Submitted by Dave Cisler
BARRIBEAU
George and Fanny Barribeau c:1930
Submitted by Dave Cisler
BARRIBEAU
George Barribeau Sr. Born on March 14, 1850. In 1867 at the
age of 17
he came by foot and train, along with brothers Adelore and Telesphore
from St. Leon Canada to the Oconto area. No trace had been
found of
Adelore or Telesphore until recently when a check of the 1895 state
census found them both living in the city of Oconto along with their
families. A younger brother, Antoine, born Sept. 29, 1857,
came to the
Oconto area in 1880 and settled in the county, farming for many
years.
A sister is said to have moved from St. Leon to Lynn, Mass, where
she
married but her married name is unknown.
Fanise, "Fanny" Barribeau, Born March 2, 1860 came to Oconto at age
7
with her father and mother. Dominic Barribeau and Rosalie
Burley
Barribeau and two sisters. One sister died in route and was
buried on shore. It is said that they were met at the dock in Oconto
by one of the Pecor brothers and that they stayed at his house until suitable
housing could be found for them.
George and Fanny though having the same last name, though not related
were married on 13 June, 1874. The family lived in Frenchtown, now a historic
area in the city of Oconto, and had 12 children. George Sr. died
on May 9, 1933, age 83. Fanny died August 21, 1950 at the age of
90.
BarribeauFamily
c:1907 Left to right
Top
Row Melina (John Perarteau), Xavier (#1 Ellsie Kahr #2Mary Kureck or Miller),
Oliver (single), Maragette (Charlie Werth), George Jr. (Annie Seibert),
Elizabeth (MacMcCoy), Clare (Clarence Smith), Joseph (Victoria Brisson),
Fanny (Mother), Francis (Emma Bittner), Melvin (On father's knee "died
young"), George Sr. (Father), Vida (Harry McLeod), Gertrude "Belle" (Fred
Pecor).
Youngest child of the Barribeau
family, Francis [sitting], during an August visit with his niece Miriam
Cisler, daughter of George Jr. and Annie Seibert Barribeau.
Mrs. Cisler is 91 years old
at the time of the picture, Francis is 97.
Though George
and Fanny had the same last name, they were not related, and they married.
Their oldest child, my Grandfather, George Jr. was born on May 13, 1883.
The family lived in Frenchtown, now an historic area of the city of Oconto,
and had twelve children. George Sr. died on May 9, 1933, age 83. Fanny
died August 21, 1950 at the age of 90. One of George's brothers had a daughter
who fell off a bridge when she was little and broke her back. She recovered
but had a hump on her back. She later married a man named Whiting, and
lived in the area. (That was
my Aunt Blanche and she didn't marry a Whiting; she married Bill Koster.
Deanna Housner Stich)
Where George
Sr. and Fanny's children settled after they married.
Melina..............Kaukauna
Xavier...............Milwaukee-Berlin
Oliver................Oconto
Maragette.........Stevens
Point-Calf.
George Jr.
........Oconto
Elizabeth...........Minneapolis
Clara..................Oconto
Joseph..............Oconto
Francis..............Milwaukee-Appleton
within the last year. The only child still living.
Melvin................Died
young
Vida....................Calf.-Appleton
Gertrude"Belle"..Oconto