Here is the second part - additions/corrections appreciated, thanks, Jim. Third Generation 9. Julie CRELIE, born 2 Apr 1795. She married Pierre LESSARD, 11 May 1813 in Prairie du Chien, WI.[1] Children: i Ursule LESARD, born 13 Oct 1818, baptized 6 Aug 1827 in Prairie du Chien, WI.[2] ii Ignace LESARD, born 22 Feb 1822, baptized 6 Aug 1827 in Prairie du Chien, WI,[3] died 17 May 1829, buried 18 May 1829 in Prairie du Chien, WI. iii Jean-Baptiste LESARD, born 4 Oct 1825, baptized 6 Aug 1827 in Prairie du Chien, WI.[4] 10. Josephine CRELIE, born 1807, died 4 May 1829, buried 5 May 1829 in Prairie du Chien, WI.[5] She married Pierre LEGRIS, 1823.[6] Children: i Sophie LEGRIS, born 18 Apr 1829,[7] baptized 26 Apr 1829 in Prairie du Chien, WI.[8] 11. Genevieve COURVILLE, born c. 1809, baptized 28 Apr 1817 in Prairie du Chien, WI. She married George FISHER, 11 Jun 1825 in Prairie du Chien, WI, born c. 1805, (son of Henry Munro FISHER/FISCHER and Magdelene GAUTIER-de-VERVILLE). Children: i Henry FISHER, born (1)5 May 1826, baptized 28 May 1827 in Prairie du Chien, WI. ii Magdaleine FISHER, born 24 Nov 1828, baptized 11 Dec 1828 in St. Gabriels, Prairie du Chien, WI.[9] iii George FISHER, born 25 Jul 1830 in Little Chute, WI, died 25 Nov 1898 in Lebret, SK, CAN. iv Ambroise FISHER, born c. 1838 in US, died 31 Oct 1913 in Duck Lake, SK, CAN. v Alexander Pierre FISHER, born c. 1838 in WI, baptized 16 Jan 1839 in Little Chute, WI, died 19 Jan 1900. 12. Florence COURVILLE, born Dec 1816 in Prairie du Chien, WI, died 3 Mar 1882. Partner Pierre PAQUETTE. Children: i Celeste PAQUETTE. She married _____ CORMIER. She married (2) Toussaint ST-ONGE, born c. 1810 in CAN. Toussaint: Son of Glode and Quin [sic) (Payant) ST-ONGE. Children: ii Oliver SAINTONGE, born 1842. iii Celina SAINTONGE, born c. 1843. iv Theodore SAINTONGE, born 1843/5, died 19 Sept 1879, (see note 2). Single. 13. v Alexis b. 31 Mar 1847. 14. vi Napoleon SAINT b. 22 Jul 1848. vii Charles SAINTONGE, born 1850. viii Augustine/Gustav SAINTONGE, born Jul 1852/3. 15. ix Mary Ann b. 12 Oct 1854. x Toussaint SAINTONGE Jr., born 28 Aug 1858. Fourth Generation 13. Alexis SAINTONGE, born 31 Mar 1847, died 7 Jan 1909 in Fairchild, WI. He married (1) Philomene LEMEROND, born 28 Aug 1856, died 6 Jan 1883. Children: i Joseph SAINTONGE, born 1873. ii Mary SAINTONGE, born 1876. iii Alzada SAINTONGE, born 1878. iv Rose SAINTONGE, born May 1880, died young. He married (2) Mary REED, born 27 Jun 1868, (daughter of Joseph REED and Charlotte CHARBONNEAU) died 25 Jun 1943. Children: v Josephine SAINTONGE, born 1902. 14. Napoleon SAINTONGE/ST. ONGE, born 22 Jul 1848. He married (1) Louise LEMERE, born 1850, died 21 Jan 1887. Children: i Charles ST. ONGE, born 1878. He married Rose PAYANT. ii Sarah Marie ST. ONGE, born 8 Jul 1880. She married _____ LAMBERT. iii Samuel ST. ONGE, born 1883. He married (2) Adelaide ALLARD. 15. Mary Ann SAINTONGE, born 12 Oct 1854, died 22 Mar 1931. She married James GAGNON, born 1853. Children: i Margaret GAGNON. ii Martha GAGNON. iii August GAGNON. Note 1 Surname listed as PAUSE in Bp. record. Note 2 Killed leaving a saloon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Rentmeester, Les & Jeanne, WISCONSIN CREOLES (Rentmeester, Melbourne, FL, c. 1987), 231. [2] O'Reilly, Isabel (transcriber), Parish Registers of Prairie-du-Chien, Galena, and Fever River, 1827-1833 (American Catholic Historical Society Records, 1911, v. 22), 172. [3] O'Reilly, Isabel (transcriber), Parish Registers of Prairie-du-Chien, Galena, and Fever River, 1827-1833 (American Catholic Historical