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LABARZE, FLAVIEN - Born in 1812 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Genevieve (1815 Canada) had at least five children: Genevieve (1838), John (1841), Amanda (1843), Narcisse (1845), Oslame (1847) all born in Canada. [MN50]
LABISINIER [LaBISSONIERE], ISAAC - The son of Joseph LaBisinier below, he was born in 1823 in Pembina, ND. A plasterer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He married Therese Theroux (1825 Canada) on 1 Feb 1848 (by Fr. Ravoux) and had several children: Julie (1848 MN), Mary, Jerome, Gilbert, Isaac, Ellen, Amelia, and a daughter married to A. Verboncoeur. [MN50, LR1632]
LABISINIER [LaBISSONIERE], JOSEPH - Born in Canada in about 1790, he lived for a while in the Red River colony until 1838 when he immigrated to Fort Snelling in the same group as Joseph Rondo. He left the shadow of the fort and was living at Pig's Eye by 1839. In 1842, he made a new claim, occupying a part of Jackson and Robert Street Hill, and extending down to what is now about 12th Street. In 1843, he sold his claim to James Clewett, and retired back to a new claim near Lake Phelan at which he was engaged in farming. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850.
He married a woman of of Moutinier ancestry, while living at the Red River. They had several children, including Oceilla (1832 MN) Louise (1836 MN), Felicite (1837 MN), Moses (1838 MN), and Isaac. Joseph Labisinier died in Osseo, MN, at an advanced age. [WM87-8, LR1631-2, MN50]
LABISINIER [LaBISSONIERE], MARGUERITE - She married Charles Landry (1815 Canada), a St. Paul teamster, on 20 May 1850 (by Fr. Ravoux)[LR1632]
LACHAPELLE, JOHN B. - Born in 1800 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Eliza (1809 Canada) had at least 2 children: Afazine (1837 Canada), and Emily (1848 Canada). [MN49, MN50]
LACHAPELLE, THEOPHILE - Born in 1832 in Wisconsin. A blacksmith in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LACROIX, LOUIS [FREDERICK] - Born in 1810 in Missouri. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Rosalie Mar-Pi-Ya-Mase (1830 MO, of Indian parentage) were married by Fr. Ravoux in 1848, and had at least two children: Frederic (1847 MN), Louis (1850 MN). [MN50, LR1656]
LAFOND, JOSEPH - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268]
LAFORTE, BONIFACE - Born in 1824 in Minnesota. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Margaret (1826 MN) had at least three children: Joseph (1846 MN), Eliza (1848 MN), and Antoine (1850 MN). [MN50]
LAFRENCH [LATRONCH, LABENCH], ALEXANDER - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 5 males and 2 females. [MN49]
LAMBERT, DAVID - A native of Connecticut who gradfuated from Trinity College, Hartford, and read the law, then soon migrated to the west, settling first at Little Rock, AR, then Wisconsin. In 1843, he became editor of the Wisconsin Enquirer, and showed marked ability as a journalist. He subsequently sold the paper to his brother, Henry Lambert, and in 1848, settled in St. Paul. He took a prominent part in the Stillwater Convention. His wife died at Baltimore, MD, on 17 Jul 1849. He was an unsuccesful candidate for Councillor in 1849. Involved in some domestic unpleasantness, he was sometimes reckless and nervous of temperament. In 1849, while returning to St. Paul on a steamboat, something caused him to leap from the roof of the steamer, and he was drowned on 2 Nov 1849 at the age of 30. [WM19, 232, MPv1#18, MPv1#29]
LAMBERT, HENRY A. - Born in 1810 in New York. Brother of David Lambert, he purchased the Wisconsin Enquirer from him in 1848, but followed his brother to Minnesota sometime in 1849. A lawyer, he practiced law in St. Paul. A Whig, he was elected Judge of Probate in 1849-53, City Recorder in 1851, and was a founding incorporator of the Oakland Cemetary Association in 1853. He died in 1863. His real estate holdings were valued at $2,000 in 1850. He and his wife Mary S. (1820 NJ) had at least three children: George M. (1840 NJ), Alex J. (1843 NJ), and Emma L. (1847 WI). Also living with this family in 1850 was Alletta E. Lambert (1790 New Brunswick) believed to be the mother of Henry A. [WM197, 272, MN50]
