BELLEFEUILLE Marie Rose

Theodore married BISSON Sophia on 07 Oct 1855. Sophia (daughter of BISSON Martin and BEAULIEU Margaret Elizabeth) was born on 07 Jul 1836 in Maskinoge, Quebec, Canada; died on 30 Nov 1926 in Callaway, Becker Co., MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martin Bisson

Notes
INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE WORK OF PATRICK E JACOBY - 1983 OF "THE
FAMILY OF THEODORE BELLEFEUILLE"

Section 4 Affiliated Families

Since Martin Bisson, Bazil Beaulieu, and 0-ge-mau-ge-shi-go-guay
played such important roles in shaping the destiny of the
Bellefeuille family, it is of interest to look at their lives and the
family traditions from which they came.

A. Bisson family (This name can be translated to mean 'twins" or
"bush")
Theodore Bellefeuille's wife Sophia was of the family Bisson. Her
father, Martin Bisson was born to Antoine and Rosalie (Caille) Bisson
in 1797 at La Prairie, Quebec, Canada. According to William Joseph
Bisson, Martin, at a very early age, became active with the fur trade
in what is now northern Minnesota. While working as an agent near
Thief River Falls he became acquainted with the Beaulieus (probably
through Paul, brother of Bazil). He later married Margaret Beaulieu
and they resided in Wisconsin at the time of the birth of their first
child Antoine in 1828. Sometime before 1834, however, they moved
back to Canada where Martin took up farming. The other two children
were born there, Archange in 1834 and Sophie in 1836 (who later
married Theodore Bellefeuille). In 1853 after almost twenty years in
Canada Martin and Margaret returned to Minnesota to settle at Belle
Prairie, Margaret's brothers Paul and Clement and her mother
Marguerite Beaulieu had followed the westward flow of migration from
Wisconsin and had settled a few miles north at Crow Wing.

From Clara Fuller's History of Morrison & Todd Counties we get a
brief biography of Martin Bisson:
Martin Bisson is looked upon as the pioneer of the French race in
Morrison County. He was a man universally respected for his honesty
and much sought after for his generous hospitality. I am told that
his modest home was crowded by travelers or prospective settlers whom
he induced to settle in his neighborhood. Mr. Bisson was born in
Maskinonge, Quebec about 1790. As a young man he had engaged in the
fur trade in the Northwest, had married a sister of the Beaulieu, a
people closely associated with the early history of Minnesota, had
returned to his native home, where he purchased a fine farm. But the
fascination of the West was too great to permit him to enjoy the
peaceful life of a farmer in a quiet rural community. He sold out
and came to Belle Prairie, bringing with him two of his neighbors,
John Branchaud and Theodore Bellefeuille, who eventually became his
sons-in-law. He must have lived about thirty years in Belle Prairie,
to which he was really a benefactor, giving forty acres of his farm
for the church. In his old days he followed his children to White
Earth, where he died.

Martin Bisson had a brother Francois, who although he did not leave
Canada, has many descendants in Minnesota. One of those is Ginnor
Bisson, Jr., who was born at La Prairie July 19, 1857. He was a
grandson of Francois. Ginnor married Emma Bellefeuille and after her
death he married her sister, Julia. Their descendants then have two
strains of Bisson blood.

Morrison County land records show a transaction dated November 23,
1860 in which Charles Beaulieu sold land to Martin and Margaret
Bisson (SE 1/4 of Sec 14, T 41, R 32 plus lots 3,4, and 5 in same
section). This may have transpired earlier but With the Military
Bounty Land Act of March 3, 1855, the organization of Morrison County
in 1856 to get legal title to their land.

According to church records Martin's home provided the shelter for
the first Mass said in Morrison County, when in the fall of 1853 the
famous missionary Father Francis Xavier Pierz came to the small
French-Canadian community of Belle Prairie to open a mission. From
this first service evolved the Holy Family parish which was the first
parish in what is now the Diocese of St. Cloud. In July, 1861 Martin
finally received a patent for his land from the U.S. Government. Ms
farnhy gave a portion of the acreage to the church, which became the
site of the Holy Family Church and Cemetery. At the time the little
congregation included sixteen families. Father Pierz remained pastor
there until 1865.

