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VEILLETTE, Samuel (1862-1957) |
VEILLETTE, Samuel 1 2
Some time after 1910, Samuel surrendered his younger children to the state, apparently unable to care for his large family after the death of his wife in 1906. Ralph P. (aka Patrick) and Austin were sent to an orphanage. Ralph later appears in the 1930 US census, living as a single man in Detroit. It appears that Austin also ended up in Detroit and married around 1930. Louise, Valerie and Ora were sent to a convent and all later became nuns. Alice, the surviving twin, was raised by Margarite's sister, Louise Kerrigan.
Samuel married Margarite R. GOUPILLE, daughter of Francois Xavier GOUPILLE and Marguerite GODIN, about 1888 in Grand Marais, Alger County, Michigan. (Margarite R. GOUPILLE was born on 6 Jan 1873 in New Brunswick, Canada, died on 29 Jun 1906 in Grand Marais, Alger County, Michigan and was buried in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Grand Marais, Michigan.) |
1 1910 US Census (District 2, Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Lists Samuel Veillette (age 48, b. Fr. Canada), widower, and children Jennie (age 18, b. MI), Ralph P. (age 15, b. MI), Lester (age 14, b. MI), Austin (age 12, b. MI), Louise (age 10, b. MI), Valerie (age 8, b. MI) and Ora (age 6, b. MI). Also in the household is a "grandson" named Dorman [Norman] (age <1, b. MI), who is Jennie's child. Samuel is listed as a "laborer" for a "lumber camp," and indicates that both his parents were born in French Canada. He also indicates that he came to the U.S. in 1880 and is not naturalized.
2 1930 US Census, Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan. Surety: 4. Lists Samuel Veillette (age 67, b. NY), widower, living alone in Grand Marais. Samuel indicates that his father was born in English Canada and his mother in Scotland. Samuel is listed as a "farmer, general farm."
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