Hippolite Choteau was the son of Hippolite Choteau and Miss Delobelle in Northern France. This is an area of extensive coal mines where he worked before immigrating to America.
Hippolite married Marie Cornish on 16 October 1879 in Fernain in Northern France per French marriage records (earlier than 1883 per her 1910 US Census record). They had 4 children in France, all daughters. He and Marie immigrated to America with their daughters in 1905.
Their migrations are documented in 1905 passenger lists entitled "List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the U.S. Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival". Hippolite immigrated first with two of his four daughters: Josephine, age 20; and Angelique, age 18. Their ship, the S.S. Zeeland, set sale from Antwerp (Belgium), on the North Sea, a convenient port for the family. They departed 25 February and arrived in the Port of New York on 7 March, 1905, a voyage of approximately 8 days. They should have been "processed" at Ellis Island, but I just checked the site and did not find a 1905 record for him.
Hippolite's wife, Marie, set sail with their other two daughters, Melanie Choteau Simon, 27; and Marie, 10 about a month after Hippolite arrived in America. Undoubtedly he had sent word back to her of their safe arrival and probably some "hints" about the travel and immigration processes. Marie and her daughters set sail from the French port of Le Havre on the English Channel on the S.S. La Bretagne 15 April 1905 and arrived in the Port of New York on 24 April 1905. Undoubtedly there was a happy reunion at Ellis Island or wherever Hippolite was allowed to meet his arriving family members.
Hippolite's occupation is documented as "miner" on the passenger list with a final destination of Hocking, Iowa, an active coal mining area at this time.
The passenger list asked passengers if they were going to join a relative or friend in America. Hippolite answered this question as "cousin Louis Tritz" in Monroe County, Iowa. Indeed, Hocking is in Monroe County.
The family lived briefly in Albia, Iowa as daughter Josephine married Louis Tritz there (need date). I assume this Louis Tritz is the son of Hippolite's cousin by the same name. This new husband, Louis Tritz, would figure infamously in the lives of Hippolite's family.
By 1910 the family had settled, for the long term, in Christian County, Illinois. They appear in the 1910 Census in the town of Pana where Hippolite is working in the coal mines. They live on Springside Avenue next door to their married daughter, Melanie and her husband, Auguste Simon. On the other side of Melanie's residence is that of her sister, Josephine, and her husband, Louis Tritz. All the men are working in the coal mines, indeed there is a Springside Mine active at this time.
Also living with Hippolite and his wife and youngest daughter, according to the 1910 Census, is Belvore Baptist, age 32, who may the same person who appears with Hippolite's family on the 1905 passenger list. His information on this list is hard to determine with certainty, but it appears he may also be a "cousin" of the same Louis Tritz of Monroe County, Iowa.
Hippolite suffered a double tragedy in 1914 with the deaths of both his wife, Marie, and daughter, Melanie Simon. I couldn't locate the date of his wife's death as deaths were not required to be reported to the state of Illinois prior to 1916. But daughter Melanie's death is duly recorded due to its tragic nature.
Melanie was killed by her brother-in-law, Louis Tritz, husband of Melanie's sister (and Hippolite's daughter), Josephine. This occurred on 21 September 1914 in Kincaid, Illinois where the families lived.
After losing his wife and daughter, Hippolite moved to live with his daughter Angelique and her husband, Louis Dussart in South Fork Township, Illinois as he appears there in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.
In 1922, however, Hippolite left America for a short visit to Belgium (and likely France). I located a passenger list showing he returned from Europe in September 1922. This passenger list (for aliens) recorded earlier stays in America. Hippolite states he had lived in Kincaid, Illinois from 1904 to April 8, 1922. This verifies he stayed in America after the deaths of his wife and daughter in 1914 and did not leave America until 1922. He records the person he visited as Constantin Dussart, in Brussels, Belgium. Constantin is the father of his son-in-law Louis Dussart.
In 1934 Hippolite lost another daughter, Angelique, with whom he had been living. After her death he moved to Pana, Illinois, into the home of his youngest daughter, Marie, who indicates she is a widow. Hippolite is now 84 years old and hopefully retired as he shows no occupation.
