grandpa Joseph Billette are both shown in the cutout. This is part of a census from 1895 in Wright county Minnesota. Grandpa Toussaint emigrated to Minnesota from Quebec around 1869. He may have been a twin, but I can't confirm that yet.