Individual Details
Antoine MANSEAU
(8 Jun 1810 - 1857)
Antoine Manseau and his family moved from Canada to Little Chute (now Green Bay), Wisconsin in 1838, then on to Milwaukee and in 1852, to Portage Creek, Michigan, a little north of Manistee.
Antoine, with Julia and their seven children, along with four other men left Manistee, sailing up the coast and arrived at the Carp River June 21, 1853, beginning a settlement of Provemont and would eventually become Leland, Michigan.
Manseau and John Miller had searched the area in 1848 for a saw-mill site and purchased land at the mouth of Carp River, but not until 1853 was the site developed. A dam was built across "The Narrows" of the river and the mill was built on the river. Upriver, was Carp Lake which later became Lake Leelanau.
Events
| Birth | 8 Jun 1810 | Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 9 Jun 1810 | Saint-Antoine, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 12 Feb 1833 | Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada - Julie CREVIER dit DESCHENEAUX | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1846 | Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Julie CREVIER dit DESCHENEAUX | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1850 | Michilimackinac, Mackinac, Michigan, United States - Julie CREVIER dit DESCHENEAUX | | | |
| Death | 1857 | Lake Leelanau, Leelanau, Michigan, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Antoine dit-Petit MANSEAU | ||||
| Burial | Paulus Family Cemetery, Leland, Leelanau, Michigan, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Julie CREVIER dit DESCHENEAUX (1811 - 1858) |
| Child | Antoine MANSEAU (1834 - 1906) |
| Child | Catherine MANSEAU (1835 - 1902) |
| Child | Julia MANSEAU (1837 - 1900) |
| Child | Emily M MANSEAU (1839 - 1921) |
| Child | Odelia MANSEAU (1841 - 1906) |
| Child | Philomena Constance MANSEAU (1844 - 1914) |
| Child | Joseph MANSEAU (1845 - 1847) |
| Child | Joseph L. MANSEAU (1847 - 1924) |
| Father | Antoine Joseph MANSEAU (1784 - 1863) |
| Mother | Catherine CLOUTIER (1785 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Marie Desanges MANSEAU (1806 - 1895) |
| Sibling | David MANSEAU ( - ) |
| Sibling | Julie MANSEAU (1809 - ) |
| Sibling | Anastasie MANSEAU (1811 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Joseph MANSEAU (1813 - ) |
| Sibling | Esther MANSEAU (1815 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Moïse MANSEAU (1818 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Thomas MANSEAU (1818 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Marie Narcisse MANSEAU (1819 - ) |
| Sibling | Luce "Louise" MANSEAU (1822 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Nicolas de Tolentin MANSEAU (1824 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Emilie MANSEAU (1825 - 1900) |
Webtags
Notes
Christen
Godparents were François Bergeron and Rosalie Manceau.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27975-3973-51?cc=1321742&wc=MMY5-4S9:1187017374
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_20000592?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return
Marriage
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27999-4783-14?cc=1321742&wc=MMY5-4X5:889852408http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_20250147?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_20250154
Residence (family)
This census shows that there were 3 males and 4 females in the household at the time. Seems to be short by a couple of girls!Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Antoine Mason, a carpenter, age 39; Julie Mason, age 38; Antoine Mason, Jr., a carpenter, age 16; Catharine Mason, age 15; Julia Mason, age 13; Emily Mason, age 11; Odil Mason, age 8; Feleman Mason, age 6; and Joseph Mason, age 3. The parents and first two children were born in Canada. The rest of the children were born in Wisconsin.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11877-59703-16?cc=1401638&wc=MMYD-Y58:2118322327
Burial
Inscription on the gravestone he shared with Julie reads: Pioneer -- First White Settler.Find-A-Grave memorial: Antoine dit-petit Manseau
includes biographyEndnotes
1. Parish Registers: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre (Baie-du-Fêbvre, Yamaska, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1773-1812, folio 137, image 851, baptism of Antoine Manceau; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).
2. "Parish Registers: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), baptism of Antoine Manceau; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1810, folio 14, image 23.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Antoine dit-petit Manseau; memorial #93464704.
4. "Parish Registers: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), baptism of Antoine Manceau; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1810, folio 14, image 23.
5. Parish Registers: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre (Baie-du-Fêbvre, Yamaska, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1773-1812, folio 137, image 851, baptism of Antoine Manceau; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).
6. Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac (St-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1824-1836, folio 125-26, image 339, marriage of Antoine Manseau and Julie Crevier dit Deschenaux; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).
7. "Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 7 April 2015), Antoine Manseau and Julie Crevier dite Deschenaux; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1833, image 8, marriage 13.
8. 1846 Wisconsin Territorial Census, Brown County, population, Howard, p. 13, Antoine Massau, Jr. and household; FHL microfilm 1293920.
9. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Mackinac, Michilimackinac, image 4, dwelling 27, family 27, Antoine Mason and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 27 September 2013).
10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Antoine dit-petit Manseau; memorial #93464704.
11. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 March 2015), Antoine dit-petit Manseau; memorial #93464704.