John B. Coquigne was born in France, the youngest child of Peter and Cecelia Coquigne. In 1832 he immigrated with his parents and siblings to New York state, where John worked near the Erie Canal. The entire family moved to Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan in 1844, where they cleared land and built their hom.
"John became acquainted with a beautiful young girl, Eliza Root, who was born March 6, 1837, near Argentine. Her mother had died when Eliza was twelve years of age and afterwards Eliza kept house for her father and brother, going wherever her father could find work. ... A distant relative by the name of Francisco owned a hotel near Fenton, and Eliza eventually went there to work. About that time, she met John Baptiste Coquigne and after a brief courtship, they were married at midnight on July 4, 1853, by Justice Gideon Waterous of Whigville, which was bout one-half mile from the hotel where they were attending a party.
"In the early days of the marriage of John and Eliza, life was not easy. They lived in a log house and had to spin wool for yarn with which to make clothes and stockings. But, in spite of privations and hardships, they lived together for fifty-five years."
Source: Descendants of Eugene Peter Coquigne and Emma Net Brown as of December, 1960. (np, nd)
"John became acquainted with a beautiful young girl, Eliza Root, who was born March 6, 1837, near Argentine. Her mother had died when Eliza was twelve years of age and afterwards Eliza kept house for her father and brother, going wherever her father could find work. ... A distant relative by the name of Francisco owned a hotel near Fenton, and Eliza eventually went there to work. About that time, she met John Baptiste Coquigne and after a brief courtship, they were married at midnight on July 4, 1853, by Justice Gideon Waterous of Whigville, which was bout one-half mile from the hotel where they were attending a party.
"In the early days of the marriage of John and Eliza, life was not easy. They lived in a log house and had to spin wool for yarn with which to make clothes and stockings. But, in spite of privations and hardships, they lived together for fifty-five years."
Source: Descendants of Eugene Peter Coquigne and Emma Net Brown as of December, 1960. (np, nd)
John B. Coquigne was born in France, the youngest child of Peter and Cecelia Coquigne. In 1832 he immigrated with his parents and siblings to New York state, where John worked near the Erie Canal. The entire family moved to Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan in 1844, where they cleared land and built their hom.
"John became acquainted with a beautiful young girl, Eliza Root, who was born March 6, 1837, near Argentine. Her mother had died when Eliza was twelve years of age and afterwards Eliza kept house for her father and brother, going wherever her father could find work. ... A distant relative by the name of Francisco owned a hotel near Fenton, and Eliza eventually went there to work. About that time, she met John Baptiste Coquigne and after a brief courtship, they were married at midnight on July 4, 1853, by Justice Gideon Waterous of Whigville, which was bout one-half mile from the hotel where they were attending a party.
"In the early days of the marriage of John and Eliza, life was not easy. They lived in a log house and had to spin wool for yarn with which to make clothes and stockings. But, in spite of privations and hardships, they lived together for fifty-five years."
Source: Descendants of Eugene Peter Coquigne and Emma Net Brown as of December, 1960. (np, nd)
"John became acquainted with a beautiful young girl, Eliza Root, who was born March 6, 1837, near Argentine. Her mother had died when Eliza was twelve years of age and afterwards Eliza kept house for her father and brother, going wherever her father could find work. ... A distant relative by the name of Francisco owned a hotel near Fenton, and Eliza eventually went there to work. About that time, she met John Baptiste Coquigne and after a brief courtship, they were married at midnight on July 4, 1853, by Justice Gideon Waterous of Whigville, which was bout one-half mile from the hotel where they were attending a party.
"In the early days of the marriage of John and Eliza, life was not easy. They lived in a log house and had to spin wool for yarn with which to make clothes and stockings. But, in spite of privations and hardships, they lived together for fifty-five years."
Source: Descendants of Eugene Peter Coquigne and Emma Net Brown as of December, 1960. (np, nd)
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