Individual Details

Antoine Joseph MANSEAU

(29 May 1784 - 21 Dec 1863)

Called Antoine Joseph on baptism record of his daughter, Ester. Usually called simply Antoine.

In Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy, by Dorothy Beno Lutomski and Mary Ann Defnet, the authors include this story (p. 36), which is attributed to "a grand-daughter of Ephraim St-Louis" (presumably Marie St-Louis of Milwaukee, or someone in her family), which I transcribe here:

My grandparents came from Sorel, Province of Quebec (believed to be the departure, as the family lived in Yamachiche). When they came from Canada, there were seven families. They had three sailboats: two for the families, and the third was machinery for a mill. When they came, my father was six years old. It took them three months to come from Sorel, Canada, to Little Chute, Wisconsin, because when the wind blew against them, sometimes they had to anchor for days.

It is then stated that "descendants of the St-Louis families are quite certain that some of the other families in this group were Manseaus, Champeaus, and Landrys. They were all residents of Yamachiche, Canada, and are all known to have resided in Little Chute, Wisconsin."
My research since then shows that these families were actually residing in Baie-du-Febvre and St-François-du-Lac just before their emigration. I don't know if this would have an impact on their point of embarkation. In any case, it makes sense that these families came together. They lived in close proximity in both Québec and Wisconsin, and the families intermarried in both places as well. Also, St. John`s Church in Little Chute was one of the three earliest Catholic parishes in Brown County. There is some evidence that Joseph Felix Champeau emigrated earlier than the rest of his family. Also, Honoré Landry probably did not make the trip before 1850, as he and his first wife had five children born at St-François-du-Lac throughout the 1850s, and she died there in late September of 1849. Still, whatever family members were part of the above story, it is a wonderful account. We don't tend to think of immigration from Canada coming by sailing ship!

Who were the three children living with Antoine and Catherine in 1850, according to the U.S. Census of that year? They are listed as Joseph Lemie, age 6; Mary Lemie, age 7; and Julia Benoit, age 14. Their daughter, Luce married Michel Lemay; perhaps the first two were their children. I can't place the Benoit.

Events

Christen	29 May 1784	Saint-Antoine, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Birth	29 May 1784	Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Marriage	5 Nov 1805	Saint-Antoine, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada - Catherine CLOUTIER
Residence (family)	1846	Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine CLOUTIER
Residence (family)	1 Jun 1850	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine CLOUTIER
Death	21 Dec 1863	Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Alt name		Antoine ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU
Burial		Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Burial		Old Holy Cross Cemetery, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States

Families

Spouse	Catherine CLOUTIER (1785 - 1850)
Child	Marie Desanges MANSEAU (1806 - 1895)
Child	David MANSEAU ( - )
Child	Julie MANSEAU (1809 - )
Child	Antoine MANSEAU (1810 - 1857)
Child	Anastasie MANSEAU (1811 - 1885)
Child	Joseph MANSEAU (1813 - )
Child	Esther MANSEAU (1815 - 1882)
Child	Moïse MANSEAU (1818 - 1819)
Child	Thomas MANSEAU (1818 - 1819)
Child	Marie Narcisse MANSEAU (1819 - )
Child	Luce "Louise" MANSEAU (1822 - 1860)
Child	Nicolas de Tolentin MANSEAU (1824 - 1824)
Child	Emilie MANSEAU (1825 - 1900)

Father	Joseph MANSEAU ( - )
Mother	Catherine LAFOND dit MONGRAIN ( - 1818)
Sibling	Marie Elisabeth MANSEAU (1775 - 1775)
Sibling	Marie Catherine MANSEAU (1776 - )
Sibling	Marie Joseph MANSEAU (1778 - 1778)
Sibling	Joseph MANSEAU (1779 - 1779)
Sibling	Joseph Louis MANSEAU ( - )
Sibling	Louis MANSEAU (1783 - 1783)
Sibling	François MANSEAU (1786 - 1786)
Sibling	Marie Josephte MANSEAU (1787 - )
Sibling	Marie Rose MANSEAU (1788 - 1821)
Sibling	Gabriel MANSEAU (1790 - )
Sibling	Charles MANSEAU (1792 - )
Sibling	Gabriel MANSEAU (1793 - )
Sibling	Marie Angélique MANSEAU (1795 - 1797)