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- [S53] Interview, Cratte Oliver Sr., by Meinier, Oliver Cratte, (June 1871), GRA-CRAT2, p 2-4 to 2-11., Gra-Crat2, p 2-7.
- [S53] Interview, Cratte Oliver Sr., by Meinier, Oliver Cratte, (June 1871), GRA-CRAT2, p 2-4 to 2-11., Yvon Crête says this date is from the parish records.; Gra-Crat2, p 2-4.
- [S168] Vital Records, Quebec, Canada, Compiler: Quebec Provincial Government, (BAnQ also YourFamily.com, 475 Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Published: ongoing, also Compiled from Church Records), GRA-DECH.
- [S53] Interview, Cratte Oliver Sr., by Meinier, Oliver Cratte, (June 1871), GRA-CRAT2, p 2-4 to 2-11., Gra-Crat2, p 2-4.
- [S54] Book, Wabasha County Past & Present 1870, W.H. Mitchell; U. Curtis, (Federal Union Book and Job Printing House, Rochester, MN, USA, 1870), Page 64 says: "Sometime about 1810 the American Fur Company established fur trading posts along the Mississippi, their headquarters being Prairie du Chien."; Gra- Bk3, sec 1, page 64.
- [S32] MHS, "New Light on Old St Peter's and Early St Paul", MN History, Volume VIII, 1927, Minnesota Historical Society, (Published by Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul MN, 1927, page 27), GRA-BK1, Section 1., Gra-BK1, section 1, p 42, 43.
- [S32] MHS, "New Light on Old St Peter's and Early St Paul", MN History, Volume VIII, 1927, Minnesota Historical Society, (Published by Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul MN, 1927, page 27), GRA-BK1, Section 1., NOTE: His Obituary and the 1884 History of Wabasha County as well as several other historical documents state that he settled and build a shop and house at Wabasha in 1838. We know that his job took him out among the Indian tribes and we assume that the 10 July 1839 was just the official transfer date making official something that had happened in 1838. wlf 2008; Gra-BK1, section 1, p 43.
- [S42] Obituary, Wabasha Herald, (23 April 1884), Ful-CW4, page 5., He was "acting under contract with the USA Government to do blacksmith work for the Wacootas and Wapashas bands of Sioux Indians, he came to Wabasha and built a house and shop."; Gra-Crat, p 1-38a.
- [S51] Obituary, Minneapolis Journal, (30 March 1919), GRA-CRAT, p 1-68., It says: "Mr Cratte came to Wabasha, then known as Cratte's landing, in 1839 with his parents and made his home here almost continuously."; Gra-Crat page 1-68.
- [S3] Book, History of Wabasha County, 1884, Francis Talbot et al, (H.H.Hill and Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Published 1884 (also see the 1920 book by Cooper)), A biography states: "Cratte, Oliver,(biography gathered from pages 593 & 937), was one of the original proprietors of the town of Wabasha. He was the first white man to build on the present site of Wabasha He came here from Fort Snelling in 1838. Mr. Cratte was sent to this place by the government and located as blacksmith for the Wapashaw band. He was born in Liverpool, England [we know this s/b Canada] in 1801. He was early left an orphan, and he and his sister came to Canada when he was a mere boy. He learned the blacksmith's trade at Montreal, and after completing it he came west as far as Mackinaw, where he remained about a year. He then went to Prairie du Chien in company with some traders, and was there employed by the United States government. In 1828 he was sent to Fort Snelling, where he remained until he came to Wabasha in 1838. Mr. Cratte has been married three times. His first wife was a daughter of Alexander [s/b Duncan] Graham, by whom he had five children, and his present wife is a daughter of Scott Campbell, who acted as interpreter for the chiefs and braves who visited Washington in 1837 for the purpose of ceding their lands east of the Mississippi to the United States. Mr. Cratte is still living and is the oldest living white man of his time. He is entirely blind, yet his memory is good, and it is like reading history to hear him recount the scenes of this long and varied experience. The old man is poor, which renders his blindness still more pitiable. He has, in his day, been far beyond want; but loaning gold and, in his own honesty of purpose and heart, trusting the word of those who came to him in need, taking no proper security, he has thus, in his old age, become reduced to poverty and sorrow. Coming here in the fall of 1838, he built a shop of logs on the levee, chinking it with mud and sand, and occupying it that winter for shop and dwelling. In the spring following he added a "lean- to" and sent for his family, they having remained at Fort Snelling during the winter. This dwelling was the first ever built by white man at this place. [edits by wlf]; Gra- Crat2, page 2-4.
- [S54] Book, Wabasha County Past & Present 1870, W.H. Mitchell; U. Curtis, (Federal Union Book and Job Printing House, Rochester, MN, USA, 1870), Page 64 says: "In 1838 Oliver Cratt came down from Fort Snelling and built a Blacksmith shop on the Levee."; Gra- Bk3, sec 1, page 64.
- [S37] Research Notes, Charles E. Cratte, Charles Edward Cratte, (Received March 7, 1984), GRA-CRAT, page 1-50., Reference to Cratt's Landing in this newspaper article; Gra-Crat, p 1-70.
