Barney Nadeau

Barney Nadeau

Male 1828 - 1905  (77 years)

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    Nadeau Family
    Nadeau Family
    Barney Nadeau, Francis Jonet Nadeau and Laura Nadeau
    Barney Nadeau
    Barney Nadeau
    Barney Nadeau
    Barney Nadeau
    Noted on back of photo: The A.F. Kern Picture Co., Chicago - finished in water color, hair white gray beard, eyes black, complextion fair, suit black. From the genealogical collection of Ruth Gauthier LaMotte.
    Bruno Nadeau
    Bruno Nadeau
    Sergeant in the US Army during the Civil War. Photo taken from "Saint Bruno Parish - Diamond Jubilee 1880-1995"

  • Name Barney Nadeau  [1
    Alt. Birth Dec 1826  Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Or St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick.
    Born 12 Jan 1828  St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christened 13 Jan 1828  St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Heli Bruno Nadeau baptism
    Heli Bruno Nadeau baptism
    Gender Male 
    God Parents 13 Jan 1828  St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • His god parents were Jean Baptiste Sirois and Marie Anne Albert.
    Census 1851  Madawaska, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5

    • Lewis Nadeau, age 50, french farmer
      Lesange Nadeau, wife, age 48
      Bruneau Nadeau, son, age 23
      Lewis Nadeau, son, age 21
      David Nadeau, son, age 8
      Seyette Nadeau, son, age 11
    Residence Bef 1855  Kankakee, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence Bef 1855  Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Land 22 Feb 1858  , Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Barney purchased 80 acres of land in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. Land Patent Certificate nbr 22630 is: "the west half of the south west quarter of section twenty three, in the Township twenty three of Range twenty four in the District of Lands subject to sale at Menasha Wisconsin containing eighty acres".
    Census 8 Jul 1860  Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7

    • Barney Nedeau, age 32, farmer, real estate value 900, personal property 300, born Maine
      Mary Nedeau, age 25, born Belgium
      David Nedeau, age 3, born Wisconsin
      Louis Nedeau, age 2, born Wisconsin
      Harriet Nedeau, age 1, born Wisconsin
    Military Service 15 Aug 1862  [8, 9, 10
    Civil War 
    • Barney Nadeau, Kewaunee
      Sergeant, 27th Infantry, Co. I, August 15, 1862; discharged October 26 1863, disability.

      "Soon after the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully throughout his term of enlistment, when he received his honorable discharge from the army. He took an active part in various campaigns, serving under General U. S. Grant. He was with his regiment in many engagements and marches, including the following named: The Red River expedition; the seige of Vicksburg; was with the Hospital Corps on the Mississippi River; participated in the Chattanooga campaign; and in many others."
    Military Discharge 26 Oct 1863  [8
    • Discharged from service of 1 year, 2 months, 11 days
    Census 1865  Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11

    • Barney Nadau
      4 white males
      2 white females
      1 foreign birth

      Louis Nadau
      1 white male
      1 white female
      1 foreign birth
    Land 28 Sep 1867  , Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Barney purchased land for non-payment of taxes for three dollars and 57 cents. The description is: "the South West quarter of the South East quarter of Section three, 3, in Township twenty three, 23, North of Range twenty four, 23, East".
    Census 15 Aug 1870  Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12