Hippolite died in 1953 per his grave marker in Linwood Cemetery. He is buried at the "head" of his lot, likely purchased back in 1914 when his wife and daughter, Melanie, died. I was happy to visit his grave and photograph it with flowers to honor this French man who lived a full life, albeit with more than his share of hardship and tragedy.
SPECIAL UPDATE: On 3 January 2016 I received an email from a French researcher, Jean-Luc Coubronne, with input regarding a contemporary of Hippolite who is buried in the Choteau plot. In further correspondence, Jean-Luc corrected the town of Hippolite's birth and also provided the names of Hippolite's parents; this corrected information was incorporated.
NOTE: I am not a descendant of the Choteau family so will be happy to transfer this memorial to a family member.
18 July 2015: Draft
5 January 2016: Updated per final paragraph
8 April 2017: Added Hippolite's middle name and marriage date and location per email from Jean-Luc Coubronne
3 June 2022: Specific date of death and change of place of death (from Pana to Christian County) provided by Helen Jean Kennedy 3 June 2022 (thank you)
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Hippolite married Marie Cornish on 16 October 1879 in Fernain in Northern France per French marriage records (earlier than 1883 per her 1910 US Census record). They had 4 children in France, all daughters. He and Marie immigrated to America with their daughters in 1905.
Their migrations are documented in 1905 passenger lists entitled "List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the U.S. Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival". Hippolite immigrated first with two of his four daughters: Josephine, age 20; and Angelique, age 18. Their ship, the S.S. Zeeland, set sale from Antwerp (Belgium), on the North Sea, a convenient port for the family. They departed 25 February and arrived in the Port of New York on 7 March, 1905, a voyage of approximately 8 days. They should have been "processed" at Ellis Island, but I just checked the site and did not find a 1905 record for him.
Hippolite's wife, Marie, set sail with their other two daughters, Melanie Choteau Simon, 27; and Marie, 10 about a month after Hippolite arrived in America. Undoubtedly he had sent word back to her of their safe arrival and probably some "hints" about the travel and immigration processes. Marie and her daughters set sail from the French port of Le Havre on the English Channel on the S.S. La Bretagne 15 April 1905 and arrived in the Port of New York on 24 April 1905. Undoubtedly there was a happy reunion at Ellis Island or wherever Hippolite was allowed to meet his arriving family members.
Hippolite's occupation is documented as "miner" on the passenger list with a final destination of Hocking, Iowa, an active coal mining area at this time.
The passenger list asked passengers if they were going to join a relative or friend in America. Hippolite answered this question as "cousin Louis Tritz" in Monroe County, Iowa. Indeed, Hocking is in Monroe County.
The family lived briefly in Albia, Iowa as daughter Josephine married Louis Tritz there (need date). I assume this Louis Tritz is the son of Hippolite's cousin by the same name. This new husband, Louis Tritz, would figure infamously in the lives of Hippolite's family.
By 1910 the family had settled, for the long term, in Christian County, Illinois. They appear in the 1910 Census in the town of Pana where Hippolite is working in the coal mines. They live on Springside Avenue next door to their married daughter, Melanie and her husband, Auguste Simon. On the other side of Melanie's residence is that of her sister, Josephine, and her husband, Louis Tritz. All the men are working in the coal mines, indeed there is a Springside Mine active at this time.
Also living with Hippolite and his wife and youngest daughter, according to the 1910 Census, is Belvore Baptist, age 32, who may the same person who appears with Hippolite's family on the 1905 passenger list. His information on this list is hard to determine with certainty, but it appears he may also be a "cousin" of the same Louis Tritz of Monroe County, Iowa.
Hippolite suffered a double tragedy in 1914 with the deaths of both his wife, Marie, and daughter, Melanie Simon. I couldn't locate the date of his wife's death as deaths were not required to be reported to the state of Illinois prior to 1916. But daughter Melanie's death is duly recorded due to its tragic nature.
Melanie was killed by her brother-in-law, Louis Tritz, husband of Melanie's sister (and Hippolite's daughter), Josephine. This occurred on 21 September 1914 in Kincaid, Illinois where the families lived.
