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Note: Germans to America - 1850-1874
Celestin Jacquemin
age 23
occupation - none
country - France
to - New York
manifest ID number - 00007133
from port of - Havre
1898 - Will book H - page 246:
bequeath to Matilda and 2 children all estate, real and personal - George Hanwell and Francis J. Jones were witnesses to will
1898 - July 15 - Fri. - "The Blossburg Advertiser":
The funeral of Celestin Jacquemin, whose death occurred in this boro on Thursday evening, July 7, took place last Sunday afternoon, under the funeral direction of Fred W. Kraise, under the auspices of Arbon Lodge and Enterprise Encampment of the I. O. O. F. assisted by Covington, Morris Run, Fall Brook and Liberty lodges, and Covington and Blossburg Daughters of Rebecka, over two hundred Odd Fellows being in line. The funeral was one of the largest ever seen in Blossburg. Short services were held at his late home in the southern portion of the boro at one o'clock, and at the Baptist church at 2 o'clock, Rev. Reese, of Arnot, officiating. The pall bearers were James N. Patterson, Emmett Green, J. D. Burr, E. W. Aldrich, Ira Martin and Thomas H. Williams, Esq. Honorary pall bearers, Mr . Everett, of Covington; J. S. Turner, of Blossburg; John Nelson, of Arnot; T. J. Evans, of Blossburg; Samuel Woodhouse, of Morris Run; Issac Keagle, of Liberty. Relatives from Liberty, Blossburg, Lewisburg, Corning and Williamsport were present. The remains were laid gently to rest in the Odd Fellows cemetery (pre-Arbon Cem.) in Blossburg. Celestin Jacquemin was born in Bellford, France, in the year 1826. He attended school in his native town until sixteen years of age, and then learned the trade of cabinet maker. He served fifteen months in the French army, during which time Louis Phillip was deposed in 1849. He emigrated to America the same year, locating in North Adams, Mass., and subsequently in 1850 became a resident of Blossburg, where he has since resided for a period of forty-seven years. November 14, 1866, he married Miss Matilda Neal, of Liberty, who, together with two sons, Celestin and Amos, and one sister, Mrs . John Robena, survive him. The deceased became affiliated with Arbon Lodge, No. 489, I. O. O. F., in the year 1866, thirty-two years ago, and subsequently became a member of Enterprise encampment, and for the past seventeen years he has held the responsible office of treasurer of Arbon Lodge and has occupied at various times all of the important stations in those lodges. As a friend he was faithful, as an Odd Fellow his hand was always extended in doing good, as a neighbor and citizen he was reliable, and as a husband and father he was kind, affectionate and indulgent. His memory will long be cherished.
In the "Blossburg Advertiser", Fri., May 22, 1908 was an obituary for Mrs. Victoria Besaunceney which indicates the following families were related and perhaps emigrated to Tioga Co. together. Also in a reunion article of the Besaunceney family all the family names were mentioned; Mrs. Victoria Besaunceney died May 19, 1908; she and her husband were born in France and married there; they came to this country 55 years ago; she was the last of the colony of French emigrants that made their home in this region; all of her generation of the Besaunceneys, the Picquegnots, The Robena's, the Jacquemins have gone before.
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