Leo J LaFave b. 4 Sep 1927 Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, USA d. 12 Nov 2008 Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, USA: Our Family History

1927 - 2008 (81 years)

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Name	Leo J LaFave [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	4 Sep 1927	Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Residence	Marquette [3]
Residence	Marquette, Michigan [4]
Residence	1930	Marquette, Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, USA [2]
Residence	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	Before 1951	Michigan [1]
Death	12 Nov 2008	Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, USA [1, 3, 5]
Burial	Trowbridge Park, Marquette, Michigan, USA [5]
Person ID	I292529316370	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Leo Joseph LaFave, b. 17 Oct 1901 d. 31 Aug 1971 (Age 69 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Margaret Fitzpatrick, b. Abt 1904, Michigan d. 1992 (Age 88 years)
Family ID	F4841	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Nancy Gray Kimber, b. 6 Nov 1925, Marquette, Michigan, USA d. 21 Mar 2002, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA (Age 76 years)

Marriage 23 Jul 1946 Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, USA [3, 4, 6]

Children

Family ID F4897 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

[S1067904813] Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.
[S965666717] Year: 1930; Census Place: Marquette, Marquette, Michigan; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 2340745.
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[S1067931347] Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 146; Film Title: 52 Marquette 5570-8859; Film Description: Marquette (1940-1948).
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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.