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BABCOCK, JOSEPH W. - Born in 1820 in Connecticut. A clerk in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $250. [MN50]
BABCOCK, LORENZO A. - Born in Vermont in 1823. An attorney who came to St. Paul in 1849, setting up a law office in a log cabin on the corner of 3rd and Robert Streets. He was elected a Councillor in the Third Territorial election of 1852. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Frances (1827 VT-23 Dec 1850 St. Paul) had one child Miron A. (1845 VT).[WM246, 293, 321, MN50, MPv2#35]
BAGNELL, THOMAS - A native of Ireland born in 1824. A laborer in St. Paul in
1850. He and his wife Catharine (1825 Ireland) had at least one child: Margaret (1848 NJ). [MN50]
BAILEY, JOHN - A native of France he was born in 1817. He was a farmer in
St. Paul. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He was married to Victoire (1830 France). [MN50]
BAILLIF, JOHN - A St. Paul resident in 1849. Married by Fr A. Ravoux to Marie Josephine Victorine Lavocat on 21 Jan 1847. They had two sons, August Ernest (1851) and Jules Adolph (1853), both baptised at St Anthony. The 1850 census indicated that 3 males & 1 female were living in the household. [LR91, 93, MN49]
BAIN, ROSALIE - Born in Iowa in 1832. She was the wife of William Derocher, the proprietor of the Derocher House. [MN50]
BAKER, ABRAHAM - Born in New York in 1827. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BAKER, DANIEL A. J. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BAKER, W. - Born in Maine in 1823. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BAKER [BOLLES], WYMAN - Born in 1822 in New Hampshire. A St. Paul resident in 1849. He relocated and was farming at St. Anthony in 1850. His real estate holdings valued at $650. He and his wife Martha (1827 NH) had at least one child: Harriet (1847 WI). [MN49, MN50]
BALDWIN, H. - A St. Paul resident in 1849. Living in his household are listed 2 males & 1 female. [MN49]
BALDWIN, J. - Born in New York in 1810. A farmer at either Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He was married to Nancy (1815 New York). [MN50]
BANFIL, JOHN - Considered "a man of sterling worth," John Banfill was born in Topsham, Vermont on 12 February, 1811. In 1823 he moved to Dover, New Hampshire and from there to Boston. In 1835 he worked his trade, a mason, in New Orleans. While Mr. Banfill was in New Orleans, Florida was having problems with the Indians consequently war broke out and John Banfill volunteered, went to Florida and took an active part in the campaign. At the conclusion of the war Mr. Banfill retired having the title of Colonel. After returning to New Orleans he went north to New York and on to Albany where in
1838 he married Nancy Foster, of New York City. In 1840 John and Nancy (1812 NY?) Banfill moved to Lancaster, Grant County and then to Prairie du Chien
were they remained for six years. While in Prairie du Chien he kept the Grant House and took a contract to build the courthouse in Clayton County,
Iowa. Upon his return to Prairie du Chien he ran the Prairie House and in 1846, John and Nancy Banfill moved to St. Paul and rented the house of
Alexander McLeod with the intent of starting a hotel. There is some question whether he did so on that property.
In 1847 John Banfill made a claim on Rice Creek and kept a tavern for the accommodation of travelers. According to the Book "A" Original Entries-date entry 11, September, 1849-John Banfill was given by the United States Lots 1,2,3,4, Section 15, Township 30, Range 24 in Fridley, at that time known as Manomin. On this property he built the Banfill Sawmill and erected a two story frame building, painted white and arranged so that an "L" could be used for business purposes with no passage through the living quarters. This "L" was used as a post office and John became the first Postmaster at Manomin. A store and a tavern know as
Banfill's Tavern became a well known stopping place for travelers on the Red River Trail. The Winnebagoes had been moved to Long Prairie and supplies
went over this trail by team. These supply trains from St. Paul made Banfill's a storage depot. During this period of time he represented the twenty-fourth district in the first state legislature and was the first State Auditor. He sold his hotel at Manomin to Isaac Kimball in 1853.
In 1849, he was an unsuccessful candidate for County Commissioner. By 1851, in partnership with Henry Rice, he had built a three-story brick building on Third Street, and it was here that the 2nd Territorial Legislature met in 1851. That building burned in 1856 or 1857. In 1857, Banfill was elected from Manomin Co. to the State Legislature. In 1861 John moved to Bayfield, Wisconsin where he kept a hotel. He remained in Bayfield until his death on
13 May, 1887, at the age of 77 years. Today in St. Paul there is a street named after John Banfill called "Banfill Street" which is said to have been
plotted by him in 1851. [WM160, 199, 244, 266, 284, MN49, MN50, Goodrich, History of Anoka County 1905, Anoka County Minnesota, 1982]
BAPTIST HILL - A hill that was located in early St. Paul, and originally included in the claim of Pierre Bottineau and his brother. The peak of the hill was located at what is now Mears Park in Lowertown, but no trace of it remains. During the early days of St. Paul, as new streets were platted in Lowertown, the land all around the peak was excavated and leveled for streets and construction sites, and the dirt was used to fill the natural ravine that flowed along what is today Sibley Street, and to fill the swamp that once covered the area on which the Union Depot now stands. At its "final gasp", Baptist Hill was a large mountain of dirt (50 feet high) surrounded by homes and businesses, and it was finally leveled completely. That final remaining plot of land became what is now Mears Park in Lowertown St. Paul.