- [S232] Census data, Compiler: Census Data, (Federal, Federal Data Base), Ful- Various., 1870 Census -- In the household
Cratte, Oliver; 69; M; W[white]; Farmer; 20,000[land value]; 1500[personal value; Canada[born]; parents foreign born-Y
Cratte, Jane; 40; F; W; keeping house; Minn.[born]
Cratte, Oliver; 23; M; W; assists at home; Minn.
Cratte, Lucy; 22; F; W; Minn.
Cratte, Frank; 21; M; W; Minn.
Cratte, Daniel; 18; M; W; Minn.
Cratte, Lizzie; 18; F; W; Minn.
Cratte, Esther; 14; F; W; Minn.
Cratte, William; 12; M; W; Minn.
Cratte, Octavio; 5; M; W; Minn.
Cratte, Ann; 3; F; W; Minn.
Fuller, Henry; 24; M; W; Farm laborer; Mass.
Cratte, Madeline; 16; F; W; [worked in the] home
Graham, John; 46; M; W; Stage Driver; Pennsylvania; Folder1870_MN_Wa_Cratte_Oliver.
- [S6] Death and Burial Records, St Felix Church, Gra-Crat & Bui, in book., Gra-Crat, page 1-17, 44.
- [S42] Obituary, Wabasha Herald, (23 April 1884), Ful-CW4, page 5., Gra-Crat, p 1-38a.
- [S70] Death Registration Oliver Cratte, (Date filed: 25 Nov 1884), GRA-Dech, page 2-14,., The record shows that he died of old age (age 83) and that his birth place was England.; Gra-Crat, page 1-42, 71.
- [S6] Death and Burial Records, St Felix Church, Gra-Crat & Bui, in book., Cratte, Oliver, Family Plot Section F, Plot 9
OFFICIAL Interments 'bur.' per the St. Felix Church Books
1. Olivier Crête (Cratte); d. 22 April, bur. 24 April,1884; b. Canada; aged 84.5yrs; of old age; Priest: James Trobec, Bur: St. Felix.
2. Harriet 'Jenny' Campbell (Mrs. Oliver Cratte) - 2nd wife; d. 6 April, bur. 8 April, 1901; b. Mendota, MN; aged 78 yrs; Priest: Max Wurst.
3. Mary Crête(Cratte)d.13 May, bur. 14 May, 1873, b. Wabasha, aged 14yrs, d. Typhoid fever, Priest: James Trobec.
4. Frank Crête(Cratte)d. 5 Dec, bur. 7 Dec, 1873, b. Wabasha, aged 25 yrs, of Spinal Disease, Preist: James Trobec.
5. William Crête(Cratte)d.11 May, bur.,13 May, 1881, b. Wabasha, aged 21 yrs, of Consumption, Preist: James Trobec.
OTHER INTERMENTS per St. Felix Cemetery Records (we can identify)
1. Sarah Graham Cratte-first wife (841)
2. George Cratte - [no dates listed] (814)
3. Oliver Cratte, b. 1847 d. 3 April 1927 (804)
4. Theresa Cratte-third wife (957)
OTHER INTERMENTS per St. Felix Cemetery Records (we can Not identify)
1. Daughter, Cratte, b. Jan 1892, d. 18 Feb 1893
2. Illegible, Cratte [no dates]
3. Jenny or Jane Cratte d. 1841
4. Taylor Cratte [no dates]
5. William Cratte, b. 1860 d. 11 March 1881; Gra-Crat, page 1-17.
- [S32] MHS, "New Light on Old St Peter's and Early St Paul", MN History, Volume VIII, 1927, Minnesota Historical Society, (Published by Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul MN, 1927, page 27), GRA-BK1, Section 1., Page 43 states:
"Since there was no minister in the country, Major Taliaferro frequently officiated as justice of the peace, and united many. Among those he married were Oliver Cratte and James Wells to daughters of Duncan Graham."; Gra-BK1, section 1, p 43.
- [S38] Marriage, Cratte Oliver, Graham Sarah, (Jan, 24, 1876), GRA-CRAT, p 1-59., The marriage was at St. Peter which is now Mendota and would have been in the Territory of Iowa at that time.; Gra-Crat, p 1-60.
- [S197] Newspaper Article, Wabasha Herald, (January 24, 1876), Gra-Crat,p59;Gra-Gra,p16., GRA-CRAT, page 1-59.
- [S42] Obituary, Wabasha Herald, (23 April 1884), Ful-CW4, page 5., The Obit says that his first wife died in 1841 and: "A year or two later he married 2nd wife Teresa daughter of Augustine Rocque who died in childbirth within a year."; Gra-Crat, p 1-38a.
- [S43] Obituary, Wabasha Herald, (11 April 1901), GRA- FAR1-picture section., Her obituary shows marriage date of 1844; Gra-Crat, p 1-38c.
- [S50] Research Notes, MN Genealogical Society, Minnesota Genealogical Society, GRA-GRA, page 1-28+books., Gra-Crat page 1-67a.
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