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JOSEPH PROVENCAL, Sr .- Born at Maskinonge, Canada, on Jan, 25, 1833. When he emigrated he located at Lake Superior and in 1870 in Pilot Twp. Bought 80 acres at $45 per acre from Ed. Finger. Records also show 40 acres bought from H. Seeger in 1875 at $910. Married to Leocadie Leduc. Children: Leocadie, Joseph, Gustave, Philias and Fred. In his older days he retired to Hersch- er where he died in 1907 and is buried in Mount Hope ceme- tery, Goodrich.
FRANCOIS (FRANK) BALTHAZAR, Sr .- Born at St. Athanase, Dicoese of St. Hycinth, P. Q., Canada. Came to America with his parents, who located at Bourbonnais in 1847. About 1870 he settled with his parents in Lime- stone Twp., section 17, where his father, Francois B. Sr., bought 80 acres and where he died about 1886. Francois
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B. Jr. bought 40 acres in 1870 in the same township, section 16. He died about 1903. His wife, Mary B., died on April 19, 1909 at the age of 82.
GREGOIRE, JOSEPH, MARCEL BALTHAZAR, brothers of Francois B. Jr., settled in the Irwin district about 1870, remaining only two or three years, when they moved to Clyde, Kansas, in a covered wagon, the trip con- suming six weeks.
HUBERT GERVAIS-Born in Canada, P. Q., 1842. Came with his parents to Bourbonnais about 1852. In 1871 he bought land from Leon Bertrand and later 120 acres from Fred Fortin. Married to Ezirine Bertrand. Children: Rosy, Josephine, Fred, Adeline, William. After some years he located in Otto Twp., where he bought land. Died in 1917 and is buried in St. Rose cemetery., Kanka- kee. When 18 years of age he enlisted in the civil war, served for four years and received two honorable dis- charges.
SOLOMON DUMAS, Sr .- Born at Lacolle, south of Montreal, Canada in 1841. Came to America in 1861 and located in Otto Twp. Purchased 40 aceres at $10 per acre from Illinois Central railroad company in 1871. Married to Adeline Luneau. Children: Joseph, Solomon, Edward, and Mary. Died in 1893 and is buried in the old St. James cemetery, but was transferred to Mount Hope cemetery of Goodrich.
JOSEPH DUMAS, Sr .- Brother to Solomon Dumas. Land record shows 40 acres bought in 1868, which he sold to his brother when he moved to St. Joseph, Kansas where he died about 1884.
JEAN BAPTISTE CYRIER-Born at St. Jean, near Montreal, Canada. Emigrated to the states about 1854 and located a few miles north of Bourbonnais. About 1870 he settled in Otto Twp., section 28, where he bought 80 acres for $600. Married to - Chartier.
FABIEN MARTIN-Born at St. Leon, Canada, in 1825. Emigrated to America in 1851. Settled in Bour-
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bonnais, where he bought land. After six years he re- turned to St. Leon, but again came to the states to set- tle in the Irwin district in 1874. Had purchased land to the amount of 320 acres. Married. Children: Delphis, Edward, Joseph, John, - -. Moved to Windsor, Canada, in 1879 or thereabouts where he died about 1890.
JOSEPH ST. PIERRE-Born at St. Anne d'Yama- chiche, diocese of Three Rivers, P. Q., Canada, in 1842. Came to Bourbonnais in 1863 with his parents, Francois and Euphrosine nee Bellemare, his brothers and sisters, eight in all, the father having left one year previous. Mr. St. Pierre moved to the Irwin district about 1874; bought 80 acres of land from Joseph Legris at $25 per acre. Mar- ried to Mary Tremblay. Children: Joseph, Marie, Delia, Celice, Emma, William, Edward. In 1877 he moved to Clyde, Kansas, and one year after to Damar in the same state.
JOSEPH TREMBLAY-Born at Baie St. Paul, near Quebec, Canada, in 1818. In 1855 emigrated to the states and located in Bourbonnais for some 20 years. From Bourbonnais he settled in the Irwin district about 1875 where he bought 80 acres from Boulet (Gregoire Baltha- zar) for about $18 per acre. This land he cultivated for three or four years. Married to Marie Audet. Children: Marie, Joseph, Marceline, Celina, Louise, Philomene, Hen- riette, Melvine, Emma. Died in Bourbonnais in 1885.