After losing his wife and daughter, Hippolite moved to live with his daughter Angelique and her husband, Louis Dussart in South Fork Township, Illinois as he appears there in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.
In 1922, however, Hippolite left America for a short visit to Belgium (and likely France). I located a passenger list showing he returned from Europe in September 1922. This passenger list (for aliens) recorded earlier stays in America. Hippolite states he had lived in Kincaid, Illinois from 1904 to April 8, 1922. This verifies he stayed in America after the deaths of his wife and daughter in 1914 and did not leave America until 1922. He records the person he visited as Constantin Dussart, in Brussels, Belgium. Constantin is the father of his son-in-law Louis Dussart.
In 1934 Hippolite lost another daughter, Angelique, with whom he had been living. After her death he moved to Pana, Illinois, into the home of his youngest daughter, Marie, who indicates she is a widow. Hippolite is now 84 years old and hopefully retired as he shows no occupation.
Hippolite died in 1953 per his grave marker in Linwood Cemetery. He is buried at the "head" of his lot, likely purchased back in 1914 when his wife and daughter, Melanie, died. I was happy to visit his grave and photograph it with flowers to honor this French man who lived a full life, albeit with more than his share of hardship and tragedy.
SPECIAL UPDATE: On 3 January 2016 I received an email from a French researcher, Jean-Luc Coubronne, with input regarding a contemporary of Hippolite who is buried in the Choteau plot. In further correspondence, Jean-Luc corrected the town of Hippolite's birth and also provided the names of Hippolite's parents; this corrected information was incorporated.
NOTE: I am not a descendant of the Choteau family so will be happy to transfer this memorial to a family member.
18 July 2015: Draft
5 January 2016: Updated per final paragraph
8 April 2017: Added Hippolite's middle name and marriage date and location per email from Jean-Luc Coubronne
3 June 2022: Specific date of death and change of place of death (from Pana to Christian County) provided by Helen Jean Kennedy 3 June 2022 (thank you)
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Hippolite Choteau was the son of Hippolite Choteau and Miss Delobelle in Northern France. This is an area of extensive coal mines where he worked before immigrating to America.
Hippolite married Marie Cornish on 16 October 1879 in Fernain in Northern France per French marriage records (earlier than 1883 per her 1910 US Census record). They had 4 children in France, all daughters. He and Marie immigrated to America with their daughters in 1905.
Their migrations are documented in 1905 passenger lists entitled "List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the U.S. Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival". Hippolite immigrated first with two of his four daughters: Josephine, age 20; and Angelique, age 18. Their ship, the S.S. Zeeland, set sale from Antwerp (Belgium), on the North Sea, a convenient port for the family. They departed 25 February and arrived in the Port of New York on 7 March, 1905, a voyage of approximately 8 days. They should have been "processed" at Ellis Island, but I just checked the site and did not find a 1905 record for him.
Hippolite's wife, Marie, set sail with their other two daughters, Melanie Choteau Simon, 27; and Marie, 10 about a month after Hippolite arrived in America. Undoubtedly he had sent word back to her of their safe arrival and probably some "hints" about the travel and immigration processes. Marie and her daughters set sail from the French port of Le Havre on the English Channel on the S.S. La Bretagne 15 April 1905 and arrived in the Port of New York on 24 April 1905. Undoubtedly there was a happy reunion at Ellis Island or wherever Hippolite was allowed to meet his arriving family members.
Hippolite's occupation is documented as "miner" on the passenger list with a final destination of Hocking, Iowa, an active coal mining area at this time.
The passenger list asked passengers if they were going to join a relative or friend in America. Hippolite answered this question as "cousin Louis Tritz" in Monroe County, Iowa. Indeed, Hocking is in Monroe County.
The family lived briefly in Albia, Iowa as daughter Josephine married Louis Tritz there (need date). I assume this Louis Tritz is the son of Hippolite's cousin by the same name. This new husband, Louis Tritz, would figure infamously in the lives of Hippolite's family.
