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Joseph Christe

Birth	:	23 Sep 1823 Vendlincourt, District de Porrentruy, Jura, Switzerland
Death	:	19 Feb 1914 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial	:	,
Plot	:	East Section, Inside - Rows East to West
Inscription	:	Age de 90 Ans
Description	:	From Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, Ontario, pages 552 and 553; Publisher; Toronto Ontario: J.H.Beers, 1905 JOSEPH CHRISTE, postmaster and merchant of Tecumseh village, Sandwich East, County of Essex, was born in Alsace, France, Sept. 25, 1823, a son of Jacques and Catherine (Mamie) Christe, who were reared in their native Alsace, and died there. Growing to manhood in his native land, Joseph Christe received a college education, on coming to Canada, in 1846, was well equipped for life's duties. He made the journey via... Read More	From Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, Ontario, pages 552 and 553; Publisher; Toronto Ontario: J.H.Beers, 1905 JOSEPH CHRISTE, postmaster and merchant of Tecumseh village, Sandwich East, County of Essex, was born in Alsace, France, Sept. 25, 1823, a son of Jacques and Catherine (Mamie) Christe, who were reared in their native Alsace, and died there. Growing to manhood in his native land, Joseph Christe received a college education, on coming to Canada, in 1846, was well equipped for life's duties. He made the journey via New York, on a sailing vessel, the trip taking forty two days, and settled in the County of Essex, Ont., where he taught school for about ten years. He then purchased eighty acres of land in Tecumseh, Sandwich East, upon which he worked until 1852, the year of his marriage to Miss Monique Seguin, a native of Sandwich East. In 1868 Joseph Christe erected a hotel in the village and conducted it for a period of six years. Gradually he went into the grocery trade, in which he is still engaged, and in 1872 he established the post office in the village and has held the office of postmaster ever since, a period of thirty-three years. He has been treasurer and director of the school board for twenty-five years. His political opinions make him a Conservative, and he is very prominent in the workings of his party. Mr. Christe stands very high in his neighborhood as a man of industry, uprightness of life and probity of character, and he enjoys the friendship of a large number of people throughout the county. Fraternally he unites with the Order of St. Jean Baptiste. He has good eye sight and a splendid memory, being well preserved in every way, and he and his wife are highly respected as thrifty, useful people, whose lives have been productive of much good in the community in which they have been passed.

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Joseph Christe death on 19 Feb 1914 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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Spouse

Monique Seguin Christe

(1831 - 1905)

Children

Agnes Christe Dugal

(1856 - 1940)

Marie Anne Christe Champagne

(1859 - 1891)

Antoine Pierre Christe

(1869 - 1949)

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