DAVID GERVAIS-Born at St. Julienne, P. Q., Can- ada, in 1840. Emigrated with his parents to Champlain, New York, in 1846 where he remained for six years. Mar- ried to Eudelia Rassette. Child: David. Second mar- riage to Lizzie Bertrand. Children: Leon, Romain, Jere- miah, George, Arselie, Libby, Ida, Noah, Roumia, Arthur. After the death of his first wife in 1866 at L'Erable, Ill., he left in search of gold and after his return bought 40 acres of land at $22.50 per acre in Limestone Twp., sec- tion 5, in 1876. In his old age he made his home with his children either at Lyons, Neb., or Vermilion, S. Dakota.
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OCTAVE SOULIGNY-Born in Canada in 1838. Came to America in 1870 with his parents. Located at first in Kankakee, where he remained for about seven years; then moved to the Irwin district, where he bought 80 acres. Married to - Mailloux; one child. Second marriage to Ozilda Bachant. Children: George, Fred- eric, Mary, Cordelia, -. In 1879 he moved to Clyde, Kansas, where he acquired an estate of 200 acres. Died there in 1893, where he is buried.
WILLIAM FRASER-Of Scotch ancestry, born at Bourbonnais March 3, 1854. Attended St. Viator college. When 18 years of age he went to Chicago, where he en- gaged in the flour and feed business for one year, then he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, remaining until 1876. Re- turned to Illinois and was married on April 28, 1877, to Sophie Caron of Bourbonais, daughter of Alexis and An- geline (Marcotte) Caron. Adopted two children of a de- ceased sister of his wife, Patrick and Alma, the latter is married to William Speicher of Kankakee. Located in Pilot Twp., where in 1877 he bought 160 acres from Flore Fraser for $4000. By his energy, industry, thrift and good management he met with merited success. In 1889 he sold his farm and moved to Kankakee, entering the loan, insurance and banking business. In 1894 he organized the banking firm of Legris Bros. & Fraser, and was afterward made a director of the First National bank. In 1902 he became assistant cashier of the Eastern Illinois Trust and Savings bank. He was a member of the Knights of Co- lumbus, Catholic Order of Foresters and the Modern Woodmen. Died February, 17, 1910 and is buried in St. Rose cemetery, Kankakee, in the family vault. Mr. Fras- er had a wonderful business foresight and was always ready to do any one a good turn. His very genial per- sonality won him many friends and of him it may be well said "The world is better for his having lived."
JOHN DESPLAINES-Born in Canada about 1814. Came to America in 1832 and located in New York state, Bourbonnais, Otto and Limestone Twps. Married to Mary Lafontaine in Keesville, New York. Children:
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Julia, Adeline, John, Frank, Mary, Joseph, Aime, Louis, Alfred, Rosanna, Isabelle and Emma. Second wife was Mathilde Papineau, widow of Pelletier, in 1873. Bought a home in Bourbonnais and lived there two years, then bought 40 acres in Limestone Twp. at $15 per acre from Edward Alexandre in 1878. The records also show 80 acres bought from Peter Provost in 1878 for $1600. He died in 1900 and was buried in Fernwood, near Chi- cago.
JEREMIE COUTURE, Jr-Born at or near Montreal, Canada, Nov. 19, 1853. Emigrated with his parents to Bourbonnais in 1864, where they located for about 14 years. In 1881 he bought 120 acres in Limestone Twp., section 31, at $17.50 per acre, from Richard Carl. Married to Henriette Caron. Children: Meddie, Fred, William, Sadie (Sara), Victor, Clifford, Jeremia (Jerry), Corine, Ambrose, Homer. He moved to Marshall, Minn. in 1902. His father Jeremias was born at or near Montreal, Canada, in March 1829. Married to Mathilda Lamell. Children: Jerry, Elias, Germain, Benonie, Arselie, Mathilde, Dennis, Sudella, Joseph. Moved with his son Jerry to Marshall, Minn. in 1902. Died at Damar, Kansas in 1905.
JOSEPH LE BEAU-Born at St. Alexandre, Canada in 1855, and came to America in 1876. Settled in Lime- stone Twp., section 17, in 1885. Bought 40 acres of land from Casimir Andereggen for $1700. In 1890 our subject moved to Kankakee. Joseph LeBeau was married to Marie Forgue. Children: Joseph, Emma, Rose, Aida (Sister Gerard Majella in religion), Paul, Marie. He died in Kankakee in 1917 and is buried in St. Mary's ceme- tery.
