Cenie (Ellingham) McQuaid is my great grandmother. Joseph Biot is her grandfather or my 3x great grandfather. Cenie never met him as he died 10 years before her birth.
He was born near the boarder of Belgium and France. On many documents he lists his birth place as France, as well as his parent's. I need to investigate more to confirm his actual country of birth. He married Julia A. M. Willis. He was a blacksmith at 564 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
In the 1880 Federal Census he is listed as a white male age 49 with his wife Juliana, his sons Peter, Joseph, Constantine and daughters Leontine, Louisa and Charlotte (Cenie's mom). Here is part of his entry:
The Brooklyn Eagle had a little more to tell about his life and death.
He is buried in the historic Green-Wood Cemetery 5th Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY. He is buried with his wife and many of his children, grandchildren and mother-in-law.
Here is a link to the online memorial for him. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=biot&GSiman=1&GScid=64718&GRid=80392703&
