Individual Details
Henry VERBONCOEUR
(15 Apr 1810 - 4 Oct 1890)
The following story is told about Oliver Champeau and his brother-in-law, Henry Verboncoeur, on page 37-38 of Reunion: A Beno-Champeau Genealogy by Mary Ann Defnet and Dorothy Lutomski (1978):
"On April 1, 1839, an indenture was drawn up between Judge John Lawe of Green Bay and Henry Verboncoeur and Oliver Champeau. The document, found in the 65-volume collection of Grignon-Porlier-Lawe Papers, leases to Verboncoeur and Champeau 320 acres of land (NE½ of Section 33, T20N, R24E) on the West Twin River, now in Manitowoc County. They were to receive one yoke of working oxen, one horse, two milk cows, one ox yoke, one cart and harness, and a plough.
"The conditions of the agreement were that Henry and Oliver would pay Mr. Lawe a yearly rent of one dollar for a term of three years with the option of two additional years if agreed by all parties. They had to clear and fence in 25 acres of the land and build 'a good and suitable barn and stable.' They were to cut the timber into saw logs and deliver them to the Twin River Steam Mill owned by Lawe. The indenture stated specific dimensions for the lumber.
"It is doubtful that the lease was carried to its full term. It seems that things did not run too smoothly. For, in August of 1840, Judge Lawe received the following letter from Roger Eberts, manager of the steam mill:
Dear Sir,
Oliver Champeau and Henry Verboncoeur were here yesterday to deliver me some logs which they have got out last winter on your a/c. I would not receive them; first because they are too crooked and not merchandable. I offered them to leave it to two disinterested men to apprise the logs, but they would not. They wanted me to receipt the logs whether or not, which I rejected upon the above objections, and told them that I did not wish to receipt them such logs and then be censored by Judge Lawe. They are too short, also. Mr. Smith says that they will not average over 80 feet of lumber each, and will take from 6 to 7 logs to make one thousand feet of lumber. I told them to do something soon about their logs, or I would throw them out of the boom. i presume they will complain bitterly to you about me, but I do not care what they may say. Justice demands of me to do what is right and just between man and man -- and that law I will follow, if I die on the strength of it.
Presumably, it did not come to blows, but Oliver seems to have returned to Little Chute soon thereafter, giving up his lumber enterprise. Henry seems to have stayed on longer, judging by an affadavit dated August 1842 at Two Rivers, in which Theodore Champeau left a load of logs at the saw mill on behalf of his brother-in-law, Henry Verboncoeur, who had cleared them from his nearby farm. See general notes for Theodore Champeau for the full text of the affadavit.
Events
| Birth | 15 Apr 1810 | Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada |  |  | |
| Christen | 22 Apr 1810 | Saint-Antoine, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Marriage | 24 Jun 1838 | Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | ||
| Census (family) | 1840 | Two Rivers Twp., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | | |
| Census (family) | 1846 | Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1850 | Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1860 | Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1870 | Bay Settlement, Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX | | | |
| Death | 4 Oct 1890 | Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Honoré VERBONCOEUR | ||||
| Burial | Holy Cross Church Cemetery, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Félicité (Felicity) CHAMPOUX (1816 - 1904) |
| Child | Adaline VERBONCOEUR (1839 - 1894) |
| Child | Felicity VERBONCOEUR (1840 - 1850) |
| Child | Philomene VERBONCOEUR (1841 - ) |
| Child | Lenore VERBONCOEUR (1843 - ) |
| Child | Joseph VERBONCOEUR (1844 - 1871) |
| Child | Sarah Amelia VERBONCOEUR (1846 - 1928) |
| Child | Felicity VERBONCOEUR ( - 1882) |
| Child | Honore VERBONCOEUR (1850 - ) |
| Child | Mary VERBONCOEUR (1856 - ) |
| Father | Joseph VERBONCOEUR ( - ) |
| Mother | Antoinette MANSEAU ( - ) |
| Father | Joseph BIRABIN dit VADEBONCOUR ( - ) |
| Mother | Marie Antoinette MANSEAU ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Age 52 in 1860Christen
Honoré Verboncoeur, son of Joseph Verboncoeur and Toinette Manceau. Godparents were Paule Verboncoeur and Marie Manceau.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27975-3879-62?cc=1321742&wc=9RLH-6TG:18754401,18754402,19183701
Census (family)
Henry was the head of a household which consisted of:-- one male between the ages of 20 and (under) 30
-- one female under five years old
-- one female between the ages of 20 and (under) 30
Census (family)
Honoré (Noré) Verboncoeur was the head of this household, which consisted of two males and four females, for a total of six persons.Census (family)
Henry Verbunkle (sic), age 40, a farmer, born in Canada, and his wife, Felicia, age 33, born in Canada. Children, all born in Wisconsin, include Adaline, age 10, Philomen (male), age 9; Lenore (female), age 7; Joseph, age 6; Amelia, age 3; and Felista, age 2.http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=8054&path=Wisconsin.Brown.Green+Bay.42&sid=&gskw=
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are Henry Verbonceur, age 52, a farmer; his wife Felis, age 45; and children: Joseph, age 16, Leonor (male), age 17; Sarah, age 14; Flesta, age 12; and Mary, age 4. Parents were born in Canada, children in Wisconsin.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4298895_00199?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are Henry Verbonceur, age 64, a farmer; his wife, Felicy, age 54; and children: Sarah, age 22; Mary, age 14; Joseph, age 26; and Elanor Brunette, age 26. Also (presumably) grandchildren, Daniel Brunette, age 5, and Mary Brunette, age 3. No husband listed for Elanor.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7163/4268441_00784?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family are Henry Verboncure, age 75, a farmer; and his wife, Felicity, age 63.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4244703-00692?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
Death
Cause of death: cancer. Death record gives his age as 86.Endnotes
1. 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, p. 281, image 21, dwelling 2125, family 2125, lines 27-33: Henry Verbonceur and family.
2. Parish Registers: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre (Baie-du-Fêbvre, Yamaska, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1773-1812, image 848, baptism of Honoré Verboncoeur; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 23 November 2014).
3. Parish Registers: Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre (Baie-du-Fêbvre, Yamaska, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1773-1812, image 848, baptism of Honoré Verboncoeur; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 23 November 2014).
4. Brown County, Wisconsin, Vol. 4, p. 187; Register of Deeds, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
5. Henry Varboncouer, 1840 Federal Census, Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Town of Two Rivers, page 3; micropublication FHL film 0034498, .
6. 1846 Wisconsin Territorial Census, Brown County, population, Bay Settlement, p. 18, Noré Verboncouer; FHL microfilm 1293920.
7. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, dist. 12, folio 53, image 42-43, dwelling 411, family 448, lines 41-42 and 1-7. Family of Henry and Felicia Verbunkle.
8. 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, p. 281, image 21, dwelling 2125, family 2125, lines 27-33: Henry Verbonceur and family.
9. 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, page 26, image 26, dwelling 171, family 181, lines 12-19: family of Henry Verbonceur.
10. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, ed 23, p. 26, dwelling 193, family 196, lines 47-48: Henry and Felicity Verbencure.
11. Wisconsin, Registration of Deaths, ca. 1862-1907, FHL film 1310173, item 2, Brown County, Deaths, Vol. 2: p. 108, #1638, no. 44, Henry Verboncoeur.