FRED FRASER-Brother to William Fraser. Born in Bourbonnais in 1863. In 1885 he bought 160 acres at $26 per acre from Thomas Couley in Pilot Twp., section 25, and moved on his land the following year. Married to Josephine Martin. Children: Ruby, Haroy, Lillian, Ronald, Elwood. In 1901 he sold his property and settled
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in St. Anne for a few years to give his children a good training and education and then moved again on a farm, which he bought in the vicinity of St. Anne.
JEAN PIERRE GRANDADAM-Born at Plaine ('Diespach), Alsace, in 1839. Mrs Grandadam left her na- tive country in 1889 with one child and came to Kanka- kee. The husband followed shortly after and the family moved to the Irwin district where the father worked a small piece of ground and made wooden shoes. Married to Margaret Grandadam. Children: Marie, Margaret Amelie Marie, Arthur, Joseph Zephirin, Francois Adolph. Amelie and Francois are buried in the old St. James ceme- tery and the bodies have never been taken up. About 1896 the family left for Normandin, Lake St. John, P. Q., Canada, where they remained until 1906 when the father died. Mrs. Grandadam moved shortly after to Clarion, Iowa.
JOSEPH PLANTE-Born at St. Valentin, St. Jean Co., south of Montreal, Canada ,March 15, 1829. Came to Illinois in 1847 and located at Bourbonnais, then he mov- ed to Pilot Twp. in 1893 and worked for J. B. Lague. Married to Amelie Rinville in 1854. Children: Amelie, Isaac, Georgina, Josephine, Lucien, Emma, Ninie, (Anna), George, Arthur. Never owned any land. Died in 1919 and is buried in St. James cemetery, Irwin.
FRED KEROACK-Originally De Keroack (Breton), born at St. Jean, P. Q., Canada ,in 1853. When about two years old he came with his parents to Illinois locating in Bourbonnais. Fred Breton moved to the district of Irwin when 22 years of age. In 1892 he bought 160 acres from Irwin Pierce at $40 per acre. Married to Ozilda Pare. Children: Amanda, Nelda, Lilly, Jesse, Victor, Blanche, Daniel, Bernadette, and four others; 12 in all. Moved to Kankakee in 1920. Died in 1921 and is buried in Mt. Cal- vary cemetery.
EUSEBE LAPIERRE-Born in Canada in 1855. Bought 200 acres in 1900 from Mariah M. Winterroth for
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about $13,000 in Salina Twp., section 34, where he set- tled the following year. Married in 1877 to Emilie Plante. Children: Josephine, Isaac and Ida. Retired in Pilot Twp. for three years then located in Kankakee, where he died in April 1917 and is buried in Mount Calvary cemetery. His father Cyriac Lapierre (Desmeunier) was born at St. Gregoire, Canada and came to America in about 1862. He located in Vermont for a year and a half, then in Massa- chusetts for three years and in 1866 came to Kankakee. Married to Mathilde Toquette. Children: Eusebe, Ozilda, Rosa, Joseph, Alma and Pierre. Buried in St. Rose ceme- tery, Kankakee.
PIONEER AND SUBSEQUENT SETTLERS OF ST. JAMES PARISH.
PIERRE PAUL CARON
MRS MARIE ADELAIDE CARON NEE CARON
JOSEPH CARON SR. SON OF PIERRE PAUL CARON
MRS. J. CARON NEE TEDRAULT
MRS. J. DESPLAINES
JOHN DESPLAINES
JOSEPH PLANTE BY COMMON APPELLATION "OLD PLANTE"
LEON BERTRAND AND MRS. LEON BERTRAND SECOND WIFE. (FROM RIGHT TO LEFT SITTING POSITION FRONT ROW) VINCENT BONER AND MRS. V. BONER
ELIE GIRARD
MRS. E. GIRARD
MRS. TIMOTHY FORTIN SR. (NEE CLOUTIER )
1
ANTOINE SAUCIER
A
MRS. A. SAUCIER
LOUIS JORON
MRS. L. JORON NEE PROVOST
LOUIS PARE
MRS. L. PARE
SALOMON DUMAS SR.
MRS. S. DUMAS
TOUSSAINT DEN- AULT
MRS. T. DENAULT NEE BREAULT
ANTOINE ST. GER- MAIN SR.
