My dad's father was baptized Thomas Arthur Baugniet, or Bongier if you go by the actual record from the Holy Cross Church document archived at the Diocese of Green Bay. His parents are listed as Frederic Bongier and Caecilia Bongier. His godparents were Georgino Peltier and Harriet Peltier (alias Pelkey.) He was born on 06 January 1893 in the town of Mishicott in Wisconsin. Because his sister Jennie was unable to say the name "Arthur" she said "Archie", and the name stuck.
The picture at right was taken when Archie was about 17.
Archie was the son of Frederick Baugniet of Belgium and Macila LaPlante whose paternal ancestors emigrated from France to Canada and maternal ancestors who emigrated from Ireland to Canada. Archie's parents were among the earliest settlers in the area. The memorial obituary for Archie states that after he graduated from Mishicot High School in 1909, he attended the Manitowoc County Normal School at Manitowoc. In 1913, he went to Oshkosh where he took a course at a telegraphy school after which he took a position at the Chicago & North Western Railway Co. station at Wabeno. After a year he returned to assist his father on the farm.
Around that time, he met a young lady from Kellnersville, Julia Yana.