Martin was well established at Belle Prairie at the time of the 1860
Federal Agricultural Census as he was one of the wealthiest men of
the area. He owned 157 acres of land of which 74 were suitable for
cultivation, the cash value of his farm was $2,000, the value of his
implements and equipment was $250, he owned 6 horses, 4 milk cows, I
I other cattle, 16 swine, I I sheep, the total value of his stock was
$735. His crops had done well. He had 100 bushels of wheat, 5
bushels of rye, 40 bushels of Indian corn, and 1000 bushels of oats.

Because of Margaret's affiliation with the Lake Superior Chippewa
(her mother was a full blood) she was able to receive scrip. This
took the form of both cash annuities and land issuances. The parcel
of land that she received pursuant to the treaty of 1854 was located
in Douglas Co., where she had grown up at Lac du Flambeau. The
patent was issued January 18, 1869 and included the N 1/2 of SW 1/4
of Sec 20, Twp 47, R 15 W. This land was sold May 26, 1881 to William
Cranwel.

On July 25, 1877 Martin Bisson ad wife Margaret, gave a Quit claim
Deed to the Western Railroad Company of Minnesota for a tract of land
50 feet on each side of the railroad bed. He was paid $1,877. today
the Burlington Northern Railroad owns this strip of land.

Martin and Margaret moved to Callaway in the late 1880's and lived
the rest of their lives in that area, Martin died on May 11, 1890 and
Margaret on April 27, 1896. Both are buried at Calvary Cemetery, St.
Benedict's Mission, White Earth, Minnesota.

Martin married BEAULIEU Margaret Elizabeth in 1826 in WI. Margaret (daughter of BEAULIEU Bazile Hudon Dit and Skies) Margaret Racine (O-ge-mau-gee-shi-go-quay) (Queen of the) was born in 1808 in WI; died on 27 Apr 1896 in White Earth, Becker Co., MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antoine married Caille-Biscornet Rosalie on 29 Oct 1798 in St. Constant, Laprairie. Rosalie (daughter of Caille-Biscornet Joseph Pascal and COTE Marie Anne) was born about 1778 in St Constant, Lapraire, Quebec; died after 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Managed (W/ Paul) Fur Trading Post @ Lac-Du-Flambeau, WI

3/16 Ojibwe

Basile H. Beauleu (son of Nicolas Basile Hudon Beauleu and Josette
Miville) came from Montreal, P. Q. Canada with his brother Paul to
Lac-du-Flambeau, Wisconsin about 1804. Voyageur with the North West
Fur Company, 1804-1805, Flambeau, Minnesota. Basile and his brother
Paul managed the Fur Trading Post at Lac-du-Flambeau, WI. In 1818
Basile is listed among the "Roster of Employees" of the American Fur
Company. Basile (Bazile) was listed by the North West Fur Company in
1805 in the Lac du Flambeau department with one year to serve on his
contract and a crdit of 16 livre on his account. He was hired by the
Michilimackinac Company on 9 July 1810 to winter at Lac du Flambeau
for 700 livre.(p. 33)19 The town of Beauleu, Mahnomen County,
Minnesota was named after the descendants of Basile and his Ojiway
wife. Basile H. Beauleu married in 1810 in Wisconsin an Indian Maiden
named O-Ge-mau-gee-shi-go-qua, which means Queen of the Skies, but
was called Marguerite Beauleu. (She was the daughter of the Indian
Chief, White Raven.) It is believed that Basile H. Beauleu died in
1838 and is buried in the Beauleu burial grounds at La Pointe,
Madeleine Island, Wisconsin.

Resided at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin Territory with the Northwest
Fur Co. in 1804. Emigrated from canada at that time.
His family came to America from France in 1764, being royalists in
the old country, and for meritourious services rendered to their
sovereign, "De Beaulieu" was added to their family name of "Hudon".