MRS. A. ST. GER- MAIN
MRS. B. MENARD BENONIE MENARD
MRS. J. GOUDREAU JOSEPH GOUDREAU
FRANCOIS BEGNOCHE
MRS. F. BEGNOCHE
JEREMIE COUTURE SR.
WILLIAM FRASER
MRS. W. FRASER
EUSEBE
LAPIERRE MRS. E. LAPIERRE
THE THEOPHILE CARON FAMILY
French-Canadian, Pioneer and Subse- quent Settlers.
In the Probable Order of Their Establishment in Lehigh, Goodrich and Irwin Districts.
Pierre Paul Caron 1848
Antoine Lajoie . 1849
1850-1860.
Jean Baptiste Tetreault, Sr.
Leon Bertrand 1853
Leon Bernier
Francois Begnoche 1855
Hubert Bonneau
La Brecque
Ambroise Patenaude
Joseph Dugas
Amedee Dupuy
1860-1870.
Vincent (Frank) Boner 1860
Timothy Fortin, Jr. 1860
Alec Fortin 1860
Antoine Saucier 1862
Prudent Menard .
1863
Jean Baptiste Reinich
1863
Hipolyte Senesac
1865
Prudent Senesac 1865
Alexandre Senecac 1865
Benonie Menard 1865
Louis Beland 1865
Louis Pare
1865
George Bachant 1865
Antoine St. Germain, Sr. 1866
Toussaint Denault 1867
Louis Joron 1867
Frank Landrie 1867
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Pierre Lagesse
George Martin
Napoleon Racette Alfred Fortin
Joseph Goudreau
Laurent Charbonneau
Jean Baptiste Cyrier
Louis Lafontaine
Narcisse Paquet
Thomas Brais
Pierre Merillat
Edmond Brosseau
Benjamin Tremblay
Joseph Blanchette
Casimir Andereggen
Antoine Girard
Jean Baptiste Lapolice
Joseph Morrissette
Solomon Dumas
Joseph Dumas
Edward Alexandre
1870-1880.
Francois Balthazar, Sr. and Jr. 1870
Gregoire, Joseph and Marcel Balthazar 1870
Theodore Caron 1870
Luc Bessette
1870
Joseph Bessette
1870
Israel St. Germain
Damase Gosselin
Joseph Tremblay
Jean Baptiste Laflamme
George Duval
Joseph Provencal
Theophile Denault
1871
Joel Menard
Fabien Martin
Joseph St. Pierre 1874
Joseph Lebeau
Fred Fraser
1874
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Jeremie Couture, Jr.
1875
Fred Keroack 1875
Octave Souligny 1876
William Fraser
1877
Mathias Tremblay
1877
Pierre Prevost
John Desplaines
Joseph Tremblay, Jr.
Philip Menard
1880
1890's.
Joseph Plante
Eusebe Lapierre
Time of Settlement Uncertain.
Joseph Lesort
Louis Lafleche Dericher
Israel Bachant
Eli Odette
Alexis Odette
Hubert Gervais, Sr.
Jean Baptiste Granadam
Israel Patenaude
Prudent Souligny
Joseph Savoie
Benjamin Marcotte
Genealogical Tables.
TETREAULT.
John (Jean Baptiste )
I Marriage: Henriette Bunker
CHILDREN: PHILIP, married:
Milien Caston Guy. Moved to Kansas state.
BETSEY, married:
John Michael, children: Sarah, Mary, Julia, Oliver, Albert.
JOHN, married:
Eleonore Gosselin, children:
Helen, Edward, David, married Ida Trem- blay; Flavie, married David Forgue; Mose, mar- ried Ida Neveux; Louis, married Lydia Trem- blay.
MARIE PHOEBE, married:
Francois Leclerc, children:
Francois, Pierre, Mary, Didace, Celeste, Louise.
ELEONORE, married:
Felix Papineau, children:
Marie Victoire, Marie Louise, Joseph, Sarah, Anna, Josephine, Zephyrin, George, Hypolite, Blanche, Alphonse, Claire, Agnes.
SUSANNA, married:
Joseph Caron, Sr., chidlren:
Louise, Joseph, Thomas, Alex, Alfred, John, Marie, Ida, Henriette.
LIZZIE, married:
Antoine Lajoie, children: Mary, Henriette, Pierre, Julie, Viatique.
