Name: Baptiste Laurance
Born:
Place: Belgium
Died:
Buried:
The spelling for Baptiste's last name is as it appears on Fanny Steward's
death certificate: "Babtist Laurance." In all likelihood, his name was Jean
Baptiste Laurent or Lorent.
The closest I've been able to come to someone matching the description of
Fanny's father is the Belgian Jean Baptiste Laurent of Kewaunee County,
Wisconsin. Generally referred to as John in the census records, he is first
found on the 1860 census as "J B Lorenze". He's buried at the St Peter's
Catholic Church Cemetery Lincoln Township, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin,
having died on 3 April 1899.
A great deal of information about Jean Baptiste's family is found on
Ronald Flemal's excellent website, "PenBelGen:
19th Century Belgian Residents of Door Peninsula, Wisconsin". After some
study, it becomes clear that Fannie is not part of this group. Of course,
there is a chance that she was part of a larger extended family. With that
in mind, here's a simplied look at the Kewaunee County Laurents:
Henri Francis Laurent
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Jean Joseph Laurent Jean Baptiste Laurent Sr
(c1811-1860+) (1813-1899)
m Mary-Harriet Jadot m Catherine Jadot
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|-Harrietta (1840-1909) |-Jean Baptiste Jr (1843-)
|-August (1844-1905) |-Salina (1848-1908)
|-Philomene (1845-1928) |-Marie Catherine (1852-1922)
|-Joseph (1850-1928) |-Louis (1855-1934)
|-Elizabeth (1854-1923) |-Joseph (c1859-)
|-Joseph (c1855-) |-Marie Therese (1860-1937)
|-Desire (1867-1944)
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