Bazil H. Beaulieu

Posted by Dick Campbell on Fri, 18 Jun 1999

The following is a quote from Alvin H. Wilcox's 1907 book "A Pioneer
History of Becker County Minnesota" Chapter XVIII, pages 260-261:

Among Mrs. West's papers I came across the following clipping from
the Detroit Record of January 27th, 1893:

Mr. Basil H. Beaulieu, an old and respected pioneer of Wisconsin and
Minnesota, has been commissioned by the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs a judge of the court of Indian offenses at this agency. Mr.
Beaulieu was tendered his commission and officially notified of his
appointment by Agent C. A. Ruffee on Monday. He is the proud
possessor of a document sear and yellow with age, it being one of the
three justice of peace commissions issued by the first territorial
governor of Wisconsin, Mr. Beaulieu being one of the three persons
appointed to execute the duties of that then honorable position, his
field being Brown County, in 1836.

As the name, Bazil H. Beaulieu, was identical with that of the Bazil
H. Beaulieu who came from Montreal in 1804, and believing that in
1836 he would be too young a man for the Bazil H. Beaulieu of 1804, I
wrote to Theodore H. Beaulieu of White Earth for information, and
received the following reply:

White Earth, Minn., Oct. 23, 1905.

HON. A. H. WILCOX
FRAZEE, MINN.,
My Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 16th inst., concerning the identity of Bazil
H. Beaulieu, who came from Montreal, Canada, and settled at Lac du
Flambeau, Wis., the then territory of Michigan, in 1804, etc., you
are respectfully informed that this person was my father's uncle and
a granduncle of mine. There were two brothers, Paul and Bazil Hudon
de Beaulieu. Paul was my father's father and my grandfather; Bazil
Hudon de Beaulieu was the father of the late Col. Clement H., Paul
H., Henry H. Beaulieu, and was also the father of Mrs. Catherine
Beaulieu Fairbanks (Mrs. Robert Fairbanks), Mrs. Margaret Beaulieu
Bisson (Mrs. Martin Bisson), Mrs. Gustave Borup, deceased, and Mrs.
Julia Beaulieu Oakes; the latter being the only surviving child of
the said Bazil Hudon de Beaulieu. She is at present at this agency
and is now 94 years of age, and still hale and hearty. My father, the
late Bazil H. Beaulieu, the second, was the only son of Paul Hudon de
Beaulieu, and is the person referred to in the clipping. My grand
uncle Bazil was stationed at Lac du Flambeau as an Indian trader, and
my grandfather Paul was at Vermillion Lake and also Red Cedar (now
Cass Lake), some time between 1830 or 1840 (I am not clear as to
date.) My grandfather removed to Navareno (now Green Bay, Wis.), and
settled there. Later on he purchased large tracts of land, as also
the old Stockbridge agency sawmill and grist-mill from the Government
on the south side of the Fox River and where is now built the
flourishing city of Kaukauna, Wis. Sometime about 1848 my father also
removed to Green Bay, and on the death of my grandfather he fell heir
to all of the property, he being the only child. Our family removed
from Kaukauna, Wis., about 26 years ago and settled at White Earth,
Minn. Both my grandfather and grandmother are buried at the old
French or mission cemetery at Green Bay, Wis. My mother and father
sleep in St. Benedict's mission cemetery, White Earth, Minn.

Appreciating the interest you manifest in the history of the sturdy
pioneers, who braved the wild and woolly days of your, and helped to
carve the crude paths of this grand commonwealth, I have the honor,
dear sir, to remain,

Very respectfully,
Theo H. Beaulieu

__________

The name "Beaulieu" was a nickname give to Pierre which would be Bazile's Grandfather. When in France - Pierre lived by a forest and the nickname had something to do with reference to that. I found some paperwork in French and had it translated by a man in Canada who was fluent in French.

The cemetery that Bazile is buried in - is in Madeline Island and it isn't the "Beaulieu Burial Ground" there are other catholics buried there. Bazile died 9/9/1938.

When Bazile, Paul and Roman came to the US - they went to Madeline Island. There are miles between Lac du Flambeau and Madeline Island. After Bazile and O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe were married - they went to Sault St Marie and Lac du Flambeau. I even had the chance to hold and open his "Money Box" - it is in good condition and I was trilled to hold it. I don't know where the name Racine name came from. When I went to Wisconsin - others out there didn't know where it came from either. She did have an Aunt who changed her name to "Marguerite"

The Bazile Beaulieu that was in Brown County, Wis - was Bazile's nephew. His dad is Bazile's brother Paul Orde Hudon Beaulieu.