BARBER, JOSIAH W. - a resident of St. Paul. His estate was probated 5 March 1850 with his administratrix being Margene E. Barber. [MPv1#43]
BARBOUR, NEHEMIAH - Born in New York in 1800, he was a physician who moved to St. Paul in 1849, setting up a practice as well as a store. His real estate holdings were valued at $300 in 1850. His and his wife Elizabeth (1825 KY) had at least one child: John N. (1842 IA). [MN50, WM246]
BARNES, COMFORT - Born in Ohio in 1814. A St. Paul mason in 1849. He was a charter member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. His real estate holdings were valued at $150 in 1850. He and his wife Mary (1815 NY) had at least four children: George W. (1836 OH), Andrew (1838 OH), John D. (1845 WI), and Emily (1849 MN).[WM246, 263, MN50]
BARNUM, JULIA A. - Born in Connecticut in 1826. A St. Paul resident in 1850.
Julia married 24 May 1851, by E. D. Neill, to Simeon P. Folsom as his second wife. [MN50, RCM]
BARNUM, V. B. - Born in Connecticut in 1811. A St. Paul resident in 1850.
He and his wife Nancy (1812 NY) had at least one child: Mary (1838 OH). [MN50]
BARTLETT, F. J. - Born in Kentucky in 1812. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850.
He and his wife Catharine (1827 KY) had at least two children: Wm. P. H. (1849 IL), and Franklin J. (1849 IL). [MN50]
BARTELLETTE [BERTHELETTE], LOUIS - Born in 1799 in Canada. He and his wife,
Josephine Julie Lemay (1800 Canada) were St. Paul residents in 1850. They had at least two children, Marie Delvina (1852) and Louis Henri (1854), both baptised at Little Canada. [MN50, LR119]
BARTON, THOMAS - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BASS, JACOB W. - Born in Braintree, VT, in 1815, he migrated west as a young man, living for a time at Plattville and Prairie du Chien, WI, and at McGregor, IA, where he was a ferryboat owner, hotel proprietor, and a part-time merchant. While in Prairie du Chien, he married
Martha D. Brunson, and soon after was in business with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Brunson, in the lumber business in Chippewa Falls. In 1847, they sold that business and both families came to St. Paul.
Bass arrived in August and leased the St. Paul House. He was also appointed postmaster in 1849 and held that position until 1853. He sold his hotel business in 1852, and opened a commission and forwarding warehouse on the levee which was a prominent business house for some years. He and his family later moved to Watonwan County where they farmed.
His real estate holdings were valued at $1500 in 1850. He and Martha (1827 PA) were parents of at least two children: Edgar (1844 WI, and Franklin (1849 MN). Also living in their household was Mary Bass (1825 VT) presumably a sister of Jacob.[WM164-5, MN49, MN50]
BASS, MARY - Born in VT in 1825. She was a St. Paul resident in 1850, living
in the household of Jacob W. Bass. Jacob is presumably her brother. [MN50]
BASTIEN, JOSEPH - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
BATES, MARGARET - A native of England she was born in 1831. She was a St.
Paul resident in 1850. Whe married 8 Oct 1850 to Thomas P. Reed. [MN50, RCM]
BATES, WILLIAM - A native of Scotland he was born in 1828. He was a baker in
St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850. [MN50]
BATTLEFORD, WILLIAM - Born in 1828 in Canada. He was a printer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BAUDREAU, BASILISSE - Born 17 Oct 1831 at Sorel, PQ. She was the daughter of
Joseph Baudreau and Josette Fortier. She married Daniel Lavallee on 14 April 1849. [RCM]
BAUDREAU, CHRISTINE - Born 15 Feb 1834 at Sorel, PQ. She was the daughter of
Joseph Baudreau and Josette Fortier. She married Edward Boisvert on 29 Jan 1850 at St. Paul. [LR130]
BAUDREAU, EDWIDGE - Born 18 Nov 1835 at Sorel, PQ. She was the daughter of
Joseph Baudreau and Josette Fortier. She married Peter Turgeon on 14 Sep 1850 at St. Paul. [LR130, MN50, RCM]
BAUDREAU, JOSEPH - Born in Canada in 1792. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850.
He married Josette Fortier (1793 Canada) on 27 Jan 1817 at Lonque Pointe, PQ. They had at least seven children: Felicite (8 May 1819), Jean Baptiste (6 Jun 1824),Tharsile (1827), Basilisse (17 Oct 1831), Bazile (1832), Christine (15 Feb 1834), and Edwidge (18 Nov 1835) all born at Sorel PQ. [LR130, MN50]
BAUDREAU, JEAN BAPTISTE - Born at Sorel PQ on 6 Jun 1824, the son of Joseph Baudreau and Josette Fortier. He was a farmer residing in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $250 in 1850. He was married 6 Jun 1843 at Sorel, PQ to Eleanor Donais (1827 Canada). They had at least nine children: Emerance (1844 Canada), Joseph (1846 Canada), Helen (1848 St. Paul), Pierre (25 Jun 1850 St. Paul), Mary (8 May 1852 St. Paul), Anna (20 Oct 1853 St.Paul), Christine (1855 Maple Grove MN), Vitaline (1857 Maple Grove), and Sarah 1858 Maple Grove). His real estate holdings were valued at $250 in 1850. [LR130, MN50]
BAZILLE, CHARLES - Bazille was born at Montreal, QC, in 1812(7), and as a young man, came west and settled at Prairie du Chien. He was a carpenter by trade. He became acquainted with Louis Robert earlier, in Green Bay, then worked with him more closely in Prairie du Chien, and when Robert moved to St. Paul, Bazille accompanied him, both becoming permanent residents in 1844. That year, Bazille built, for Captain Robert, the first frame house in St. Paul, designed as a living quarters and warehouse. This building, built of hand-hewn lumber, after many years, was removed to the corner of 4th and Minnesota, where it stood for many years as the oldest building in the city. That year, he also built a grist and sawmill for William Dugas at what was called "the Falls" on Phelan's Creek.
