Bernard Walter Brisbois (1808 – 1885) was an agent for the American Fur Company. The American Fur Company was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808
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History
Bernard Brisbois was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1808, to Michel Brisbois, a French-Canadian voyageur, and his second wife Domitelle (Madelaine) Gautier de Verville. Prairie du Chien is a city in and the County seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. Michel Brisbois was a French-Canadian Voyageur who was active in the upper Mississippi River valley as early as 1781
Like his father, Brisbois also began his career in the fur trade, working as agent for the American Fur Company. Bernard married Therese LaChappelle [daughter of metis Pélagie LaPointe (herself the daughter of Pierre LaPointe and Etoukasahwee) and Antoine LaChapelle]. Later he engaged in the mercantile business in Prairie du Chien until 1873 when he was appointed consul at Verviers, Belgium. He returned to Prairie du Chien in 1874 and lived there until his death in 1885.
Etoukasahwee's parents are listed as Gaa-dawaabide (Broken Tooth or DeBreche) and Obenege shipequay. Gaa-dawaabide was a long time Ojibwe Chief of the Sandy Lake village whose family belonged to the Aan'aawenh (Pintail) doodem or clan. Sandy Lake Band redirects to here This article is about an indigenous tribe located in central Minnesota. The Anishinaabe, like most Algonquian -speaking groups in North America base their system of kinship on Patrilineal Clans or totems Gaa-dawaabide (1750-1828), son of Biauswah II, was at the taking of Michilimackinac. Biauswah ( Bayaaswaa in Ojibwe, meaning "The Dry-one" was the name of two different Ojibwa chiefs He married Obeneg eshipequag. His sons were Maangozid (Loons Foot), Gaa-nandawaawinzo (Ripe berry hunter) and Zagataagan (Spunk) and daughters Charlotte who married Charles Oakes Ermitinger, Nancy (Keneesequa) born 1793 married 1822/23 Samuel Ashmun and a daughter who married Hole in the Day. He was principle spokesperson at Sandy Lake before 1805. The name DeBreche attributed to him is likely one of his sons as it was used at the signing of treaty in 1837 at Fort Snelling after his death. Fort Snelling, originally known as Fort St Anthony, is a former Military Fortification located at the confluence of the Minnesota
Brisbois Store
Located on St. Feriole Island in the city of Prairie du Chien, the historical Brisbois Store was built in 1851-52 by Bernard Brisbois. According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, the stone building sits on land with a long association with the North American fur trade. Prior to the War of 1812, the property was owned by a number of prominent traders and companies. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies During the War a log structure on the property was used by U. S. soldiers for housing while nearby Fort Shelby was under construction. Fort Shelby was a United States military installation in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, built in 1814 and renamed Fort McKay later that year After the War, the property became the site of a U. S. Fur Factory. In the 1820s the land was sold to the American Fur Company who held it until its sale to Bernard Brisbois in 1850. The American Fur Company was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808 Through much of the twentieth century the building was known as the Riverside Boat Repair. The Brisbois Store was acquired by the Wisconsin Historical Society in the 1970s and was established as the Fur Trade Museum. The Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a private membership and a state-funded organization whose purpose is The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal Fur. The Brisbois Store is listed as a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of
Brisbois House (II)
| Michael Brisbois House | |
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| Location: | Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1840 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | Federal |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000801[1] |
| Governing body: | State |
- For Brisbois House (I), see Michel Brisbois House
Also located on St. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Prairie du Chien is a city in and the County seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Michel Brisbois was a French-Canadian Voyageur who was active in the upper Mississippi River valley as early as 1781 Feriole Island, the second Brisbois House was built by Joseph Rolette as part of a separation contract negotiated in 1836 for his estranged wife, Jane Fisher Rolette. The limestone house was erected on property owned by Jane’s maternal relatives, the Brisbois. The limestone for the building came from the surplus stone sold by the United States government after the construction of Fort Crawford. Fort Crawford was an outpost of the United States Army located in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin during the 19th Century.
After Rolette’s death, Jane married his business partner, Hercules Dousman, and transferred the property to her cousin, Bernard Brisbois, and the house remained in his family until the end of the 1900s. In the 1950s the Cornelius family restored the residence and gave the property to the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a private membership and a state-funded organization whose purpose is Like the Brisbois Store, the second Brisbois House is listed as National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of
References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English
- Wisconsin State Historical Society
- Prairie du Chien Visitor Information
- Early Families of Upper Great Lakes, Oconto County -Reminiscence of Theresa Barrette. LDS Disc #78 Pin #800053.
- Genealogical research by Richard Alan Nelson, 2007.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Brisbois, Bernard Walter |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | fur trader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1885 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin |