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Archille "Archie" Champagne[1, 2]

Male 1895 - 1970  (74 years)


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  • Name Archille "Archie" Champagne 
    Born 27 Jul 1895  Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, MI, US Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: Ancestry.com
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Barber in 1917 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, MI, US 
    Died 1970  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Per June Quinn Lahti: Both Willy and Archie would cut hair of male family members, out in the back yard sitting on barrels. Archie was eccentric per the family stories, he never washed his hands and when he cooked he would put it straight onto the stove instead of into a pan. They always said he was so healthy because he ate so many germs (innoluculated). Willy and Archie would always saw big logs in the back yard with a 2 man saw with huge teeth. And they always had a dog. Archie had a good heart though and loved little animals.
    • He was a dead shot with a sling shot, killing squirrels and birds and rabbits and muskrat to eat. And when the pike were spawning they'd come up the creek and he'd spear them or just catch them and put them in a big wash tub in Mimi's back yard where they'd be swimming around until they became dinner. Both Willy and Archie never knew to use any weapon except a spear and a slingshot.

      Archie would do the damnedest things to shock people and then he'd stand there and laugh. He painted his shoes one summer so they were white.
    • Per Delores, Archie rode a red, white and blue bicycle all over Grosse Pointe during the war. And also had red, white and blue wingtip shoes.
    • Per Bob Muehring, says he never got over finding his wife in bed with someone else and had "problems"
    Person ID I16972  Drouillard
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2006 

    Father Isadore Jerome Huyet Champagne,   b. 07 Jul 1854, Mt Clemens, Macomb, MI, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Mar 1928, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, MI, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Florence (Florian) DROUILLARD,   b. 25 Nov 1861,   d. 09 Jul 1956, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, MI, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1879  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • They were married in the presence of Barnabe Champagne and Salome Drouillard.
    Resided Ridge Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, MI, US
    Source: Kathleen Wattle Interview June Veronica Chancey Quinn Lahti 
    Family ID F2328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lorraine LaForest,   b. Sandwich East, Essex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2006 
    Family ID F6796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S110] Kathleen Wattle GEDCOM file imported on 26 Oct 2006, Kathleen Wattle.

    2. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, OS8-305J.