Published in The Walhalla Mountaineer, Walhalla North Dakota, 21 Dec 1933 PEMBINA COUNTY PIONEER BURIED: Hyacinthe Villeneuve is laid to rest at Olga: Was one of the states Early Settlers. Funeral services were held Friday at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart church at Olga for Hyacinthe Villeneuve, 87 years old, one of the northeastern North Dakota's oldest pioneers. He died Wednesday following a stroke suffered three weeks ago. The services were in charge of Rev L.A. C Ducharme and burial was in the Olga cemetery beside the reamins of Mrs Villeneuve. Mr. Villeneuve had been a resident of North Dakota since 1852, living first in Pembina county and moving to Cavalier county in 1895. He was born at Peace River Alta. the son of Frank and Eliza Villeneuve, Nov 10, 1846. His mother died when he was four years old and two years later he came with his father and other member of the family to Pembina after having lived a short time at Grand Prairie and Ste.Saulte Marie. In Pembina he was adopted by Mr and Mrs. Charles Bottineau, pioneer Pembina county couple. He returned to Canada in 1870 and at St. Norbert Man, married Pauline Laurence, and the couple came to Neche where they farmed. The Bottineau family moved west and settled in the new territory which later was organized as Bottineau county. The Villeneuves moved to the Rush Lake vicinity in 1895 and filed on a homestead before the railroad was built through that territory. They later moved to a claim 15 miles west of Langdon where they lived for four years and later moved to a farm in the Beaulieu district. Mrs Villeneuve died in 1911 and Mr. Villeneuve lived with his children there until coming to Langdon last fall to live with his son and DIL, Mr and Mrs John Villeneuve. Thriteen children were born to the pioneer couple. Nine of the number survive their father. They are : Albert of Beaulieu, Mrs Charles Nault of St. Clara Man; Mrs A Laraviere of Beaulieu; Frank of Walkerburn, Man; George of Turtle River, Minn; Mrs Jennie Darling of Langdon; Mrs J. F. Landreth of Bayrd, NEb; John of Landgon, and Mrs. W. A. Dewell of Dodge City, Kan. Most of the 35 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren also survive. Though he had 11 brothers and 1 sister, none of them are living. ************************************************** Descendants of Hyacinthe VILLENEUVE (found on Metigen List) 1 Hyacinthe VILLENEUVE b: July 19, 1852 in Peace River district, North West Territories (Alberta) d: December 13, 1933 in Langdon, North Dakota USA .. +Pauline-LAURENCE/Larance LARENCE b: January 2, 1854 in Fort Garry, Red River Settlement (Manitoba) m: February 21, 1870 in St Norbert Parish Church, in Manitoba [children identified by the St Boniface Historical Society] d: July 28, 1911 in Olga, Cavalier County, North Dakota, USA Father: Norbert LAURENCE dit LARENCE Mother: Josephte PARENTEAU 2 Antoine-"Frederic" VILLENEUVE b: February 15, 1871 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Pauline VILLENEUVE b: August 25, 1872 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: August 4, 1873 in St Joseph-Leroy district, Walhalla, North Dakota 2 Josephte-"Melanie" VILLENEUVE b: February 19, 1874 in St Joseph-Leroy district, Walhalla, North Dakota d: Unknown .... +Albert BELISLE b: Abt. 1876 in Red River District m: October 16, 1897 in St Joseph's Church, Leroy district, Walhalla, North Dakota USA d: Unknown Father: Jean BELISLE Mother: Delia LAMOUREUX 2 Norbert Albert VILLENEUVE b: April 22, 1876 in Neche, North Dakota, USA d: February 9, 1960 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA .... +Roselda Marie Plante b: Abt. 1878 in St Joseph, North West Territories (North Dakota) m: May 24, 1900 in Olga, Cavalier County, North Dakota, USA d: November 27, 1975 in Tuscon, Arizona, USA ... 3 Viola VILLENEUVE b: 1900 in Olga, Cavalier County, in North Dakota USA d: Unknown ....... +Noel LARIVIERE b: 1895 in North West Territories d: Unknown ... 3 Oscar Joseph VILLENEUVE b: January 1, 1901 in Olga, Cavalier County, North Dakota, USA d: August 8, 1959 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA ....... +Marie FALCON b: 1901 in North Dakota USA m: Abt. 1921 d: July 1, 1945 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA 2 Agnes VILLENEUVE b: Abt. 1878 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Marie Genevieve Margarette VILLENEUVE b: 1879 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown .... +Charles Junior NAULT b: July 5, 1870 in St. Boniface, Manitoba m: Abt. 1890 d: Unknown Father: Charles NAULT Mother: Marie-"Louise"-COMTOIS MORIN ... 3 Margarette "Marie-Alice" Bernadette NAULT b: December 9, 1916 in San Clara district, Manitoba ....... +W. NAULT b: Abt. 1914 m: Abt. 1935 ... *2nd Husband of Margarette "Marie-Alice" Bernadette NAULT: ....... +Mister FLORENCE b: Abt. 1914 m: Aft. 1940 2 Eleonore VILLENEUVE b: October 10, 1879 in St Joseph-Leroy district, Walhalla, North Dakota d: Unknown 2 Mary VILLENEUVE b: Abt. 1880 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Francois Desire VILLENEUVE b: July 12, 1881 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Pierre-"Georges" VILLENEUVE b: June 21, 1883 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Eugene VILLENEUVE b: October 28, 1884 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Marie-Emma-Valida-"Vida" VILLENEUVE b: May 8, 1886 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 Benedict-Benoit VILLENEUVE b: July 26, 1887 in St Joseph-Leroy district, Walhalla, North Dakota d: August 22, 1887 in St Joseph-Leroy district, Walhalla, North Dakota 2 Evangeline VILLENEUVE b: Abt. 1891 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown 2 John VILLENEUVE b: Abt. 1893 in St. Norbert, Manitoba d: Unknown