II. Marriage: Amienne Gosselin
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CARON
LOUISE
married
[Romain St. Germain
Ralph Elmira Edward Joel
JOSEPH
Arthur
married
Susanna TETREAULT
JOSEPH
Pare - Lola
married
Alix
II. Libby
Flageole
THOMAS m. Domitille Couture
ALEX
ALFRED m. Ida Lane
JOHN m. Victorine Martin
Eva Joseph
MARIE m. Adolph St. Germain
Laura Aldea
Vina
I. Ed. Lane
IDA m II. Zephire Pare
HENRIETTE m. Jeremie Couture.
CYRIL
married
(William
Basalice Chartier-
Andrew
HYPOLITE
Alice
married
Emma, m. Joel A. Menard
Matilda St. Germain
Louis
Clara
George
Louise
1
Anna
Moise Coash
Joseph
Charles
MARIE
I. Dr. Mueller
married
II. -Huper
DAMASE married
1
Ida
Denora
FRANCIS married
Leo Paul Lucille
Azilda Blanchette
Ismael Harold
FRED
Virgil
JOSEPHINE
Annette
JULES m. Lucy Blanchette
Paul
THEOPHILE married
I. Louise Menard
II. Marie Begnoche
Phoebe Lambert ALICE
Eloise Ambroise
married
Geo. L'Ecuyer
Imelda
FELIX
married
Nelda Martin < Cecile
DELORA
Bernard
Louis Moisant Marie
Louise
PIERRE
PAUL CARON Married Marie Adelaide CARON (No relation- ship.)
MARIE DESNEIGES married
Theodore
Georgiana Delia
Wilhelmine Boule
Eugene
Isabelle
GEORGE married
Alma
Roland
married
Elmer
I.Melvina
Louis
LAJOIE
LOUIS-Married Julie Martin-Born in Canada.
Came to America 1850, died about 1865
ANTOINE Married Lizzie Tetreault Died Sept. 22, 1897
NAZAIRE
MARY
NARCISSE
Married Sophie Tetreault
Married Fred Provost
(Died in Kansas)
Married Marguerite Labrecque Died in Kankakee Jan. 1902
MARIE
HENRIETTE
PIERRE
JULIA
VIATIQUE
Mary
married
married
married
married
Albert
Louis Betourne
Oliver Giroux
Susan Metzger Leandre Giroux
Katie
Julia
Netty
Agnes
Mathilda
Eva
Julia
Stephen
Alice
Mahtilda
Mary
Ida
Mose
George
Julia
Fred
Rosalie
Fred
Frank
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HOMESTEADS AND DWELLING PLACES OF THE PIONEER AND SUBSEQUENT SETTLERS ST. JAMES PARISH.
LOG HOUSE OF PIERRE PAUL CARON 1848. RECONSTRUCTED. LIME- STONE TOWNSHIP SECTION 31.
RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH CARON SR. WEST PART 12'x14' (STONE). BUILT IN THE 1850'S. MASS CELEBRATED THEREIN BY REV. ALEXIS MAILLOUX, VICAR GENERAL OF QUEBEC (CANADA) AND SUBSE- QUENTLY BY REV. JAMES COTE. PILOT TOWNSHIP SECTION 1.
0
DWELLING PLACE OF ELIE GIRARD,
LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP SECTION 31.
DWELLING OWNED AND BUILT BY TIMOTHY FORTIN ABOUT 1861. MASS WAS CELEBRATED THEREIN BY THE REV. FATHER PARADIS FROM KANKAKEE.
DWELLING OF JOSEPH GOUDREAU. BUILT IN 1862. PRESENT (1920) JOS. DUMAS
OWNER
VINCENT ANTONY BONER'S. PLACE PILOT TOWNSHIP SECTION 12.
DWELLING OF JAMES CROWLEY. PILOT TOWNSHIP
SECTION 1 BUILT IN 1864. SUBSEQUENTLY OWNED BY JOS. CARON SR AND JR. AT ONE TIME A POST OFFICE
DWELLING OF AMBROISE PATENAUDE. BUILT IN THE 1860'S. IN 1920 ON THE PREMISES OF ARTHUR BERTRAND.
DWELLING PLACE AT ONE TIME OCCUPIED BY LOUIS PARE. LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP SECTION 6
STONE DWELLING OWNED AND BUILT BY ANTOINE ST. GERMAIN SR. LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP SECTION 7.
DWELLING OWNED AND BUILT BY LUC BESSETTE. SUBSEQUENTLY OWN- ED BY ANTOINE SAUCIER. PILOT TOWNSHIP SECTION 15.