LAMBERT'S LANDING - The hamlet of St. Paul was divided into two sections created by natural breaks in the bluffs . Lambert's Landing, located at the foot of Jackson Street, was the primary site, and the one first encountered by boats coming up the river. It was variously known as the Lower Landing, the Jackson Street Landing, and Roberts Landing. The area around Lambert's Landing is known as Lowertown today. The secondary landing site was called Upper Landing, and it was located on the river near Seven Corners.[KZ10]
LANDER, HENRY F. - Born in 1818/1798 in KY. A butcher in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LANDRY, CHARLES - Born in 1815 in Canada. A teamster in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $250 in 1850. He married his wife Marguerite Labisinier (1828 MN) in 1850 (by Fr. Ravoux), and had at least 3 children: Marie (1840 MN), Charles (1844 MN), and Alexander (1847 MN). [MN50, LR1729]
LANGELIER, PIERRE - Born in 1822 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LANSING, HENRY - Born in 1826 in New York. A tinsmith in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LANVEN [LANVER], WILLIAM - Born in 1825 in Pennsylvania. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $250 in 1850. His wifes name was Eliza (1830 NY). [MN50]
LAPIERRE, URGEL - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. On 25 Nov 1850, Fr. Ravoux married him to Marguerite Forcier. They soon moved north to Little Canada where at least one son, Jean Baptiste, was born in 1851. Something apparently happened with the marriage, because 3 years later, Marguerite married Pierre Lapointe (below) in a civil ceremony.[WM268, LR1745]
LAPOINTE, PIERRE - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. In 1854, in a civil ceremony, married Marguerite Forcier, wife of Urgel Lapierre (above). The marriage was rehabilitated in 1864 at St. John the Baptist Church in Little Canada, hinting that Lapierre had died.[WM268]
LARANS, GENEVIEVE - Born in Berthierville, QC, about 1804, Genevieve moved to the Red Rivier colony with her parents who were either colonists or employees of the fur trade. In 1823, she married Benjamin Gervais in the St. Boniface, MB, Cathedral at old Fort Garry. The ceremony was officiated by Joseph Provencher, the first bishop of Manitoba. She died in 1885 in Little Canada, MN, where she and Benjamin were the founding pioneers. [HB25-31]
LAREAU, LOUIS ALBERT - Son of Timothy Lareau, he was born in 1842 in New York State, and was a builder of flour mills. In 1866, much against the will of both sets of parents, he married a protestant girl, Louella Maxwell, in Shakopee, MN. The couple was disowned by both families, and moved first to Rock Island, IL, then to Marysville, CA. The family anglicized the name to "Laura".
LAREAU, TIMOTHY - Born in Canada in 1815, he was a cabinetmaker and general carpenter in St. Paul, arriving in about 1847. He had a shop in Upper Town on 7th St., below Olive. His real estate holdings were valued at $300 in 1850. He was married about 1840 to Josephine Chappell (1826 Canada), and they had 5 children: Louis Albert (1842 NY), Josephine (1844 Canada), Joseph (1846 Canada), Jean (1848 MN), and Maxime (Jul 1850 MN). Sometime after 1850, the family moved to Shakopee, MN. [MN49, MN50, Personal records of Paul J. Lareau, pjlareau@wavefront.com].
LaROCHE, LEONARD H. - A Canadian carpenter in business with David Faribault in a little store on Bench Street. He also purchased a small tract of land from Henry Belland in 1846. On this land he built a tamarack log building, which, with some additions, became the St. Paul House. He was an unsuccessful candidate for City council in 1851. He sold the property in 1847 to Simeon Folsom and moved to Crow Wing County where he died about 1859. [WM150,291]
LARPENTEUR, AUGUSTE LOUIS - Born in 1823 at Mt. Washington, Baltimore Co, MD, the son of Louis Bernard Larpenteur & ??? Simons. His father was an emigrant from France. Auguste went, in 1840, to St. Louis to enter into business there with a relative, and became acquainted with William Hartshorn, who engaged him in 1843 to go to St. Paul with him, and gave him an invoice of goods and horses. Larpenteur remained in the service of Hartshorn & Jackson trading house for about two years.