On 30 Dec 1845, Bazille married Annie Jane Perry at Mendota (by Fr. A. Ravoux), and they purchased the claim of
Louis Larrivier. He donated a block of that property, known as Capitol Square, to the town to be used to build the first State Capitol. This property today holds part of the Minnesota Science Museum. Bazille also served on the City Council from 1852-4, some say because of his donation of land for the Capitol.
He later moved to a property on the Lake Como Road where he operated a brick business. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850.
Bazille and Annie had at least two children: John (1848 MN), Edmund W. (a Judge in St. Paul). [LR135, MN50, WM143-4ff]
BEAN, REUBEN - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
BEAUCHEMIN [BOUCHEMIN], JEAN BAPTISTE - Born in Canada in the Red River colony in 1822. He was a laborer in St. Paul. He was married by Fr A. Ravoux on 6 Sep 1846 to Susan Bourcier. They were residents of either
Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. [LR144, MN50]
BEAULEAU [BOILEAU], JOSEPHINE - Born in 1810 in Canada of Kootenais and French ancestry, she married
Joseph Rondo in about 1827, at Fort Garry. They moved to St. Paul with the Red River Refugees. [MN50]
BEAUMETTE, WILLIAM - Born in Canada in about 1818, a stone mason by trade, he emigrated from Canada to the Red River where he helped to construct Ft. Garry. Beaumette joined the refugees who left the Selkirk Colony and settled near Ft. Snelling, although he himself moved to Mendota. Several years later, he moved to St. Paul, where he married Appoline Guerin, a sister of
Vital Guerin. He died in St. Paul in November, 1870. [LR144, 152, WM76]
BEAUVAIS, EDWARD - Born in Canada in 1820. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $200 in 1850. [MN50]
BECKER, GEORGE L. - Born in Locke, NY, in 1829, he moved with his parents to Ann Arbor, MI, in 1841, where he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1846. He then studied law with George Sedgwick of Ann Arbor until 1849 when he moved to St. Paul.
He started a law practice, and was soon in partnership with Edmund Rice and Ellis Whitall. The following year, Whitall withdrew, and William Hollinshead replaced him. The firm continued until 1856, a year after Rice retired, then Becker actively engaged in the railroad freight forwarding business. In 1862, he was chosen Land Commissioner of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, and in 1864, he was named President of the First Division of that Railroad, a position he held for many years.
Becker was elected a St. Paul alderman (1854); St. Paul Mayor (1856); and was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1857). He was unsuccessful in a race for Governor in 1859. In 1867, he began the first of four terms in the State Senate, and in 1872, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. His real estate holdings were valued at $700 in 1850. [WM251-2, MN50]
BELANGER, JOHN B. - Born in Canada in 1828. A cook in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BELKNAP, W. H. - Born in New York in 1825. A lawyer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. [MN50]
BELLAND, HENRY - He was a resident of the Grand Marais in 1839. In 1846, he sold a plot of land in St. Paul's Lower Town to Leonard LaRoche. He and his family were living in Mendota in 1850. They subsequently settled in West St. Paul where he lived for many years. He was married in 1839 at Lac Qui Parle MN to Marie. They had at least four children: Henry (1839 MN), Marie (1841 MN), Catharine (1843 MN), and Genevieve (1848 MN). [WM86, 150, LR194, MN50]
BELLIN [BELLAND?], FRANCIS - Born in Minnesota in 1799. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Estele (1818 Canada) had at least six children: John (1838), Joseph (1840), Celeste (1841), Henrisime (1842), Maxime (1845), and Rosalie (1847) all born in Minnesota. [MN50]
BELLOW [BEBOW], JOHN - A resident of St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 5 males & 5 females. [MN49]
BEMIS, George - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BENOIT, DAVID - Came to St. Paul in 1845, and purchased, in partnership with Francis Chenevert, the Baptist Hill property of Pierre Bottineau in 1846. Nothing more was recorded about him, and it is likely that he left St. Paul soon after that. [WM151]
BENSON, LYMAN L. - Born is 1821 in Vermont. He ran a livery stable in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1500 in 1850. He and his wife Maria S. (1827 NY) had at least two children: Francis M. (1847 MI), and Elizabeth (1849 MI). [MN50]
BERARD [BERNARD], ANTOINE - Born in Canada in 1827. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He was married by Bishop Cretin on 31 Dec 1852 to Lucy Hore. [LR216, MN50]
BERRY, ??? - A St. Paul baker in 1849, doing business as Berry & Bros. [WM246]
BERRY, SOPHIA - Born in 1833 in Wisconsin. A St.Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
BERRY PICKER - See OLD BETS.
BEVANS, CORYDON D. - Born in 1825 in Ohio, he was tinsmith who came to St. Paul in 1849, and served on the first Ramsey County Grand Jury. In 1853, he was engaged in the stove trade.
