William Thaddeus Casgrain (1837 - 1900)

Born 5 Apr 1837 in Rivière-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Husband of Mary Hélène (Van Dyke) Casgrain — married 1869 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 28 Sep 1900 at age 63 in Wayne, Wayne, Indiana, United States

Biography

The son of Charles Eugène Casgrain (1800-1848) and Élise-Anne Baby (1803-1890), William was born in Québec in 1837. William migrated to the United States, marrying [[Van Dyke-1220|Marie (Van Dyke) Casgrain around 1869. A civil engineer, he worked for a time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1][2] Their children included:

1. Marian Casgrain (1869-bef. 1900)
2. George Desnoyers Casgrain (1870-)
3. Victoire Elizabeth Casgrain (1872-)
4. Queen Casgrain (1873-bef. 1900)

William passed away in Chicago on September 27, 1900.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9T-W4L : 19 March 2020), William Casgrain, 1870.
2. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1880; Census Place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: 1436; Page: 246C; Enumeration District: 095. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Ancestry Record 6742 #20142016 with attached Image
3. ↑ W T Casgrain discovered in Web: Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916[1] via @Ancestry. Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916. Illinois State Archive. [2] accessed 12 Oct 2020.