DWELLING OF JOSEPH DUGAS. IN 1920 OCCUPIED BY FELIX CARON.
DWELLING OF LOUIS RAINIEH. IN 1920 OCCUPIED BY EDWARD DUMAS.
HOMESTEAD OF TOUSSAINT DENAULT. PILOT TOWNSHIP SECTION 15.
O
DWELLING OF JOSEPH PROVENCAL, SR. PILOT TOWNSHIP SECTION 16
AT ONE TIME DWELLING OF LOUIS BERTRAND. IN EARLY DAYS FOUR CHILDREN WERE RAISED IN THIS SMALL BUILDING-LATER USED AS A COB SHED.
DWELLING HOUSE OF SOLOMON DUMAS SR. TOWNSHIP OTTO, SECTION 20.
DWELLING HOUSE OF MATTHIAS TREMBLAY, TOWNSHIP OTTO, SECTION 29
DAN HURLEY'S PLACE. BUILT IN THE 1850'S. IN EARLY DAYS CALLED THE "WHITE HOUSE" HAVING BEEN PAINTED IN WHITE COLORS. OC- CASIONALLY SERVED AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP. MASS CELEBRATED
THEREIN BY REV. GEO. KERTSON. SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 15
DWELLING PLACE OF GARRET FITZGERALD; PARTLY BUILT 1850. MASS WAS CELEBRATED THEREIN BY REV. D. J. RIORDAN FORM WILMINGTON IN 1875.
EDWARD LEWIS' PLACE. BUILT IN THE 1860'S. MASS CELEBRATED THEREIN BY REV. GEO. KERTSON (MAIN SECTION). SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 1. BUILDING TO THE RIGHT WAS USED AS A SCHOOLHOUSE IN DAYS.
HOMESTEAD OF THOMAS O'KEEFE BUILT ABOUT 1868. SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 12, MASS CELEBRATED THEREIN BY REV. HUGH O'GARA MC- SHANE FROM WILMINGTON AND REV. GEO. KERTSON. AMUSEMENT HALL IN EARLY DAYS.
CURRAN'S PLACE, WHERE MASS WAS CELEBRATED IN EARLY DAYS. WILL COUNTY.
HOMESTEAD OF WILLIAM DWYER OCCASIONALLY A PLACE OF WORSHIP IN THE 1880'S . MASS WAS CELEBRATED BY REV. GEO. KERTSON. SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 2.
DWELLING PLACE OF BRYAN O'KEFFE BUILT IN 1882. MASS CELEBRAT- ED THEREIN BY REV. FATHER G. KERTSON AND REV. FATHER J. LEVAS- SEUR. SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 1. IN 1920 OCCUPIED BY JOHN CASHEN.
HOMESTEAD OF CORNELIUS LUBY SR. WHERE MASS WAS CELE- BRATED IN EARLY DAYS BY REV. FATHER LUBY AND REV. FATHER LEVASSEUR. SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 13.
HOMESTEAD OF FREDERIC STEYER, WHEREIN MASS WAS CELEBRATED IN FORMER DAYS BY REV. J. LEVASSEUR S. T. D. SALINA TOWNSHIP SECTION 12.
1.
HOMESTEAD OF GEORGE O'NEIL PILOT TOWNSHIP, SEC. 36.
DWELLING HOUSE OF DANIEL KELIHER OTTO TOWNSHIP
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BALTHAZAR
Tary
married
Mose Tremblay
Moved to Kansas about 1870, children about 9.
Frank George
I Marriage: Emerance
Eddie
Francois
Savoie
Nellie
1 deceased
Joseph- 1 II Marriage: Julie
Thomas Elie
Clark Fred
II.
JOSEPH
married
Beland
Both lost their lives in a cyclone about 1870, St. Joseph, Kans. about 6. Children
III
GREGOIRE
Harvey Richel Fred
Marcel
Anna
married
Agnes Betourne
Purcey Opal James
IV
MARCEL
Oliver married
Children 7.
Mary Landrie
Pauline married
(Meddie Eugie
V J. BAPTISTE (Located in California)
Zephyre Paree Eva
Eleonore
FRANCOIS Sr.
John - married Moved to Kansas about Arselie 1885. Children about 12.
Couture
Elsie
Arthur
I. FRANCOIS jr
Concerning the Motherland.
Home Country of the French-Canadian Pioneer Settlers Who Located Immediately West of the Town of Kankakee.