[WM246, 258, 343, MN50]
BEVANS, HENRY L. - Born in 1823 in Ohio, he was a tinsmith living in St. Paul in 1850. Living in his household in 1850 are Julia Ann (1827 OH), Harriet E. (1829 OH), and Corydon D. All are believed to be siblings. [WM266, MN49, MN50]
BIDDLECOMB, M. MOREY - Born in 1824 in New York. He was a merchant in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BIG THUNDER - "Wa-Kin-Yan-Ton-Ka" was the father of Chief Little Crow of the Kaposia band of Sioux, who lived in what is now South St. Paul. It was Big Thunder who led the 1837 delegation of Sioux who protested the settling of whites at
Fountain Cave, and led to the resettlement in what is now St. Paul. [WM67]
BILANSKI, STANISLAUS - Born in Poland, he settled in St. Paul in 1842, after having lived in Wisconsin for some years. He purchased a claim and cabin between Phelan's Creek and Trout Brook, now approximately the location of Lafayette & University, then called "Oak Point" and lived there several years. On Oct 11, 1849 there was an Act to dissolve the marriage contract between Stanislaus and Mary BIELANSKI. In Nov 1849 Stanislaus was married to Mary Ellen Brown by Chauncey Hobart. On Sep 15, 1850 Stanislaus (a farmer & mechanic) is living in Little Canada with Ellen (1830 MO), Emily (1848 MN), and Benjamin (1849 MN). Bilanski was "the marrying kind", very good at marrying and divorcing wives, and this brought him to an untimely end. While living with his fourth wife, in 1859, he died under suspicious circumstances that showed that he had been poisoned. His wife, Mary Annie Edwards (or Evards) of Fayetteville, NC, was arrested for the crime when a woman who had been employed by the family reported that she had purchased arsenic for Mrs. Bilanski. Mrs. Bilanski was convicted and hanged that year. His real estate holdings were valued at
$2,000 in 1850. [WM388-9, MPv1#37, RCM, MN49 (Bellanger, S.), MN50]
BISHOP, HARRIETT E. - The first public school teacher in St. Paul. Born in 1826 in Vermont of a strong Baptist family, she was recruited to come to St. Paul while a student of Catherine Beecher in Albany, NY. After conquering her early fears of life in such a remote location, she finally decided to come, and was landed at Kaposia (South St. Paul) on July 16, 1847. A day or two later, she was taken to St. Paul in a canoe by two Indian women, where she was introduced to John Irvine, who arranged for a house in which she could live, and a room in which she could establish her school. The building chosen was a log cabin near what is now 3rd and St. Peter formerly occupied by Scott Campbell.
Her first class had 4 or 5 children, which grew to 9 or 10 soon thereafter. By fall, a larger building was needed, and the school moved to a location on Bench Street just west of Henry Jackson's property. Also, on July 25th, Miss Bishop taught the first Sunday School class to 7 children. The mixture of children required that interpreters be present who could translate her teaching into French and Sioux. By the 3rd Sunday class, the number of students had risen to 25, and continued with such success that it became the Sabbath School of the First Baptist Church.
By 1849, the number of children had risen to such a number that three schools were needed, one on Jackson Street on property purchased from William Randall, one in the basement of the Methodist Church, and one in Edward Neill's lecture room. In addition to Miss Bishop, Mary Scofield and the Rev. Chauncey Hobart shared the teaching duties. [WM169-70, 244-45, MN50]
BISHOP, P. B. - Born in 1824 in Vermont, he was an attorney who came to St. Paul in 1849 and set up a legal practice. [WM245, MN50]
BISSELL [BIZZELL], Mr. ELIJAH A. - Born 1817 in Canada. A resident of Mound farm . He was married at St. Paul, on 23 Jul 1850, by the Rev. Mr. Parsons, to Miss Mary Jane Fulweiler, late of Dubuque. [MN49, MN50, MPv2#14]
BIVINS, ANGELINA - Born in 1814 in New York, she was the wife of St. Paul businessman and community leader, Henry Jackson. They were married in Buffalo, NY, in 1838. After Jackson's death in 1857, she subsequently married John S. Hinckley Esq. of Mankato, MN, where she resided until her death. [WM117-8]
BIVINS, LAURA - Born in 1822 in New York. The sister of Angelina Bivins, she married in 1850 to
Parsons Johnson, and in 1852, they moved to Mankato, MN. [WM167]
BLAKE, William J. - Born in 1818 in New York. A lawyer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BLANCHARD, CHRISTOPHER C. - Blanchard was the business partner of John Irvine in Prairie du Chien, and came to St. Paul with him in 1843. He did not like St. Paul, however, and soon returned to Prairie du Chien, and from there to St. Louis. He was married, and his wife's sister, Matilda Rumsey, who lived with them, remained in St. Paul after he and his wife left. [WM128]
BLEAU, Antoine - Born in 1790 in Minnesota. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $250 in 1850. He and his wife, Marguerite Bourdon, had at least six children: Felix, Margaret (1824 MN), Joseph (1837 MN), Delafais (1843 MN), Aikin (1846 MN), and Feliclte (1848 MN). [MN50, LR288]
BOAL, JAMES McCLELLAN - Usually called "Jimmy McBoal" by the old settlers, he was one of the curious characters around St. Paul in the early days. Born in 1805 in Pennsylvania, he was likely a discharged Fort Snelling soldier. He was a painter by occupation, and something of an artist, the first to pursue that occupation in St. Paul.
He was in partnership with Marshall Sherman in 1849-50. Boal was known for his good-heartedness and generosity, and would loan or give away anything he had. In 1849, he was a member of the Territorial Legislature from Ramsey County. He was also appointed as Adjutant-General of the Territory, a position he held from 1850-53.