    • Nedeau, Barney, age 39, hotel keeper, value of real estate 1600, value of personal property 500, born Maine, parents foreign born
      Nedeau, Mary F., age 38, keeping house, born Belgium, parents foreign born
      Nedeau, David, age 12, born Wisconsin
      Nedeau, Louis, age, 11, born Wisconsin
      Nedeau, Julia, age 10, born Wisconsin
      Nedeau, Barney, age 7, born Wisconsin
      Nedeau, Louisa, age 3, born Wisconsin
      Nedeau, Louis, age 70, at home, born Canada
      Nedeau, Desange, age 80, at home, born Canada
    Employment 1871  Peshtigo, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15
    construction foreman for railroad 
    • "In 1871 we lived in Green Bay and my father Barney Nadeau but recently discharged from service in the Civil War was employed as a foreman by a contractor named Wallace who was building the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad from Green Bay to Marinette. On October 8 the Peshtigo fire occurred. It had been a very dry year and along the latter part of the summer they had had quite a lot of trouble with fires set in the clearing the right-of-way. I remember one place south of Oconto where a large part of the grade, which was mostly peat, burned up.
      At the time of the Peshtigo fire father's camp was about one mile north of Peshtigo. My brother David was in the crew employed as water-boy. Their camp was on a sandy knoll just north of which there was quite a deep swamp which was ditched in making the grade. The night of the fire they saw the light and heard the roar some time before the fire neared them. Some of the men wanted to run but father convinced them it was smarter to stay where they were. The buried their bedding and most of the supplies in the deep ditches and intended lying down themselves with their faces in what little water there was with the rest of their bodies covered with sand to prevent their clothes from burning. Through on of the pranks that the fire played it split at the south end of the ridge and went both sides of them leaving unharmed only a very small area on which their camp was located.
      The next morning the entire crew, my father and brother, Dave, among them walked down to Peshtigo and saw many terrible sights which there is no point in repeating here. While they were in Peshtigo a call for help came from Marinette by messenger and for the next several days the entire crew fought to save that city on a circle that was established to the south of the town." (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Employment 1872  Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    construction foreman for railroad 
    • "In the spring of 1872 Mr. Wallace took a contract to build the main line of the C & N.W. from Menominee to Escanaba and father went with him, this time as a sub-contractor. The first job was sections 6 and 7 (near Birch Creek). The camp was built where to old State Road crossed the railroad below Birch Creek (between the Julius Theuerkauf farm buildings and the track). Our family came up from Green Bay and we all lived in the construction camps until the job was finished in December." (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Employment Spring 1873  [13
    boarding house 
    • "In the spring of 1873 father took the job of boarding the crews of the gravel trains." (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Employment 1872-1873  Powers, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    construction foreman for railroad 
    • "Father's next job was section 13 (near Wallace) and then he went to Section 39 and 40 (just south of Powers) and built his camp at about the location of the old Sterling house east of the track at Kloman just above the present school house and which was removed in the building of the County Road. This job wasn't finished until December and fires were kept in the cold nights to keep the ground from freezing. " (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Employment 1873  Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    hotel owner 
    • "Father took the money he earned in this railroad work and went into the hotel business at Marinette but with his lack of experience and the 1873 panic it was soon necessary for the family to resume its interest in the development of Menominee County for in 1874 the family moved into a soldiers homestead where the town of Nadeau is now located." (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Residence 1873  Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • "The panic of 1873 which put our family back into Menominee County slowed things up a lot but a few small businesses started along the line of the new railroad. " (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Newspaper Article 30 Aug 1873 to 21 Mar 1874  Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    First National Hotel and Hall 
    • The Escanaba Tribune, advertisement
      First National Hotel
      Main Street
      Marinette - - - Wisconsin
      New Building, New Furniture, New Bedding
      Everything about the establisment is clean, neat and in the best of order. Table always supplied with the
      Choiset The Market Affords
      Guests rendered comfortable and shown every possible attention.
      Charges Resonable
      -
      First National Hall
      Is the Larges and most Convenient Public Hall north of Green Bay
      Agents for Publis Entertainments will do well to bear this fact in mind.
      B. Nadeau, Proprietor
      _____________
      30 Aug 1873, page 5, column 7
      6 Sep 1873, page 3, column 7
      13 Sept 1873, page 2, column 7
      20 Sep 1873, page 2, column 7
      27 Sep 1873, page 2, column 7
      25 Oct 1873, page 3, column 8
      3 Jan 1874, page 3, colum 8
      21 Feb 1874, page 3, column 8
      28 Feb 1874, page 3, column 8
      7 Mar 1874, page 3, column 8
      21 Mar 1874, page 3, column 8
    Residence 1874  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • "Father took the money he earned in this railroad work and went into the hotel business at Marinette but with his lack of experience and the 1873 panic it was soon necessary for the family to resume its interest in the development of Menominee County for in 1874 the family moved into a soldiers homestead where the town of Nadeau is now located."
    Newspaper Article 18 Apr 1874 to 22 Aug 1874  Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    First National Hotel 
    • The Escanaba Tribune, advertisement
      First National Hotel
      Main St., Marinette, Wisconsin
      B. Nadeau, Proprietor
      Everything about the establishment is clean, neat and in order. Table always supplied with the best the market affords. Charges Reasonable. Public Hall in connection with the hotel.
      __________
      2 May 1874, page 2, column 1
      9 May 1874, page 4, column 1
      16 May 1874, page 4, column 1
      13 Jun 1874, page 2, column 1
      20 Jun 1874, page 2, column 1
      4 Jul 1874, page 2, column 1
      1 Aug 1874, page 2, column 1
      22 Aug 1874, page 2, column 1

