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Joseph Buisson, Sr.

Joseph Buisson, Sr.

Male 1804 - 1857  (53 years)

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  • Name Joseph Buisson 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1804  Cap-de-la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Cemetery stone says 1807 - 1857
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Oct 1857  Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 13 Oct 1857  Quarry Hill Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • About 17 January 1876 his sons moved his body to the Riverside cemetery. At some time after that he was moved a second time to St Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, MN, where he has an individual stone in the Buisson Family Plot.
    Burial Aft 1878  St Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Reference Number 766 
    Reference Number GRA-BUI 
    Person ID I766  fullereriksen
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2021 

    Family Lucy Nancy Graham,   b. Sep 1805, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1888, Fort Totten, Benson, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Marriage 13 Mar 1846  Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • This was a formal church wedding at St Peter's Church, and we assume that an earlier civil ceremony took place about 1835.
    Children 
    +1. Hariette "Harriet" Buisson,   b. 16 Oct 1836, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1878, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +2. Henry Buisson,   b. 06 Mar 1838, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1905, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +3. Antoine Buisson,   b. 1841, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1920 (Age 79 years)
    +4. Marie Louise Buisson,   b. 08 Dec 1842, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Aug 1924, Standing Rock Reservation, McLaughlin, Corson, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +5. Joseph "Joe" (Captain) Buisson, Jr.,   b. 17 Feb 1846, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1918, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     6. Cyprien "Cyp" Buisson,   b. 25 Sep 1848, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1920, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     7. Marie Jeanne Buisson,   b. 09 Dec 1851, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1915, Timber Lake, Dewey, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1804 - Cap-de-la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Mar 1846 - Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Oct 1857 - Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 13 Oct 1857 - Quarry Hill Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 1878 - St Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Buisson, Joseph Sr.    		Buisson, Joseph Sr.

    Headstones
    Buisson, Joseph Sr.    		Buisson, Joseph Sr.
    JOSEPH
    1807-1857
    Plot: Section G, Plot 40
    Buisson, Joseph Sr. - Family Plot    		Buisson, Joseph Sr. - Family Plot
    OFFICIAL INTERMENTS per the St. Felix Church Books

    1. Nancy [Lucy] Buisson d. Sept 26, bur. Sept 29, 1888; b. Mendota; age 83 yrs; of old age; Priest, J. Healy; bur. St. Felix
    2. Elizabeth Buisson d. Nov 17, bur. Nov 20, 1906; b. Prairie du Chien; age 49 yrs; Priest: Max Wurst; bur. St. Felix
    3. Emily Buisson d. Jan 30, bur. Feb 4, 1914; b. Prairie du Chien Wis; age 70 years; died suddenly; Piest: Max Wurst; bur. St. Felix
    4. Cyprian Buisson d. 24, bur. 26, 1920: b. Canada; age 82 yr; of Cancer in St Paul; Priest: J.N. Bartholine; bur. St. Felix

    OFFICIAL INTERMENTS per the St. Felix Cemetery Records
    1. Buisson, Joseph [Sr.] d. 10 Oct 1857, Section G, Plot 40
    2. Buisson, Louis Henry d. 1862, Section G, Plot 28
    3. Buisson, Henry d. 26 Jun 1905, Section G, Plot 28
    4. Buisson, George E. b. 1833, d. 7 Dec 1902, Unknown Plot; Person Not Identified
    Plot: Section G. Plot 29-46

  • Notes 
    • was a claimant for Land Certificates in the Lake Pepin Half-Breed Land Reserve

  • Sources 
    1. [S50] Minnesota Genealogical Society, Family Tree data with sources, Gra-Buis page 1-48, GRA-GRA, page 1-28+books.

    2. [S6] Death and Burial Records, St Felix Church, Cemetery record shows death date as 10 Oct 1857; GRA-BUI, p1-9, Gra-Crat & Bui, in book.

    3. [S6] Death and Burial Records, St Felix Church, Section G, Plot 40

      The Wabasha Herald of January 24, 1876 had a small article that read: "Henry, Joseph and Cyprian Buisson last week opened the grave of their father Joseph Buisson and removed the remains to Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Buisson died in 1857, and was buried on the top of the bluff above the Baker stone quarry. Augustine Roque, a son of Joseph Roque, and Bernard LaChapelle who committed suicide were also buried on the same bluff and very near Mr. Buisson's grave. The Messrs. Buisson had some trouble at first in identifying their father's remains, having opened two graves, but one evidently was that of LaChapelle as the skull showed the mark of the bullet that ended his life, and Mr. Buisson's bones were recognized by the …[unreadable]"

      NOTE: In 2008 we did not find him in the Riverside, but in fact there are records and a gravestone at St Felix. So the conclusion is that he was burried on the hill in 1857 and mover to Riverside in 1878 and then subsequetly moved to St Felix. wlf, 2008; GRA-BUI, p1-9 + 1-42,3, Gra-Crat & Bui, in book.

    4. [S50] Minnesota Genealogical Society, Family Tree data with sources, GRA-BUIS, p 1-48, GRA-GRA, page 1-28+books.

    5. [S6] Death and Burial Records, St Felix Church, Buisson, Joseph Sr. Family Plot
      Section G, Plots 28-46

      OFFICIAL INTERMENTS per the St. Felix Church Books
      1. Nancy [Lucy] Buisson d. Sept 26, bur. Sept 29, 1888; b. Mendota; age 83 yrs; of old age; Priest, J. Healy; bur. St. Felix
      2. Elizabeth Buisson d. Nov 17, bur. Nov 20, 1906; b. Prairie du Chien; age 49 yrs; Priest: Max Wurst; bur. St. Felix
      3. Emily Buisson d. Jan 30, bur. Feb 4, 1914; b. Prairie du Chien Wis; age 70 years; died suddenly; Piest: Max Wurst; bur. St. Felix
      4. Cyprian Buisson d. 24, bur. 26, 1920: b. Canada; age 82 yr; of Cancer in St Paul; Priest: J.N. Bartholine; bur. St. Felix

      OFFICIAL INTERMENTS per the St. Felix Cemetery Records
      1. Buisson, Joseph [Sr.] d. 10 Oct 1857, Section G, Plot 40
      2. Buisson, Louis Henry d. 1862, Section G, Plot 28
      3. Buisson, Henry d. 26 Jun 1905, Section G, Plot 28
      4. Buisson, George E. b. 1833, d. 7 Dec 1902, Unknown Plot; Person Not Identified; Gra-Buis, pictures, Gra-Crat & Bui, in book.

    6. [S49] Marriage Record, St Peter/St Paul Cathedral, This marriage record indicates a service took place at St Peter's Church. The witness' were O. Crate & A. Bailly & Mrs Lapointe. Pastor A. Ravoux.
      Names: Joseph Buisson and Nancy Graham; Gra-Buis, p 1-8, 1-12, GRA-BUI; GRA-FAR.


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