He moved to West St. Paul in 1851, where he went into partnership with Thomas Odell in the trading business. He was also elected to the House of Representatives from Dakota County in 1852. In 1855, he moved to Mendota where he died in 1862, leaving a family. There is a street in St. Paul named after him, but the city used his sobriquet, McBoal, rather than his real name. His real estate holdings were valued at $5,000 in 1850. [WM158, MN50]
BOISVERT, CYRIL - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BOISVERT, EDWARD - Born in 1819. A St. Paul resident in 1850. On 29 Jan 1850, at St Paul, he married
Christine Baudreau. They lived at St Paul until about 1853, when the family moved to Osseo, MN. They had 13 children: Virginia (10 Sep 1850), Marie Celina (30 Jan 1852), Victoria (18 Dec 1853), Henry (1855), Delvina (1857), George (1860), Normaqn (1861), Joanbna Lillian (Jan 1865), Christine Odile (1 Nov 1876), Francois Xavier (22 Jan 1870), Rose Anna (5 Feb 1872), William (1875), and Ida (1876). The first three were born in St Paul, the last 6 in Maple Grove, MN. He died on 19 Jun 1907 at Maple Grove. [LR302]
BONGA, GEORGE - Born in Minnesota in 1835. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
BOOTH, ELIJAH - Born in 1811 in Virginia. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BOOTH, SYLVESTER - Born in 1836 in New York. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
BOUDRETTE [BORDETTE], JOSEPH - Born in 1817 in Canada. A blacksmith in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BOUDRETTE [BORDETTE], MAXIME - Born in 1817 in Canada. A St. Paul resident in 1850, presumed to be the wife of Joseph. [MN50]
BORUP, DR. CHARLES W. - Born in 1808 in Denmark. Settled in the Lake Superior region in 1831. He moved to St. Paul in 1848/9. A St. Paul merchant in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $10,000 in 1850. He and his wife Elizabeth (1817 WI) had at least seven children: Theodore (1833 WI) a clerk in St. Paul, Sophia (1835 WI), Virginia (1837 WI), Augustan (1841 WI), Marion (1845 WI), Julia (1847 WI), and Marcus (1849 MN). [WM47, MN49, MN50]
BOTTINEAU, CHARLES
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The following is translated from "Bulletin de la Societe historique de Saint-Boniface" - 1999-2000 - Numero 4 - ISSN 0384 0158 - Automne 2000 |
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Charles Bottineau was born on the first and baptized on the second of May 1776 at Berthier-en-haut (Quebec), son of Pierre Bautinau and Angelique Fournaise. Pierre Bautinau was of the diocese of Nantes in Brittany.
We haven't found the employment contract as a voyageur of Charles Bottineau. We found the first mention of it in the journal of Alexander Henry the younger , dated 3 October 1803 when a group of Henry's voyageurs set out for (Montagne du Poil) Hair Hills.
«Charles Bottineau, with two horses and a cart loaded with 1 ½ packs, his own baggage, and two young children with kettles and other trash hanging on it. Madame Bottineau with a squalling infant on her back, scolding and tossing it about.»
Charles Bottineau is named as a foreman voyageur (voyageur contremaitre) in the list of heads of household, clerks and voyageurs of the North West Fur company in 1804. He was in the Red River area.
Alexander Henry notes on 18 October 1805, the death of a son of Bottineau, about seven years old, died «of a swelling of the belly and cositiveness. An hour before he expired the swelling disappeared entirely, and we were in hopes he would recover; clysters and purges had no effect whatever.»
In the census of the Red River and Pembina in February 1814 we find Bottineau a free man with his wife, a son and five daughters.
He may have had his marriage to Marguerite, an Ojibway Indian, validated or legalized at St. Boniface in 1820 after the arrival of the missionaries.
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| On 7 July 1817, in the presence of William Bacheler Coltman, a special commissioner conducting an investigation into the troubles in the Red River region, Charles Bottineau gave the following deposition.
Charles Bottineau having been sworn in says and declares at the end of 1814, two years after the colonists had arrived at the Red River, being a hunter for the North West company was ordered by Mr. Duncan Cameron and Alexander McDonell of the said company not to give any food to the colonists nor give them help in any manner even if they were dying of starvation. These two men made this order to apply to all other free Canadians of the Red River region and that there were only Dauphine and Tranchemontagne who refused to obey this order and were hired by the colony as hunters. That Plante, a free man, had on one occasion, given food to the English, had been punished for it and the North West company had seized his four horses and made him return to Montreal and never to allow him to rejoin his family. That in the same year of 1814, Mr. Duncan Cameron and Alexander McDonell ordered the deponent to take great pains to drive away the animals that might fall prey to the hunters employed by the colony either by hunting them or by scaring them away, that to this effect. The deponent was not to fear to have his horses killed and in case that happened, the company would give him others. That in the beginning of the year of 1815, the deponent was camped with several Metis and free men from Red River at Turtle River to hunt cows, that Bostois Pangman, interpreter for the North West company arrived at their camp to tell them that Captain McDonell, Governor of the colony was coming with 25 men to pillage their camp and that they should get ready to defend themselves. The deponent later learned that this was a lie that Mr. Duncan Cameron had invented to turn the free men against the colonists, however this report having been repeated so often that the free men and the Metis believed it and were determined to kill Captain McDonell if he came there.That the following summer after Governor McDonell had been made prisoner and the colonists driven from the Red River, Duncan Cameron ordered the deponent to set fire to the Hudson Bay company fort at the Pembina River. The deponent not having carried out this order, Mr. Alexander McDonell and Mr. Seraphin Lamar harshly reproached him for not having carried out this order. That in the summer of 1815, Mr. Duncan Cameron called together once more the free men of Red River and forbade them in a most forceful manner to give food to the English and it was they the free men were the reason the English remained at the Red River, that the deponent nevertheless was hired by Mr. Robertson as a hunter and hunted all winter for the colony. That after the disturbance of 19 Jun 1816, and after the English had been driven from the Red River, the deponent was mistreated by the people of the North West company because he had furnished food to the colonists and that Mr. Daniel McKenzie wanted to make him get in his canoe and forcefully take him back to Montreal.
