Grignon, Charles Augustine

1808 - 1862  (53 years)    Has 8 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Grignon, Charles Augustine
  Born	15 Jun 1808	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Land Record	1837	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Built the Grignon mansion as a wedding gift for his bride Mary Elizabeth Meade.
  Grignon Mansion 1313 Augustine Street Kaukauna, Wisconsin
  Residence	1837	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Resised at 1313 Augustine Street
  Occupation	Aft 1837	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Mercantile Trade shore owner
  1846 Census	1846	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 02, Line 02
  4 Males 7 Females
  1850 Census	1850	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 149, Line 02
  Charles A Grignon 40 Mary E Grignon 32 Francis E Grignon 11 Nancy O Grignon 9 Augustine D Grignon 7 Catharine E Grignon 5 Margaret Grignon 4 Mary Grignon 1 Jonas Henber 18 Elizabeth Henber 22 David P Meade 58 Catharine M Durang 66 David Hinsdale 25
  	1850 Census Kaukalin Page 149 Brown County, Wisconsin
  1860 Census	1860	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  C A Grignon52 Mary E Grignon40 Fanny E Grignon20 Nancy D Grignon18 Catharine Grignon16 Augustine D Grignon14 Margaret E Grignon12 Mary S Grignon10 Emeline S Whitney Grignon7 Stephen R Colton Grignon2
  Died	18 Apr 1862	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	1895
  Commemorative Record Page 565
  Book	Grignon, Charles Papers 1816-1952
  Located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. MAD 3 /36/A5-6; Call No. Wis Mss Pf; 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Papers of a resident of Kaukauna, Wis., federal Indian interpreter, and local Democratic political figure. A few letters and accounts reflect Grignon's interest in the waning fur-trade business which he acquired from his father Augustin Grignon, but most of the correspondence relates to his work as an Indian interpreter from 1844 to 1855. Included are records of annuity payments and of conferences with the Indians, and references to his trips to Washington on behalf of the Menominees in 1845 and 1850. Among Grignon's correspondents on politics, business, and Indian affairs were Florimond J. Bonduel, Ben C. Eastman, Albert G. Ellis, George W. Ewing, Morgan L. Martin, and Lyman C. Draper. The collection also contains papers of David P. Meade and John F. Meade, father-in-law and brother-in-law of Grignon. These include postal records kept by David P. Meade while postmaster of Kaukauna in 1853-1854; and informative letters on business and politics written in the 1840s by John F. Meade, first from Green Bay as U.S. Land Receiver, then from Madison while a clerk in the Territorial House of Representatives and a state legislator. Numerous business papers relate to land sales, some by Charles A. Grignon, some by Jacob Deuel, surveyor and town promoter in Calumet County. Also included are letters regarding the use of stone from the Grignon quarry for locks on the Fox River, and other improvements.
  Obituary	12 Feb 1904
  Kaukauna Sun
  Death of Charles Grignon Charles Grignon Kaukauna Sun 2/12/1904 A1 Obit
  Homestead	8 Jun 2013	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Grignon Mansion Reopens
  WGBA - TV Story on the Grand Reopening at WGBA-TV
  Namesake	Grignon Street in Kaukauna is named for him.
  Buried	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  	Grignon, Charles Augustine Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I110131	1FamilyTree | RogerNavarre184704
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Grignon, Augustin,   b. 27 Jun 1780, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1860  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	McCrea, Nancy,   b. Abt 1779,   d. Abt 1842  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F36191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Meade, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 8 Sep 1818, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 29 Apr 1898, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1836
  Children	1. Grignon, Frances "Fannie",   b. Abt 1838, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1916, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 78 years)   2. Grignon, Nancy,   b. Abt 1841, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1867  (Age ~ 26 years) + 3. Grignon, Augustine David "Gus",   b. Abt Aug 1842, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 May 1923, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age ~ 80 years) + 4. Grignon, Lydia Catherine,   b. Abt 1845, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt Jun 1912, Oconto, Oconto, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 67 years)   5. Grignon, Margaret,   b. Abt 1846, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 20 Mar 1928, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 82 years)   6. Grignon, Mary,   b. Abt 1848, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1915, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 67 years)   7. Grignon, Emeline Whitney,   b. Abt 1851, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1901  (Age ~ 50 years)   8. Grignon, Amanda Meade,   b. Abt 1854, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1855, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 1 years)   9. Grignon, Rossiter,   b. 17 Nov 1858, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Oct 1931, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 72 years)   10. Grignon, Charles Augustine,   b. 28 Jun 1862, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1933  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F54552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 15 Jun 1808 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Land Record - Built the Grignon mansion as a wedding gift for his bride Mary Elizabeth Meade. - 1837 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Residence - 1837 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Occupation - Aft 1837 - Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1846 Census - Page 02, Line 02 - 1846 - Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1850 Census - Page 149, Line 02 - 1850 - Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1860 Census - 1860 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 18 Apr 1862 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Homestead - Grignon Mansion Reopens - 8 Jun 2013 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1283] Grignon Trade Ledger, Grignon, Charles, (Charles A. Grignon, the son of pioneer Augustin Grignon, started a mercantile business in Green Bay in 1836, relocating to Kaukauna, then known variously as Grand Kakalin, Grand Cakalin, or Grand Kaukalan, in 1837. This ledger from the early years of the business includes a wealth of information on early life in the Fox River Valley, showing the goods sold at the trading post, the prices of those items, and how various commodities were measured; the payment for various types of labor; the names of those doing business with the Grignon family, how often they shopped at the post and what they purchased; and the value of meals and lodging at the post. The original ledger was acquired by the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton, Wisconsin, as a gift from Dr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Layton of Dedham, Massachusetts, in October, 2003 and was loaned to the Wisconsin Historical Society and UW-Madison Digital Collections (UWDC) for digital scanning and cataloging.).