By 1910 the family had settled, for the long term, in Christian County, Illinois. They appear in the 1910 Census in the town of Pana where Hippolite is working in the coal mines. They live on Springside Avenue next door to their married daughter, Melanie and her husband, Auguste Simon. On the other side of Melanie's residence is that of her sister, Josephine, and her husband, Louis Tritz. All the men are working in the coal mines, indeed there is a Springside Mine active at this time.
Also living with Hippolite and his wife and youngest daughter, according to the 1910 Census, is Belvore Baptist, age 32, who may the same person who appears with Hippolite's family on the 1905 passenger list. His information on this list is hard to determine with certainty, but it appears he may also be a "cousin" of the same Louis Tritz of Monroe County, Iowa.
Hippolite suffered a double tragedy in 1914 with the deaths of both his wife, Marie, and daughter, Melanie Simon. I couldn't locate the date of his wife's death as deaths were not required to be reported to the state of Illinois prior to 1916. But daughter Melanie's death is duly recorded due to its tragic nature.
Melanie was killed by her brother-in-law, Louis Tritz, husband of Melanie's sister (and Hippolite's daughter), Josephine. This occurred on 21 September 1914 in Kincaid, Illinois where the families lived.
After losing his wife and daughter, Hippolite moved to live with his daughter Angelique and her husband, Louis Dussart in South Fork Township, Illinois as he appears there in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.
In 1922, however, Hippolite left America for a short visit to Belgium (and likely France). I located a passenger list showing he returned from Europe in September 1922. This passenger list (for aliens) recorded earlier stays in America. Hippolite states he had lived in Kincaid, Illinois from 1904 to April 8, 1922. This verifies he stayed in America after the deaths of his wife and daughter in 1914 and did not leave America until 1922. He records the person he visited as Constantin Dussart, in Brussels, Belgium. Constantin is the father of his son-in-law Louis Dussart.
In 1934 Hippolite lost another daughter, Angelique, with whom he had been living. After her death he moved to Pana, Illinois, into the home of his youngest daughter, Marie, who indicates she is a widow. Hippolite is now 84 years old and hopefully retired as he shows no occupation.
Hippolite died in 1953 per his grave marker in Linwood Cemetery. He is buried at the "head" of his lot, likely purchased back in 1914 when his wife and daughter, Melanie, died. I was happy to visit his grave and photograph it with flowers to honor this French man who lived a full life, albeit with more than his share of hardship and tragedy.
SPECIAL UPDATE: On 3 January 2016 I received an email from a French researcher, Jean-Luc Coubronne, with input regarding a contemporary of Hippolite who is buried in the Choteau plot. In further correspondence, Jean-Luc corrected the town of Hippolite's birth and also provided the names of Hippolite's parents; this corrected information was incorporated.
NOTE: I am not a descendant of the Choteau family so will be happy to transfer this memorial to a family member.
18 July 2015: Draft
5 January 2016: Updated per final paragraph
8 April 2017: Added Hippolite's middle name and marriage date and location per email from Jean-Luc Coubronne
3 June 2022: Specific date of death and change of place of death (from Pana to Christian County) provided by Helen Jean Kennedy 3 June 2022 (thank you)
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Hippolite married Marie Cornish on 16 October 1879 in Fernain in Northern France per French marriage records (earlier than 1883 per her 1910 US Census record). They had 4 children in France, all daughters. He and Marie immigrated to America with their daughters in 1905.
Their migrations are documented in 1905 passenger lists entitled "List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the U.S. Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival". Hippolite immigrated first with two of his four daughters: Josephine, age 20; and Angelique, age 18. Their ship, the S.S. Zeeland, set sale from Antwerp (Belgium), on the North Sea, a convenient port for the family. They departed 25 February and arrived in the Port of New York on 7 March, 1905, a voyage of approximately 8 days. They should have been "processed" at Ellis Island, but I just checked the site and did not find a 1905 record for him.