In 1845, when Hartshorn dissolved his relationship with Henry Jackson and moved up to the Richard Mortimer property, Larpenteur remained with him and was given charge of the new operation, in which he became a partner, and remained so for several years through a number of changes in the makeup of the ownership. In 1847, he built as a residence for himself and his family, the building on Jackson Street known for many years as the "Wild Hunter Hotel". In 1850, he built a frame store on 3rd Street, just above Jackson, and went into business for himself. This was expanded to the 4-story brick block on that corner, creating the largest business in the city at that point. Unfortunately, the hard times of 1858 caused him to close, and he eventually lost all of his fine downtown property. His real estate holdings
were valued at $3,000 in 1850.
In 1845, he was married to Mary Josephine Presley (1830 Germany) of St. Louis, and had numerous children including: Mary E. (1847 MN), Samuel B. (Jan 1850 MN). In 1861, he was elected a Trustee of the first Town Board of St. Paul, and served as alderman for several years. [WM132-4, 261, LP5,13,15,17, MN49, MN50]
LARPENTEUR, EUGENE NICOLAS - Born 18 Feb 1806 in France. He was a farmer in St. Paul in 1850. He died 25 May 1877. His real estate holdings were valued at $5,000 in 1850. He was married 21 April 1835 at Baltimore to Rosalie Gabrielle Desvarreaux (1806 MD - 4 Oct 1886 MN) and they had at least six children: Francis (1836 MD), Charles L. (1837 MD - 1903 Mpls, MN), Emily (1839 MD), Eugene (1841 MD), Louisa (1845 MO), and James D. (1847 MD). [LP5,11, MN49, MN50]
LARPENTEUR, LOUIS BERNARD - Died in the 72nd year of his age, at St. Paul on 7 May, 1849 after a short illness, from Baltimore County Maryland. He was the father of four children: Auguste Louis, Eugene Nicolas, (female), Charles. [MPv1#3, family bible]
LARRIVIER, LOUIS - Born about 1794 in Canada, he was among the refugees from the Red River Settlement, Larrivier made a claim in 1843 near the head of Robert and Wabasha Streets, and including the ground on which the Minnesota Capitol now stands. Soon thereafter, he sold the land to Charles Bazille, then moved to a place near the foot of Phelan Lake. After his wife, Charlotte, died, he became blind from sunstroke, and having no means of support, he was sent to the poorhouse where he died about 1874. [WM138]
LASART - Was living at Pig's Eye in 1839. He apparently moved west to St. Anthony or Minneapolis as that area was settled.[WM86]
LAUGHLIN, DENNIS - Born in 1827 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. His wifes name was Margaret (1828 Ireland). [MN50]
LAURENCE, GENEVIEVE - Born in Minnesota in 1818, she was the first wife of Pierre Bottineau. [LR326, MN50]
LAUVER, ANDREW - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268]
LAVALLEE, CHARLES - Born in 1830 in Canada. He was a resident of St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LAVALLEE, DANIEL LOUIS - Born in 1827 in Sorel, QC, Canada. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. He married 14 April 1849 to Basilisse Baudreau (17 Oct 1831 Canada). They had 13 daughters: Helene (1850), Hermine (1852), Virginia (1854), Josephine (1856), Delvina (1857), Edmire Mary (1859), Flore (1862), Rose Anna (1863), Louise (1864), Basilisse Ruth (1866), Emma (1869), Philandre (1872), and they adopted Marie Flavia (1879). This family moved to Osseo in the late 1850's. [RCM, MN50, LR1797-8]