The cemetery St Benedicts is also called Calvary - it is a Catholic cemetery in White Earth. Paul H Beaulieu - son of Bazile and O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried there. There is a black fense are it and nephew and nieces are buried in that fenced area. Maria - Paul's wife is said to be buried in there without a head stone but I haven't spoken to a Sector yet to see what the records state.

O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried in a hillside with no marker and the area is not taken care of. There is a well kept cemetery by where she is suppose to be buried by. It is believed that Hole in the Day is also buried in that hill side. Hole in the Day shot and killed O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's daughter in law's Maria Margaret Fairbanks Beaulieu's brother. It is also rumored that O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's grandson Colonel Clement Hudon Beaulieu killed Hole in the Day as retaliation but stories are that Hole in the Day's band members killed him. It will never be known who really killed Hole in the Day.

Julie Beaulieu

____________

Growing up on the Rez - we never knew about how relocation happened. We heard about the Cherokees and Sioux. In Red Lake we had a relocation program and we thought it was Indians in the 1950s going to cities to find jobs through the Aid of the BIA. I never thought that the Beaulieu's were on 3 removal orders almost 4.

1st with Madeline Island - because of the copper find.

2 from Sandy Lake/Lake Vermillion because of the massacre.

3 from Crow Wing because James Hill wanted the land for the railroad - since you are so close - it may be a nice ride to Crow Wing State Park - that was the Rez until James Hill took it. There are signs that will tell you where certain buildings were and Colonel Clement Beaulieu's house was re-eracted there. I knew about where O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikew was buried and when I seen it - it broke my heart. To think that this woman was responsible for populating northern Minnesota with Beaulieu's and their descendants and she's resting in overgrowth of weeds while the cemetery she is by - is well cared for.

4 when some of the Beaulieu's started to revolt against the Govt and the way they treated Natives and now they were educated to fight the fight - they received removal orders from White Earth until they proved through documentation where they had to choose what Rez they wanted to be recognized by - since Madeline Island was no more - they had no choice but to pick White Earth since everyone they ever knew was there. The Warrens, Caddotes and Beaulieu's were all shoved to White Earth even thought they were close by Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, Fond du Lac, etc.

Julie Beaulieu

Died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1982461&GRid=11059040&

Bazile married Skies) Margaret Racine (O-ge-mau-gee-shi-go-quay) (Queen of the in 1810 in Lac de Flambeau, Oneida Co., WI. Margaret (daughter of Crow) Waub-ish-gaug-aug-e (White Raven or White and Waub-Ish-Gaug-Aug-E) was born about 1790 in WI; died in 1860 in Crow Wing, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptized as Marguerite Racine.

Marguerite Beauleu was born an Indian Maiden named O-Ge-mau-gee-shi-
go-qua, which means Queen of the Skies, but was baptized Margaret
Racine. (She was the daughter of the Indian Chief, White Raven.)

Marguerite Beauleu was born in 1790 in Wisconsin. The St. Croix, WI
census of 1840 says: Living with a son Clement H. Beauleu a female
age 50. The census of Crow Wing Village, Crow County, Minnesota of
1860: Dwelling #1 Clement H. Beauleu (her son) age 50 in same house
Marguerite Beauleu age 70, a female Indian, born in Wisconsin.
Marguerite Beauleu died in 1860 in Minnesota. Basile Hudon Beauleu
and Marguerite Beauleu had nine children.

Died:
She was buried in StFrancis Assisi, Crow Wing, Crow Wing, Minnesota. She has reference number 813sx.

O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried in a hillside with no marker and the area is not taken care of. There is a well kept cemetery by where she is suppose to be buried by. It is believed that Hole in the Day is also buried in that hill side. Hole in the Day shot and killed O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's daughter in law's Maria Margaret Fairbanks Beaulieu's brother. It is also rumored that O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's grandson Colonel Clement Hudon Beaulieu killed Hole in the Day as retaliation but stories are that Hole in the Day's band members killed him. It will never be known who really killed Hole in the Day.

Julie Beaulieu