Celestine (Lancelle) Coppesmette

Lifespan: 1853-11-18 — 1933-09-07

Summary

Born in Beauvechain, Brabant, Belgium to Jacques Joseph Lancelle and Anne Catherine Durdu. Emigrated to Wisconsin. Married Isidore Joseph Coppesmette on July 9, 1871 in Robinsonville, Brown County, Wisconsin — a Belgian Catholic settlement. At least 5 sons and 4 daughters.

Lived in Red River, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin for about 25 years. By 1920 was in Sappa Township, Harlan County, Nebraska. Died September 7, 1933 in Green Bay at age 79. Buried at Saint Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown.

Coppesmette is the original Belgian spelling — Americanized to Coppersmith. Frank Joseph Coppersmith (b. ~1884) is presumed to be one of their sons.

Relationships

• Parents: Jacques Joseph Lancelle & Anne Catherine Durdu (Beauvechain, Belgium)
• Spouse: Isidore Joseph Coppesmette (m. 1871-07-09, Robinsonville, WI)
• Children: At least 5 sons and 4 daughters — Frank Joseph Coppersmith presumed among them

Sources

• FamilySearch person record (birth, marriage, death, burial details).

Research Notes

• Beauvechain is in Walloon Brabant, French-speaking Belgium — confirms the family as Walloon Belgian, not Flemish.
• Robinsonville, WI (now Champion) is the Belgian settlement corridor adjacent to Dyckesville.
• Nebraska detour (1920) — Sappa Township, Harlan County. Many Belgian-Wisconsinites homesteaded in Nebraska. Some returned.
• Jacques Joseph Lancelle and Anne Catherine Durdu could be traceable in Belgian civil records (Beauvechain commune).
• 1880/1900 census for Red River, Kewaunee County should show the Coppesmette household with children.