Marie Hermina Pilotte

Brief Life History of Marie Hermina

When Marie Hermina Pilotte was born on 24 April 1908, in Kent, Ontario, Canada, her father, Ovila Joseph Pilotte, was 25 and her mother, Julia Theresa MATTE, was 22. She married Theophile "Duffile" Couture on 8 July 1944, in Garden City, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1939 and lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Garden City, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 26 November 1988, in Taylor, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Theophile "Duffile" Couture
1902–1965
Marie Hermina Pilotte
1908–1988
Marriage: 8 July 1944
Carl Joseph Couture
1934–1990

Sources (13)

  • Ermine Couture in household of Duffield Couture, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Marie Hermina Pilotte, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
  • Ermine Pilotte, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1909 · The Ford Building

The Ford Building was one of the first high-rises to use a steel structural support system. It stands at 23 stories in total height and it held the title as tallest building in Detroit from 1908 until 1913.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Adrien, Andre, Germaine, Laurent, Ovila, Pierre, Yves.

French: variant of Pilote (and, in North America, an altered form of this), most likely an occupational name for a boat's pilot, Old French pilote, or perhaps a habitational name from Pilote, the name of a few places in the southwestern part of France. Both forms of the surname are very rare in France. Compare Pelotte .

History: Léonard Pilote from La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, France, married Denise Gauthier in France in 1644, died in Beauport, QC, in 1665.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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