Person:Matthew LaChapelle (1)

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Matthew LaChapelle
m. 18 Jan 1853
  1. Matthew LaChapelle1854 - 1897
  2. Mary Charlotte LaChapelle1855 - 1945
  3. Sarah Anne LaChapelle1858 - 1919
  4. Lorenzo Edward "Enzo" LaChapelle1860 - 1950
  5. Charles J. LaChapelle1862 - 1881
  6. Frances LaChapelle1865 - 1959
  7. George Chapelle1867 - 1947
Facts and Events
Name Matthew LaChapelle
Alt Name Mattie _____
Gender Male
Christening? 26 Feb 1854 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United StatesBaptism at Saint John's Cathedral
Death? 20 Apr 1897 Harrisville, Alcona Co., MICause: "fits"
Other? Never Married
Reference Number 566

KMH:.. 9/20/93

Occupation: Farmer (from death record)

           May also have worked in saw mill

KAC:.. 10/21/93

KMH stated that in her opinion Andrew (RIN 1263) was same person as Mathew - Andrew's birth year was 1861

KMH:.. 11/24/93

Cause of death "the fits"

An interesting insight to Mathew's health :- Liber 7 of Deeds, page 374

   "sold by Michael Dyer and wf to Isaac Rose and Edward L. LaChapelle,
   guardian of Matthew LaChapelle, all of Harrisville..."

Matthew was 42 years old in 1895 and his younger brother Edward L. (Lorenzo) was his guardian.

MRM:.. 5/31/94

References
  1.   Baptismal Record
    25 Feb 1854.

    Name: Lachabal
    Sponsors: Mathew O'Neile & Marie Lucia Grain
    Priest: B. Caraher