Society Records, 1911, v. 22), 173. [4] O'Reilly, Isabel (transcriber), Parish Registers of Prairie-du-Chien, Galena, and Fever River, 1827-1833 (American Catholic Historical Society Records, 1911, v. 22), 173. [5] O'Reilly, Isabel (transcriber), Parish Registers of Prairie-du-Chien, Galena, and Fever River, 1827-1833 (American Catholic Historical Society Records, 1911, v. 22), 190. [6] Rentmeester, Les & Jeanne, WISCONSIN CREOLES (Rentmeester, Melbourne, FL, c. 1987), 231. [7] Rentmeester, Les & Jeanne, WISCONSIN CREOLES (Rentmeester, Melbourne, FL, c. 1987), 231. [8] O'Reilly, Isabel (transcriber), Parish Registers of Prairie-du-Chien, Galena, and Fever River, 1827-1833 (American Catholic Historical Society Records, 1911, v. 22), 189. [9] O'Reilly, Isabel (transcriber), Parish Registers of Prairie-du-Chien, Galena, and Fever River, 1827-1833 (American Catholic Historical Society Records, 1911, v. 22), 188. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Llking47@aol.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Israel Francis Bernier > Greetings! > I am new to this list but have been reading it and the archives for > several weeks. I've found information that makes me believe one of many > of you > may have the information I'm seeking, so offer thanks to the many > contributors! > > My paternal great grandfather was Israel Francis Bernier. According > to > his Civil War discharge papers he was born 1845 at Maskinonge, Quebec, > CA. On > his citizenship application he says he emigrated to the US in July 1846 > through Detroit. > He enlisted in Company B, the 46th Infantry from Grand Rapids, WI in > 1865, catching the last months of the war. > Family information says he married Mary Susan LaVigne about 1873 and > probably in Juneau County, perhaps Necedah, WI. He died there 11 Sept > 1895. > Mary Susan, born 11 June 1850, was the daughter of Charles LaVigne > and > Ursula Lessard LeRoy (Roy, Roi) LaVigne of Portage, WI. > I am drawing blanks on the US census lists for Israel Francis > Bernier. > This family was Catholic--Charles and Ursula LaVigne are buried in > St. > Mary's Cemetery at Portage. The story is that Ursula was born at Prairie > Du > Chein, 1818 to Pierre Lessard and Julie Crelie, was a sister to Pierre > Pauquette's wife and a granddaughter to Joseph Creley (Creli). Charles > LaVigne > claimed Michigan as a birth place and gave the year as 1810. His parents > are > supposed to be Jean Baptist LaVigne and Elizabeth Hyotte of Prairie du > Chein. > > I would appreciate any help you can give confirming any of this. I am > especially interested in any traditional names and tribal affiliations > you > might have for any of the above as that information is lacking from the > information that's been passed to me by distant cousins. > I discussed this with my father before he died and it was all new > information to him although he said his German cousins from his mother's > side > always called him and his sister "The Indian" and "The Squaw" and they > weren't > being nice about it. He questioned his parents but was only told he was > half > French and to be quiet about "that Indian nonsense". I would like to > claim with > pride something that appears to have been lost to him, if in fact it was > there. > Unfortunately I'm 2000 miles distant from being able to research any > records in Wisconsin and am unable to travel so I'm depending on your > generosity to help me put the family story together for younger > generations. Thanks so > much! Linda. > > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >