William Joseph Needham b. 1926 d. 2010: Our Family History

William Joseph Needham

1926 - 2010 (84 years)

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Name	William Joseph Needham [1, 2]
Birth	1926 [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Residence	Escanaba, Michigan [2]
Residence	1930	Escanaba, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Death	2010
Person ID	I292682522657	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Harold Wesley Needham, b. 1902 d. 1971 (Age 69 years)
Mother	Ruth Beauchamp, b. 29 Jan 1896, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA d. 24 Jul 1988, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA (Age 92 years)
Family ID	F16927	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ethel Mary Bélanger, b. 1929 d. 1988 (Age 59 years)

Marriage 7 Apr 1948 Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA [2]

Children

	1. cma_goldie Needham
	2. D Needham

Family ID F13858 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

[S965666717] Year: 1930; Census Place: Escanaba, Delta, Michigan; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340717.
[S1071318299] Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 40; Film Title: 21 Delta 4263-7539; Film Description: Delta (1939-1949).

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.