Rose Isabella Duquette

1863 - 1939  (75 years)

• Name	Rose Isabella Duquette
  Birth	22 Aug 1863	Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Feb 1939	L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan
  Burial	L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan
  Person ID	I792	King/Roy
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Narcisse Duquette,   b. 1 Dec 1842, St. Joachim, Chateauguay, PQ CANADA d. 2 Feb 1913, Houghton, HOUGHTON, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Rose Delima Belanger,   b. 8 Apr 1846, Canada d. 7 Mar 1924, Tawas, IOSCO, Michigan (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1862
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Narcisse Collins (Collin),   b. 11 Aug 1857, St-Esprit, Montcalm PQ CANADA d. 24 Jan 1939, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1878	L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan
  Notes	Sponsored Baptism of Clifford Nelson King Married: Ironwood (Mich) Daily Globe Thursday, October 27, 1938, p.9 SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY L'Anse - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins of L'Anse observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary. A special nuptial High Mass in Sacred Heart Church by the Rev. Fr. Pelissier was given in honor of the couple. Fr. Pelissier, assisted by the choir, rendered special music for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins were married Oct. 27, 1878 in the rectory of the Catholic parish before the first church was erected, which was on upper Railroad Street at the rear of the present Sacred Heart Church. The Rev. Fr. TerHorst of the mission at Assinins performed the ceremony. Eighteen children blessed this union, 10 of whom are living. There are 36 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Collins are still living in the home the young bridegroom had prepared for his bride. Both represent two of the oldest families of the country, Mrs. Collins being a daughter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duquette who came from Canada with their family in 1875 and took up farming on the Baraga side. Collins belonged to the Belanger-Collins family who came from Canada in the early '70s and settled in L'Anse. Collins was first employed on the M.H.and O. railroad and for the last 35 years has been head caretaker at the court house. He is a charter member of teh first fire company in L'Anse and now a retired honorary member.
  Children	1. Narcisse Collins,   b. ca. 1879, L'Anse, Baraga, Michigan d. 28 Dec 1881, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 2 years) + 2. Elzior William Collins,   b. 25 Jul 1880, L'Anse, Baraga, Michigan d. 24 May 1966, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 85 years)   3. Frank Collins,   b. ca. Oct 1882, L'Anse, Baraga, Michigan d. 4 Dec 1882, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 0 years) + 4. Delima Josephine Collins,   b. 22 Aug 1883, LaPrairie d. 1 Sep 1974, Southfield, OAKLAND, Michigan (Age 91 years) + 5. Octavia Josephine Collins,   b. 20 Sep 1885, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 12 Aug 1951, Whitefish, FLATHEAD, Montana (Age 65 years) + 6. Clotilde Mary Collins,   b. 15 Sep 1887, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 23 Feb 1964, ST. LOUIS, Minnesota (Age 76 years) + 7. Delia Mary Collins,   b. 30 Jan 1889, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 20 Feb 1986, KING, Washington (Age 97 years)   8. Edmund Jean Baptiste Collins,   b. 6 Jan 1891, L'Anse, Baraga, Michigan d. 4 Jan 1934, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 42 years) + 9. Ida A. Collins,   b. 6 Jan 1893, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 22 Jun 1967, MACOMB, Michigan (Age 74 years) + 10. Edwina Emma Collins,   b. 20 Jun 1894, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 12 Sep 1988, San Antonio, BEXAR, Texas (Age 94 years)   11. Leonard T. Collins,   b. 21 Nov 1898, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 2 Sep 1977, Tucson, PIMA, Arizona (Age 78 years) + 12. Irving Henry Albert Oscar Collins,   b. 21 Jul 1896, Michigan d. 13 Oct 1967, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 71 years)   13. Alexander Collins,   b. 27 Jul 1900, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 15 Oct 1900 (Age 0 years)   14. Annabelle Collins,   b. 13 May 1903, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 28 May 1905, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 2 years)   15. Madeleine Collins,   b. 26 Jul 1905, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan d. 2 Aug 1953, L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan (Age 48 years)
  Photos		Narcisse Collins (Collin) / Rose Isabella Duquette (F133)
  Documents » Slide Show		Federal Census 1880 - Narcisse (Frank) Collins family L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan
  		Federal Census 1880-2 - Narcisse (Frank) Collins family L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan
  		Federal Census 1900, Narcisse Collins (Collin) / Rose Isabella Duquette (F133) L'Anse, BARAGA, Michigan
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

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  Isabella (Duquette) Collins DC State of Michigan

  
  

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  Isabella (Duquette) Collins obit