LAVALLEE, FRANCOIS XAVIER - Born in 1825 in Canada, he was the brother of Jean Baptiste Lavallee (below), he was a resident in St. Paul in 1850. He married in 1848 in Rhode Island to Marie Sheppard, and they soon moved to Centerville, MN. They had many children: Marie (1848 RI), Jean (1850), Christine (1852), Marie Celeste (1854), Ida Mathilde (1855), William James (1857), Ellen (1859), Francois Xavier (1861), Paul A. (1863), Joseph (1864), Harris (1866), Justine (1868), and Susanne (1870). [WM268]
LAVALLEE, JEAN BAPTISTE - Born in 1833 in Canada, the son of Jean Lavallee and Francoise Millet of Sorel, QC. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He was married in a civil ceremony in either Cottage Grove or White Bear Lake in 1870 to Adele Taylor, and they moved to Centerville, MN. Their children were Marie C. (1871), Helene (1873), Louise (1878), Abraham (1880), Josephine (1882), Sophia (1875), Harris (1886), Minnie (1888), Francis (1890), and Alice (1894). [MN50, LR1799]
LAVALLEE, M. - Born in 1825 in Canada. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Marie (1828 Canada) had at least one child: Marie (1848 MN). [MN50]
LAVOCAT, MARIE JOSEPHINE VICTORINE - Wife of John Baillif. [LR91]
LAVOCAT, NICHOLAS - He married Anne Claude Jacquin about 1828 in France and in 1845, with seven children he and his wife departed from France and landed in New Orleans. After an extended trip up the Mississippi River and the death of two of their children on the way they stopped in Stillwater where Nicholas took ill and died. His wife and their 5 surviving children proceeded on to St. Paul. [Francis J. Lavacot, f.lavacot@worldnet.att.net]
LAYDEN, CATHERINE - Born in 1826 in Ireland. A resident of St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LAYDER, ELLEN - Born in 1833 in Ireland. A resident of St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LEBLANC, JULIA - Born in 1845 in Canada. Living in the household of John & Eliza LaChapelle in 1850. [MN50]
LECLAIRE, ANTOINE - Born in Canada, he is thought to have been the brother of Michel LeClaire. He lived at Mendota for a number of years before settling at Pig's Eye. [WM87]
LECLAIRE, MICHEL - Born in Canada in 1822, he is thought to have been the brother of Antoine LeClaire. It is probable that Michel was the first settler at the Grand Marais. He was a carpenter, and deeply involved in the fur trade at Grand Marais.
Leclaire is perhaps best known for an incident that occurred in 1844. Pierre Parrant, then 67 years old, but strong and tough from a life spent in the wilds, had filed a claim neighboring that of Leclaire, who protested that the claim encroached upon his land, and was therefore invalid. Although the land in question was quite undesirable, and very nearly worthless, the dispute became an issue of principle, and Leclaire summoned Parrant before Joseph Brown, the Justice of the Peace with jurisdiction over the Grand Marais. The evidence was apparently virtually even on both sides, and Brown was unable to uncover anything that would enable him to make a fair decision. His irresistable love of a joke finally helped him out of the dilemma. He judged that neither man had properly staked the claim before witnesses, and that the first of the two to do so would have the claim. This resulted, of course, in a foot race back to the claim, 8 miles through forest and swamp. The far younger Leclaire had an immense advantage in age, and ultimately won the contest, but it was no easy victory, and old Parrant gave a reasonable accounting of himself, arriving only a few minutes too late.