Hippolite's wife, Marie, set sail with their other two daughters, Melanie Choteau Simon, 27; and Marie, 10 about a month after Hippolite arrived in America. Undoubtedly he had sent word back to her of their safe arrival and probably some "hints" about the travel and immigration processes. Marie and her daughters set sail from the French port of Le Havre on the English Channel on the S.S. La Bretagne 15 April 1905 and arrived in the Port of New York on 24 April 1905. Undoubtedly there was a happy reunion at Ellis Island or wherever Hippolite was allowed to meet his arriving family members.
Hippolite's occupation is documented as "miner" on the passenger list with a final destination of Hocking, Iowa, an active coal mining area at this time.
The passenger list asked passengers if they were going to join a relative or friend in America. Hippolite answered this question as "cousin Louis Tritz" in Monroe County, Iowa. Indeed, Hocking is in Monroe County.
The family lived briefly in Albia, Iowa as daughter Josephine married Louis Tritz there (need date). I assume this Louis Tritz is the son of Hippolite's cousin by the same name. This new husband, Louis Tritz, would figure infamously in the lives of Hippolite's family.
By 1910 the family had settled, for the long term, in Christian County, Illinois. They appear in the 1910 Census in the town of Pana where Hippolite is working in the coal mines. They live on Springside Avenue next door to their married daughter, Melanie and her husband, Auguste Simon. On the other side of Melanie's residence is that of her sister, Josephine, and her husband, Louis Tritz. All the men are working in the coal mines, indeed there is a Springside Mine active at this time.
Also living with Hippolite and his wife and youngest daughter, according to the 1910 Census, is Belvore Baptist, age 32, who may the same person who appears with Hippolite's family on the 1905 passenger list. His information on this list is hard to determine with certainty, but it appears he may also be a "cousin" of the same Louis Tritz of Monroe County, Iowa.
Hippolite suffered a double tragedy in 1914 with the deaths of both his wife, Marie, and daughter, Melanie Simon. I couldn't locate the date of his wife's death as deaths were not required to be reported to the state of Illinois prior to 1916. But daughter Melanie's death is duly recorded due to its tragic nature.
Melanie was killed by her brother-in-law, Louis Tritz, husband of Melanie's sister (and Hippolite's daughter), Josephine. This occurred on 21 September 1914 in Kincaid, Illinois where the families lived.
After losing his wife and daughter, Hippolite moved to live with his daughter Angelique and her husband, Louis Dussart in South Fork Township, Illinois as he appears there in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.
In 1922, however, Hippolite left America for a short visit to Belgium (and likely France). I located a passenger list showing he returned from Europe in September 1922. This passenger list (for aliens) recorded earlier stays in America. Hippolite states he had lived in Kincaid, Illinois from 1904 to April 8, 1922. This verifies he stayed in America after the deaths of his wife and daughter in 1914 and did not leave America until 1922. He records the person he visited as Constantin Dussart, in Brussels, Belgium. Constantin is the father of his son-in-law Louis Dussart.
In 1934 Hippolite lost another daughter, Angelique, with whom he had been living. After her death he moved to Pana, Illinois, into the home of his youngest daughter, Marie, who indicates she is a widow. Hippolite is now 84 years old and hopefully retired as he shows no occupation.
Hippolite died in 1953 per his grave marker in Linwood Cemetery. He is buried at the "head" of his lot, likely purchased back in 1914 when his wife and daughter, Melanie, died. I was happy to visit his grave and photograph it with flowers to honor this French man who lived a full life, albeit with more than his share of hardship and tragedy.
SPECIAL UPDATE: On 3 January 2016 I received an email from a French researcher, Jean-Luc Coubronne, with input regarding a contemporary of Hippolite who is buried in the Choteau plot. In further correspondence, Jean-Luc corrected the town of Hippolite's birth and also provided the names of Hippolite's parents; this corrected information was incorporated.
NOTE: I am not a descendant of the Choteau family so will be happy to transfer this memorial to a family member.
18 July 2015: Draft
5 January 2016: Updated per final paragraph
8 April 2017: Added Hippolite's middle name and marriage date and location per email from Jean-Luc Coubronne
3 June 2022: Specific date of death and change of place of death (from Pana to Christian County) provided by Helen Jean Kennedy 3 June 2022 (thank you)
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
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