It may not altogether be without interest, especially to the descendants of the French-Canadian settlers, who lo- cated immediately west of the town of Kankakee, to know something more definite concerning the home country of their forefathers. This may also help to throw a better light and give a better understanding of some perhaps oth- erwise obscure questions and peculiar conditions. A short descriptive sketch of Canada, gathered from different sources, is herewith presented.
The name Canada is probably derived from the Iro- quois Indian language, meaning "Cabin". The Dominion of Canada lies north of the United States and is bounded by the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. Space and scope permit us here to be concerned only with the south- eastern portion of that immense territory whence our colo- nists came, namely so-called Lower and Upper Canada, and more specifically the St. Lawrence valley. This district was broken ages ago by igneous rocks, traces of which are shown in the abrupt heights of Mount Royal at Montreal. Who has not heard of the awe-inspiring stream of St. Law- rence (at Tadousac 20 miles in width) discovered by the Canadian Columbus, Jacques Cartier, on August 10, 1535, a day of the church marking the feast of St. Lawrence. Among its tributaries we must mention the Gatineau, St. Maurice, the far famed Saguenay-the saddest, most som- ber and mysterious river in the world-and the Richelieu (Chambly). A little to the west of Montreal rapids sud- denly interrupt the course of the St. Lawrence. The lower rapids are called Lachine (China) because the early explor- ers believed China could be reached by way of the St. Law- rence. Just east of Lake Ontario in an expansion of this
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remarkable river is a collection of small islands of pictures- que beauty, called the Thousand Islands (actually about 1700). Canada in general is most effectually a water coun- try. The soil is loamy and of great fertility, especially in the river valleys. The winters are long and cold but the air is remarkably dry and free from fog, hence bracing and invigorating. Animals are of a very diversified kind; some are becoming rare, like the beaver. There are about 300 species of birds, but the majority are migratory. Fishes are numerous, but reptiles are scarce. This part of Canada contains extensive valuable forest areas, hardwoods and great varieties of evergreens; we find also fruit trees espe- cially in the central part of the St. Lawrence valley.
History.
Canada is said to have been discovered by John Cabot in 1497, an Italian navigator (Giovanni Caboto) from Ven- ice, sailing under the English flag, although it is probable that the coast of Canada was sighted by Norsemen in 986. Basque and Breton fishermen began to visit the cod banks of New Foundland as early at 1504, but Canada's real his- tory dates only from 1534, when Jacques Cartier sailed from St. Malo, France, to take formal possession of the country in the name of the king of France. In 1541 a colony from France failed disastrously and over half a century nothing more was heard in Europe of the country beyond the seas. The first European settlement on Canadian soil was estab- lished in 1608 at Quebec (meaning "strait" in the Algon- quin dialect, but called Stadacona) by Samuel de Cham- plain in the shadow of Cape Diamond. Montreal (Mount Royal), originally inhabited by the Hochelaga or Beaver Indians, was founded by a company of religious, headed by Sieur de Maisonneuve in 1642. Canada remained in the possession of France for a century and a half. The history of this period is filled with exploits of fur trade, daring at- tempts of exploration, wars with the Huron, Algonquin and the powerful Iroquois-"most warlike of men"-Indian tribes. After many vicissitudes and struggles between the French colonies in Canada and the British colonies south of it, at last in 1759 near Quebec under the command of Wolfe
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and Montcalm, English and French generals, was fought the battle that ended French domination in America.
The first marriage contract of the first colonies was the Hebert-Couillard marrige about 1620.
People.
History owes much credit to the indomitable energy and undaunted courage of the first French colonists in help- ing to advance civilization. The hardships and insur- mountable difficulties of these brave pioneers are well known. The field had to be tilled by bands of armed men under the eyes of soldiers, ready at a moment's notice to defend them. Farm after farm was thus protected until the seed had been planted. In harvest time the same pre- cautions were repeated. At night the inhabitants took refuge in a settlement, consisting of log cabins, surround- ed by a high fence. Thus they had to protect themselves against the cunning, ferocious and bloodthirsty Indians. In the words of a missionary of those times: "They ap- proach like foxes, attack like lions and disappear like birds". Their malignity and treachery made life quite mis- erable for the first settlers day and night. Frequently the Indians would crouch all night among the vegetables in the gardens of the nuns, hoping that one would come out that they might brain her with their tomahawks.
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