The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 387

EVARISTE COURCHENE.

Evariste Courchene, a representative agriculturist of the Yakima valley, has for
the past six years cultivated a valuable tract of land comprising thirty-three
acres near Moxee City. His birth occurred near Montreal, Canada, on the 27th of
May, 1873, his parents being Edward and Clarinte (Boivert) Courchene, who in
1886 removed to Alberta, Canada, where they spent the remainder of their lives.
The father was a successful ranchman.

Evariste Courchene was a young man of thirty-six years when in 1909 he came to
the Yakima valley. Three years later he purchased thirty-three acres of land on
the Moxee, where he has since been engaged in the raising of hops, corn, sugar
beets, hay, potatoes and other farm products. Success has come to him by reason
of well directed industry and good management, so that he is now numbered among
the substantial and representative citizens of the district.

On the 7th of May, 1918, Mr. Courchene was joined in wedlock to Miss Maria Roy,
of Alberta, Canada. They are devout communicants of the Holy Rosary Catholic
church at Moxee City and have won many friends during the period of their
residence in the valley. Mr. Courchene exercises his right of franchise in
support of the men and measures of the democratic party, believing firmly in its
principles. His life has ever been upright and honorable, commanding the respect
and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact in business and social
relations.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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