LeClaire's wife was of Sioux descent, and they left a number of children, including Marguerite (1836), Edouard (1835), William (1834), Baptiste (1830), and Sophie (1826). LeClaire died in 1849. [WM86-7,146, LR1829-30, MN49]
LEDUC, WILLIAM GATES - An Army General, he was normally a resident of Hastings, MN, but lived for a while in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268]
LEFEBVRE, [LaFARE, LaFEVE], JACQUES - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. He was married by Fr. Ravoux in 1849 to Mary Ryan. Living in his household are listed 5 males and 3 females. [WM268, MN49, LR1846]
LEMAY, EDOUARD - Born in 1833 in Canada, a son of Michel Lemay (below). He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He moved soon after to Sauk Rapids, MN. [LR1865]
LEMAY, FLAVIEN - Born in 1829 in Canada, a son of Michel Lemay (below). He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He married in 1851 (by Fr. Ravoux) to Madeleine Dauphine. [LR1865]
LEMAY, MICHEL - Born in 1804 in Canada. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Mary Pelagie (1812 Canada) had at least nine children: Flavien (1829), Edward (1831), Julie (1833), Ferdinand (1836), Louis (1839), Philip (1841), Napoleon (1843), Mathias (1844), Victorine (1846), all born in Canada, and Celina (1852 MN). [MN50, LR1865]
LEROCHE, HENRY - Born in 1820 in Canada. A resident of St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LESLIE, JOHN - Born in 1826 in Pennsylvania. He was a tailor in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LEVERICH, SYLVESTER - Born in 1823 in Ohio. A St. Paul blacksmith in 1849. In 1850 he switched his trade to that of barkeeper. [WM246, 268, MN50]
LEWIS, JOHN - Born in 1823 in Pennsylvania. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LEWIS, JOHN - Born in 1794 in New Jersey. He was a mechanic in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $150 in 1850. [MN50]
LITTLE CROW - Son of Big Thunder, he was the leader of the Kaposia band of Sioux, located at what is now South St. Paul. [WM122]
LOCK, JAMES - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268]
LOMENE, DAZIZE - Born in 1820 in Canada. A blacksmith in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LOTT, BUSHROD W. - Born in Pemberton, NJ, in 1826, his father removed to St. Louis in 1837, and he was educated at St. Louis Universiry. Following that, he studied law in Quincy, IL, and was admitted to practice in 1847. In 1848, he accompanied Gen. Samuel Leech, who had been appointed Receiver of Lands at St. Croix Falls, and acted as clerk of the first land office in this area. In the fall of that year, he settled in St. Paul where he practiced law and ran a land office for some years.
An active Democrat, he ran unsuccessfully for Judge of Probate in 1849, was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1851, he was elected Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives that same year. and a member of that body in 1853 and 1856. In 1853, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Speaker, losing to Dr. David Day after 22 days balloting by 1 vote. In 1862, he was appointed by President Lincoln to be U.S. Consul to Tehuantepec, Mexico, a post he held until 1865. He was President of the Town Council for two years and City Clerk from 1866-67.
He was a charter member of the St. Paul Odd Fellows Lodge, and one of the earliest members of Christ Episcopal Church. His real estate holdings were
valued at $3,000 in 1850.[WM193-94, MN50]
LOWE, JESSE - Born in 1826 in Pennsylvania. A blacksmith in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
LOWELL, JAMES [JONAS] - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 9 males and 6 females. [MN49]
LOWELL, S.B. - Born in 1827 in Pennsylvania. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268, MN50]
LOWER LANDING - See LAMBERT'S LANDING.
LOWRY, SYLVANUS B. - Born in 1827 in Tennessee. A St. Paul merchant in 1850. [MN50]
LULL, CORNELIUS P. V. - A carpenter, and native of New York (census says born 1822 Vermont), he settled in St. Paul in 1847. In the fall of 1849, he was appointed Sheriff of Ramsey County, and was elected to a full term the next election. In 1849, Lull and his partner, S. Gilbert, contributed the space in which the first issue of the Minnesota Pioneer was published, which, at the time, was the only available space in town, as dreadful as it was. Both he and Gilbert were charter members of the Sons of Temperance Lodge, and Lull was also a charter member of the Masonic Lodge. [WM168, MN50]
LUMBEEK, J. B. - A St. Paul carpenter in 1849. [WM267]
LUMLEY, JOHN - Born in 1828 in New York. A mason in St. Paul in 1850. He died at St. Paul, on Wednesday evening, 19 June 1850, very suddenly. He was a native of Wales according to the newspaper. [MPv2#9, MN50]
LYLE, AMANDA - Born in 1842 in Illinois. She was living in the household of Henry I. Harvey J. & Hannah Olfalt. [MN50]
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