la marque X De Charles Bautinau
Assermente a la
Riviere Rouge le
7 Juillet 1817 devant moi
(signe) W.B. Coltman
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In another deposition, dated 20 August 1817, Bottineau declared he arrived at Red River about 10 or 12 days after the death of Governor Semple.
That he saw after his arrival at Red River, a man by the name of La Serpe, Antoine Hoole, Francois Deschamps, the father and Francois Deschamps, the son. That these persons mentioned above had boasted to have been involved in the 19 June 1816 affair when said Semple was killed. That said La Serpe had told the deponent that he killed two English in that affair with his own hands. That he had killed one of these English when they were together but he was obliged to run a long distance to reach the second he killed, that however he caught him near one of the colony's gardens close to the fort where he shot him. That said La Serpe had also shown to the deponent the remains of the persons he killed whose things he had in his little box and in which he also carried the clothes which he swore he removed from their bloody corpses.
That after this time, that is, appoaching August 1816, said La Serpe told the deponent that he was determined to prevent the English from setting foot again in this country and that if the free Canadians didn't want to help them to plunder and drive out the English and kill them if they the English put up any defense, they themselves free Canadians would be driven out of the country. That in the end the said deponent and others were forced to promise to obey and do likewise but it was fear that forced them to make these promises and that Alexander McDonell, a partner in the North West company was present when La Serpe spoke as mentioned above and that he even heaped praise on said La Serpe.
la marque X De Charles Bautinau
Affirme a la
Riviere Rouge de
Ce 20em Aout 1817 devant moi
(signe) W.B. Coltman
The date of death of Charles Bottineau remains undiscovered.
[Information provided by Al Dahlquist of the Little Canada Historical Society].
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BOTTINEAU, PIERRE - Bottineau was born in the Red River colony. His father was Charles Bottineau and his mother was Margaret Clear-Sky, a Chippewa. He came to Fort Snelling in 1837 in the employ of
General Henry H. Sibley as an interpreter and guide. He was one of the settlers who was expelled from the Reserve, and with
his brother, Severe Bottineau, purchased from Benjamin Gervais a small tract of land on what was subsequently known as Baptist Hill. Pierre lived there for 6 years, then sold the property, and made a new claim at St. Anthony Falls. Later in his life, he was also the first settler at "Bottineau's Prairie", later known as Maple Plain, MN.
Pierre was one of the most notable characters of the Northwest. He traveled over every foot of the region, and knew the country like a map. He spoke almost every Native American language in the region, and had a life of romantic and hair-raising experiences. He was guide to Col. Nobles' 1859 Wagon Road Expedition to Frazer River; to Capt. Fisk's Idaho Expedition of 1862; and to Gen. Sibley's expedition to the Missouri River in 1863. At the age of 65, he was said to have been as strong and active as he was at 30.
Pierre married first, in Winnipeg, MB, to Genevieve Laurence by whom he had 8 children: Daniel, Jean, Pierre, Genevieve, Rosalie, Marguerite, Leon, and Elsie. He married secondly in Little Canada, 1852, to Martha Gervais, by whom he had Charles, Mathilde, Henry, George, William, Norman, Laura, Jennie, Agnes, and Noah. He died in 1895 at Red Lake Falls, MN. [WM107-8, LR326, MN50]
And for more detailed information, check out the Pierre Bottineau Library Web Site at http://art-a-whirl.org/aawbldgs/pbott.htm
BOTTINEAU, SEVERE - Born in 1814 in Canada, he was the brother of Pierre Bottineau, with whom he came to Fort Snelling in 1837. He was also among those expelled from the Reserve, and with Pierre, purchased from
Benjamin Gervais a small tract of land on what was subsequently known as Baptist Hill. They lived there for 6 years, then sold the property, and made a new one at St. Anthony Falls, where, in 1852, he married Julie Chenevert. They had at least two children: Elise and Francis Edward. [LR327, MN50]
BOUCHER [BUSYEA, BURYA, BURGA], JOSEPH - A St. Paul resident in 1849. Living in his household are listed 3 males & 1 female. [MN49]
BOURCIER, JOSEPH - Born in 1805 in Canada the son of Joachim & Francoise Duquet. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. A resident at either Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He married Margaret Mayke (1816 MN) on 28 Dec 1841 at St.Peters, Mendota. They had at least four children: Mauline (1840 MN), Olivia (1842 MN), Antoine (1847 MN), and Isabelle (1849 MN). [LR346, MN50]
BOURCIER, SUSAN - Born in 1830 in Canada. She was married by Fr A. Ravoux on 6 Sep 1846 to Jean Baptiste Beauchemin. [LR144, MN50]
BOURDON, MARGUERITE - Wife of St. Paul laborer Antoine Bleau. [LR288]
BOWEN, WILLIAM - St. Paul merchant in 1849-50, as a partner in Sergeant & Bowen Dry Goods with Samuel H. Sergeant. He had left the business by 1853. [WM246, 267]
BOWLES, BENJAMIN - Born in 1798, he was a St. Paul mason in 1849. In 1850 he is at Fort Gaines employed as a mason. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. [WM246, MN50]
BRADDEN, DAVID - Born in 1820 in New York. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BRADY, PATRICK - Born in 1817 in Ireland. A teamster in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $300 in 1850. He and his wife Mary (1819 Ireland) had at least four children: John (1842 VA), Francis (1844 VA), Mary (1848 WI), and Peter (Aug 1850 MN). [MN50]
BRADLEY, DAVID - Born in 1812 in New York. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BRAWLEY, DANIEL F. - Born in 1818 in Ohio. A brickmaker in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Mary J. (1820 NH) had at least three children: Franklin (1843 IL), Lydia Jane (1846 WI). and Wentworth (1849 MN). [MN50]
BRECK, REV. J. LLOYD - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
