Joseph Lavallee

1854 - 1887  (33 years)

• Name	Joseph Lavallee
  Nickname	Joe
  Born	16 Mar 1854	Carleton Place, Lanark Co., Ontario
  Christened	25 Dec 1854	Ramsay, Lanark Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Before 1884	Canada to the US
  Land Patent	09 Aug 1884	Crookston township, Polk County, Minnesota   [2]
  	Joseph Lavalle granted a cash sale patent by the United States government to 160 acres of land in section 34, township 152 north, range 49 west (Crookston township), Polk County, Minnesota.
  Newspaper	14 Oct 1887	Grand Forks, North Dakota   [3]
  	Notice of illness
  Godparents	Margaret Valiquette and Maria Arjangil
  Died	26 Oct 1887
  Obituary	28 Oct 1887	Grand Forks, North Dakota   [4]
  Buried	28 Oct 1887	Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota
  Person ID	I1642	Moran
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Francis Lavallee,   b. About 1820, Québec ,   bur. 8 Dec 1878, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne McMillan,   b. About 1828, Canada ,   d. Before 1868, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	About 1847
  Family ID	F771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ernestine Moran,   b. 28 Jan 1859, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 18 Jul 1943, Seattle, Washington  (Age 84 years)
  Married	About 1883
  Census	1891	Huntley township, Lanark North   [5]
  	Francis Lavallee (age 4) and Joseph Lavalle (age 3), born United States, in the household of their grandparents Alexander Moran and Mary Leavy.
  Census	1891	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Tina Lavallee, age 30, widowed, living in household of brother-in-law Michael Fagan and sister Minnie (Mary Elizabeth) Moran Fagan. Occupation: Milliner. Where is daughter Lila Lavallee?
  Census	1895	East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesota   [7]
  	Head of household is Tina Lavallee, age 32, born Canada, occupation Housekeeper. With daughter Lila, age 10, born Minnesota; Annie McCormick, age 2[8?], occupation Dressmaker; Patrick Byrne, age 28, born Canada, occupation Grocery Merchant. Presumably sons Joseph and Francis are still living with Moran grandparents in Canada?
  Census	1900	East Grand Forks, Minnesota   [8]
  	Head of household is Mrs Tine Lavall, with children Lila M, Francis H, and Joseph A. Living beside Timothy Sullivan and Hanora Enright, whose son Michael married Helen Elizabeth Moran.
  Census	1905	East Grand Forks, Minnesta
  	Tena Lavalle, with children Frank, Joseph, and Lila, and a boarder named Randall Montgomery (age 30, born Nebraska). 339 Sibley Street.
  Children	1. Lila Mary Lavallee,   b. 30 Sep 1885, East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota ,   d. 16 Feb 1967, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah  (Age 81 years)   2. Francis Howard Lavallee,   b. 15 Nov 1886, East Grand Forks, Minnesota ,   d. 10 Dec 1918  (Age 32 years)   3. Joseph Alexander Lavallee,   b. 01 Apr 1888, East Grand Forks, Minnesota ,   d. 7 Mar 1963  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2011
  Family ID	F500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Register of St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley. [S211] US Federal Land Patents. Document Nr.: 1677 [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 2, 14 Oct 1887. "Jos. Lavallee has been quite ill, and is still under the weather, from an attack of fever." [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 4, 28 Oct 1887. The funeral of Joe Lavallee took place today, from his residence, four miles east of East Grank Forks. The procession reached the building opposite the Griggs house at twelve o'clock, and the service was held there. The funeral was largely attended, the spacious hall being entirely filled, showing the great respect in which the deceased was held. [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, Lanark North, Huntley, Family Number 3. [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, Ottawa City, Wellington Ward, Family Number 221. [S164] 1895 Minnesota State Census. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, 1895, Polk, East Grant Forks Ward 4, Family Number 129. [S118] 1900 United States Federal Census. Minnesota, Polk, East Grand Forks, District 212, household no. 242.