Vieux, Jaques

1757 - 1852  (95 years)    Has no ancestors but 21 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Vieux, Jaques
  Born	5 May 1757	Montreal, , Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Other Info or Events	In 1836 Jacques Vieau, approximately seventy-nine years of age, distressed that so many of his Indian friends and acquaintances had died during the 1832-33 small-pox epidemic, and disturbed that so many non-French white settlers were coming into Milwaukee, left Milwaukee to permanently reside on his farm at Green Bay. On July 1, 1852 this unique man died in his home on the west side of the Fox River, in what became the Town of Ashwaubenon, at the age of ninety-five. He was buried in the French Catholic cemetery at Shanty Town on the east side of the river. His wife, Angelique, died ten years later at the home of her son Joseph, in the Brown County Town of Lawrence. Jacques and Angelique Vieau had eleven children. The oldest was Madeleine, who married Jean Baptiste Thibeault (also spelled Thibault or Thibeau) and lived in Stevens Point where she died in 1878. She, as well as her husband, are listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Tribal Roll. In addition, there is a Thibault listed on the 1837 Winnebago Mixed-blood Roll. Next in the order of their birth was Paul, who later lived with his wife Mary and six children as members of the Potawatomi tribe in Kansas. He is also listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. It should be noted at this point that at least four other children of Jacques and Angelique, in addition to Paul, moved to Kansas, where they lived the remainder of their lives. (Another chapter in the Vieau story undoubtedly lies buried in the soil of Kansas The Kansas connection may be better understood if one is aware that in 1838, following the 1833 Indian-removal Treaty of Chicago and the subsequent opening of the Milwaukee area to white settlement, United States Army troops rounded-up and forced Milwaukee area American Indians to gather at the "Indian Fields" (near the present-day Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee). The Milwaukee Indians were then forced to journey in a caravan to Kansas and Iowa Territory. Apparently several of the mixed-blood Vieau children felt drawn to their "removed" American Indian friends and kin and also made the journey. Jacques, Jr., was next. For several years, beginning in 1835, he operated a well-known travelers inn, called the Cottage Inn, in Milwaukee. He also moved to Kansas with his wife Angelique. Joseph came next. He and his wife Elizabeth (nee LaVigne) had twelve children. Joseph is also listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. Louis, who later became a "Chief" of the Potawatomi in Kansas, followed next. He died there in 1872, leaving a large estate; the Oregon Trail passed through his Kansas property and he charged a toll for travelers using his ferry. He and his first wife Charlotte, a Potawatomi, had seven children. According to Andrew, his brother Amable, a well known fur trader and one of the founders of Muskego in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, was born next. He is also listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. Charles, the next son of Jacques and Angelique, also moved to Kansas where he died in 1876; no other information was available about him. Andrew, the narrator of a main source of information about the family, and one of the principal founders of the present-day city of Green Bay, was next. He is also listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. He and his wife, Rebecca (nee Lawe) had ten children. He died in 1888 (one source states that he died in Kansas) and was buried at the Allouez cemetery in Green Bay. Next came Nicholas, who married Mary (nee LaRocque) and had two children. He is also listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. Nicholas died in Kansas. Next came Peter, whose narrative was also published by the Wisconsin Historical Society. His first wife was Julia (nee Maynard) with whom he had two children. His second wife was also named Julia (nee McNulty) and they had nine children. Peter is listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. Peter was also a founder of Muskego, and later became a judge there. He died in 1905 at Muskego. The youngest of the eleven children was Mary, who married a French man named LaVigne (the same last name as Joseph's wife's maiden name) and lived in the Wisconsin Rapids area of Wood County. In addition, Angelique raised Josette, a daughter of Jacques Sr. by a Menominee woman from Sheboygan. Josette is also listed on the 1849 Menominee Mixed-blood Roll. Josette became the wife of Solomon Juneau, the first Mayor of Milwaukee. Jacques Vieau probably did not know at the time of his death the magnitude of the contribution his life had made to the history of Wisconsin; however, as I have pointed out in this paper, based on the evidence we now have, there should be no doubt that this "Son of Montreal" was indeed, because of his unique relationships with the American Indian tribal peoples, a true "Father of European Wisconsin."
  Died	7 Jul 1852	Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I174929	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	LeRoy, Angelique,   b. Abt 1776,   d. 24 Mar 1864, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Married	Bef 1809
  Children	1. Vieux, Louis Amable,   b. 31 Dec 1809, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 3 May 1872, River, Pawnee, Kansas, USA  (Age 62 years) + 2. Vieau, Andrew J. "Hendrow",   b. Abt 1818, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 30 Oct 1888, Fort Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F57620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1209] The Wisconsin Creoles, Les Rentmeester and Jeanne Rentmeester, (Paperback: 377 pages Publisher: L. and J. Rentmeester (1987) Language: English ASIN: B0006EQAV8).