BREWSTER, J. R. - Born in 1806 in New York. A painter in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Hester (1806 NY) had at least one child: Ann A. (1843 NY). [MN50]
BRINKMAN - A St. Paul baker in 1849, in business as Humphrey & Brinkman. [WM246]
BRINSMADE, JOSEPH - A St. Paul carpenter in 1849. [WM246]
BRINSMAID, John W. - Born in 1815 in Connecticut. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Ann Sophia (1826 MD) had at least three children: Mary Francis (1845 IA), Julia (1848 IA), and Ann (Jul 1850 MN). [MN50]
BRISSON, Louis W. - A St. Paul resident in 1849. Living in his household are listed 2 males & 0 females on another list is listed 2 males & 2 females. [WM267, MN49]
BROMLEY, Orin B. - Born in 1829 in New York. A teamster in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Elsina (1825 NY) had at least three children: Benjamin. 0. (1845 MI), Lydia (1847 WI), and Francis F. (1849 MN). [MN50]
BROWN, JOSEPH RENSHAW - Brown was born in 1805 in Harford Co., MD, but his father soon thereafter moved to Lancaster, PA, where Joseph was apprenticed to a printer at about the age of 14. His employer treated him harshly, and he ran away, joined the army, and came to Minnesota with the detachment of troops which built the cantonment at Mendota in 1819. His half-brother, Samuel Fletcher Brown, also moved to St. Paul. Joseph left the army about 1825, settling on the Reserve, and engaging in the Indian trade, lumbering, and other occupations. He became allied to the Sioux nation by marriage, spoke their language, and soon exercised a great influence with them. This marriage was no doubt an Indian law marriage because on 28 March 1850 Joseph is married by a justice of the peace to Susan Frenier at St. Paul.
In 1838, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and performed those duties at his trading post, which was located at Grey Cloud Island. It was in this position that he heard the case of Michel LeClaire and Pierre Parrant in which the men ran an 8-mile footrace to determine the validity of a claim.
He was elected the the Wisconsin Legislature representing "St. Croix County" in 1840, 1841, and 1842, and was a leading member of the Stillwater Convention of 1848. He was Secretary of the Territorial Councils of 1849 and 1851, and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives in 1853. He was a member of the Council in 1854 and 1855, and House in 1857, Territorial Printer in 1853 and 1854, Agent for the Sioux in 1857, and was a member on the Constitutional Convention from Sibley County.
In 1852, he became editor and publisher of the "Minnesota Pioneer", which he carried on for two years, then in 1857, he started the "Henderson Democrat" which he published until 1861. He died in New York City, where he had gone on business, in 1870. Brown County is named for him.
His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. Joseph and Susan F. (1821 MN) had at least nine children all born in Minnesota: Margaret (1835),
Lydia (1837), Angus (1838), Mary (1839), Ellen (1841), Samuel J. (1842), Amanda (1847), Emily (1847), and Augusta (1849). A great deal is known about this man, and an excellent book is available: GOODWIN, Nancy & Robert. "Joseph R. Brown, Adventurer on the Minnesota Frontier, 1820-1849". Rochester (MN), Lone Oak Press, c1996. [WM41-42, RCM, MN50, Robert Goodman]
BROWN, MARY ELLEN - Apparently born in Missouri in 1830, In Nov 1849, Mary Ellen Brown was married to Stanislas Bilanski as his second wife, by Chauncey Hobart. On Sep 15, 1850 Stanislaus (a farmer & mechanic) is living in Little Canada with Ellen (1830 MO), Emily (1848 MN), and Benjamin (1849 MN). RCM, MN50
BROWN, ORIS - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BROWN, SAMUEL FLETCHER - Fletcher, as he was known, was the half-brother of
Joseph Renshaw Brown. He was born in 1822 in Pennsylvania, and was half of the firm of Johnson (PK) and Brown, merchant tailors of Charles St. in St. Paul. He married Henrietta Maria Snow, and there was a short poem on the marriage in the Chronicle. He was closely associated with his brother from 1841 'til 1862. His Indian name is translated as "The Other".[MN50, Robert Goodman]
BROWN, THOMAS - Born in 1825 in Canada. A sailor living in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BROWN, WILLIAM - Born in 1825 in Michigan. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BROWN, WILLIAM - Born in 1810 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BROWN, WILLIAM B. - Came to St. Paul in 1848 from the "lead region" of Wisconsin. [WM198]
BROWN, WILLIAM R. - In the summer of 1841, a Methodist mission was established at Red Rock. Along with the Rev. B. F. Kavenaugh and his family came Charles Cavileer, Brown,
and two schoolteachers. Brown erected the mission buildings, and he and Cavileer established a store and a farm in 1842. Maintaining the store at Red Rock after Cavileer left for St. Paul in 1845, he and the store moved to St. Paul two years later, and died
there in 1875. [WM115,151,450]
BRUCE, EMILIE - Daughter of Charles Bruce and Marguerite Mousseau of Mendota, she married in 1841 to
Charles Perry. [LR417]
BRUIN, LUTHER B. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BRUNELL, JOSEPH - born in 1821 at Sandy Lake. A St. Paul resident in 1849. By September of 1850 he had moved his family to St. Croix precinct in Washington Co. He and his wife Suzette (1824 Red River Colony) had at least five children: Louis (1840 MN), Genevieve (1842 MN), Antoine (1844 MN), Isabelle (1847 MN), and Harry (1849 MN). [MN49, MN50]
BRUNELL, LOUIS - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM266]
BRUNSON, BENJAMIN W. - Born in Detroit, MI, in 1823, son of the Rev. Alfred Brunson, early Wisconsin pioneer, preacher, and writer. At the age of 13, they moved to Prairie du Chien where he resided until 1844, when he went into the lumber milling business with his brother-in-law, Jacob Bass. When they sold the mill in 1847, both families moved to St. Paul. Benjamin assisted another brother,
Ira Brunson, to survey the town plat. Benjamin secured a substantial tract of land east of Trout Brook, and in 1852, laid it out as Brunson's addition.
