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Surnames: Champagne
Classification: Query
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I am researching the Champagne families--any info on any of the following members is
greatly appreciated. Both my maternal great-grandparents were Champagnes: Leo and Helene
Champagne. They lived in the area of Theriot, Terrebonne Parish, La. I only have
fragmented information about my great-grandparents and their children as follows:
a.Great-great-grandparents: Leo Champagne and Anita? (uncertain of wife’s name or maiden
name). Children: 2 known- Leo and Honore.
b.Great-grandparents: Leo Champagne (named after his father) and Helene Champagne
(Champagne was also her maiden name; her parents first names are unknown). Birthdates
unknown; believed to be about 1880-1890. Unknown marriage date; believed to be between
1890-1900s. They had 12 children.
c.Children of grandparents, only known birth dates are for my grandmother Lydie and her
twin Lydia:
Helen, Married ? “Buck” Crochet. 1 daughter: Mary Helen, m ? “PeeWee” Voisin.
Joe or Joseph, died of tuberculosis in his 20s.
John, no information.
Vital, World War I veteran. 1 daughter: Jo Anne or Joanne.
Irene and Corrine, twin daughters.
Zulema, married Calise Hidalgo. Children: Calise, Jr; Leo, Earl, “Beth” and Elma? or
Alma?, m. Edgar Barrow (sp), 2 sons, unknown names.
Felice “Fee.”
Eleanor/Elinor/Elenore, m. ? Robinson. Sons: Sam “Sammy” and Ray, both of Theriot, La.
Nolan/Noland.
Lydia and Lydie, twins, born 9 October 1909. Lydie, my grandmother, info per her baptismal
register extract, dated 23 October 1909, from St. Eloi Catholic Church, Theriot, La.: her
godfather was Honore Champagne, brother of Leo, and her godmother was Zulama Champagne,
unknown relationship, believed to be Helene’s sister.