In 1861, Brunson enlisted in Co. K, 8th Minnesota Volunteers, and served three years as Orderly Sergeant and 1st Lieutenant. After the war, he opened a grocery, but soon resumed his occupation as a surveyor. He was a charter member of the Odd Fellows, and and early member of the Masonic order. He was elected for two terms to the Territorial Legislature, and was a Justice of the Peace for several years.
He was listed as a lawyer in St. Paul in 1815. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Martha Jane (1824 OH) had at least two children: Harriet Marion (1848 - 3 Oct 1849 St. Paul), and Charles B. (1848 MN) [WM165-6, MPv1#24, MN49, MN50]
BRUNSON, IRA B. - In 1836 and 1839-40, Ira represented Crawford County, WI, (which included what is now Minnesota east of the Mississippi) in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. In 1840, the "Minnesota part" became St. Croix County, and was represented by
Joseph R. Brown.
Brunson, of Prairie du Chien, was a surveyor and was also serving as deputy Marshall in 1840, and it was to him that fell the unpleasant task of removing the settlers from the reserve, the removal that saw Pierre Parrant and Abraham Perry settle at Fountain Cave, and ultimately to the founding of St. Paul at Lowertown. Brunson strongly denied that the soldiers misbehaved during that removal, destroyed furniture, shot cattle, or mistreated the settlers in any way.
In 1847, Brunson was hired to survey the St. Paul townsite, along with his brother, Benjamin Brunson. Ira Brunson was subsequently elected a County Judge in Prairie du Chien. [WM45, 99, 102, 165]
BRUNSON, MARTHA D. - Born in 1827 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of the Rev. Alfred Brunson, early Wisconsin pioneer, she was the sister of Benjamin Brunson, and wife of Jacob Bass. She
was mentioned in 1848 as a member of the St. Paul Circle of Industry. [WM165, MN50]
BRYAN, EDWARD C. - Born in Ireland in 1824. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
BRYANT, ALDEN - Arrived in St. Paul in 1848, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Representative in 1853. [WM200, 346]
BRYANT, LEVI - A St. Paul resident in 1849. Living in his household are listed 1 male & 1 female. [MN49]
BRYANT, WILLIAM - Born in 1819 in New Jersey. A St. Paul carpenter in 1849. He and his wife Cynthia (1827 OH) had at least three children: Martha (1846 WI), Mary (1848 WI), and William jr. (Apr 1850 MN). [WM246, MN50]
BUCHANAN, WILLIAM - Born in 1810 in England. He ran a boardinghouse in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Elizabeth (1812 England) had at least four children: Mary (1840 AL), Thomas (1842 WI), James (1846 IA), and William (1848 WI). [MN50]
BUCKHOLDER, GEORGE W. - Born in 1811 in Pennsylvania. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Clarissa (1817 NH) had at least one child: Florence (1848 WI). [MN50]
BUNNELL, WILLARD - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
BURETTE, LOUIS - Born in 1825 at the Red River Colony. He was a laborer with his residence at either Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He was married to Josette (1834 Canada). [LR437, MN50]
BURETTE [BAURETTE, BURNETTE, BARRETTE], JOSEPH - Born in 1827 in Canada. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Margaret (1834 MN) had at least one child: Delphine (Jan 1850 MN). Also living in their household in 1850 was Margaret (1839 MN) believed to be his sister. [MN50]
BURKE, PATRICK - Born in 1820 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He was married to Johanna (1825 Ireland). His real estate holdings were valued at $150 in 1850. [MN50]
BURKHOLDER, GEORGE W. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
BURNETT, ALEX - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
BURRILL, ISAAC - A St. Paul painter in 1849 doing business as Burrill & Inman. He was married on 13 Feb 1850, by Rev. E.D. Neill, to Mary J. Norwell of St. Paul. [MPv1#44, WM246]
BURTON, ANNA - Born in 1808 in Massachusetts. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
BUSHMAN [BOSHMAN], B. - A Clerk in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 1 male & 1 female. [MN49]
BUTLER, HENRY C. - Born in 1828 in New York. A clerk in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $400 in 1850. [MN50]
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