    Newspaper Article 16 May 1874  Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Mr. Nadeau, proprietor retiring 
    • The First National Hotel at Marinette has changed hands. Mr. Nadeau retiring and Mr. Traversey, the original proprietor of the house, taking his place as landlord.
    Additional information 1877  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    Founding of Nadeau 
    • "Nadeau Township - A separation of Stephenson township in 1877 made the township of Nadeau. It derives its name from Bruno Nadeau, one of the first settlers. Furnishing ties to the railroad was a chief reason for the settling of a mill in the township by the Nadeau Bros." ref. 1
      "The village of Nadeau is located about thirty-six miles north of Menominee on the Chicago & North-Western Railroad, and was named for its founder, Barney Nadeau, Sr., who was appointed the first postmaster there in 1880, and who built a mill, established a business in general merchandising and was a dealer in lands and general forest products. His sons, under the firm name of Nadeau Brothers, have succeeded to the business, which is quite diversified and comprises the running of two farms in on of which there is one hundred acres cleared and in the other, three hundred acres and on which they raise registered Jersey and Polled Durham cattle. They continue to operate the mill and cut about three million feet of mixed lumber and three million cedar shingles per year, besides dealing in the other forest products. They also have a large well stocked general store." ref. 2

      ref. 1 - Menominee County Michigan Centenial
      ref. 2 - A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People
    City Directory 1877  Bagley, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    • ?b?BAGLEY?/b?
      A postoffice and station on the C. & N. W. Ry., in the township and county of Menominee, 32 miles north of Menominee, and an equal distance southwest of Escanaba. It was settled in 1873, and named in honor of ex-governor John J. Bagley. Population, 25. Hemlock, bark, cedar posts and venison are the principal shipments. Mail, daily. Henry G. A Wachter, postmaster.

      Business Directory.

      Nadeau, B, farmer
      Nadeau, David, farmer
      Nadeau, Louis, farmer
    Postmaster 29 May 1878  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    • Barney was appointed postmaster of Nadeau of 29 May 1878.
    Land 24 Jun 1878 
    • Title transfer of 20 May 1862, 80 acre Homestead in Menominee County.
    Census 1880  Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [22
    Agricultural 
    • Barney Nadau
      Tenents - owner
      Acres of Land - improved (tilled, pasture or meadow) 65; unimproved (woodland and forest) 295
      Farm Value - (including land, fences and buildings) 2800 ; (of live stock) 500
      Labor - (amount paid for wages for farm labor during 1879 including value of board) 1000 ; (works hired labor in 1879 upon farm, including housework) 108 ; (estimated value of all farm productions for 1879) 1000
      Grass Lands, acreage - (mowed) 20; (not mowed) 35; products harvested in 1879 (hay) 20
      Horses of all ages on hand June 1, 1880 - 6
      Meat Cattle and their products on hand June 1, 1880 - (working oxen) 2; (milch cows) 3; other 6
      Swine on hand June 1, 1880 - 5
    Occupation 1880  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Postmaster/Highway Commissioner 
    • "The Post Office at Nadeau was established in 1880 and Barney Nadeau, Sr., my father was the first Postmaster. He served many years until he lost his sight. Stephenson Township originally extended up to Spalding Township and my father was the first Highway Commissioner. Thru his efforts Nadeau Township nine miles square was cut off the north end of Stephenson Township and he was the first Supervisor." (written by Louis Nadeau)
    Census 14 Jun 1880  Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23

    • Nadau, Barney, age 49, Farmer, born Me, parents born ME
      Nadau, Francis, age 44, wife, keeping house, born Belgium, parents born Belgium
      Nadau, David, age 22, son, workng on farm
      Nadau, Louis, age 21, son, works on farm
      Nadau, Julia, age 20, daughter, at home
      Nadau, Barney, age 15, son, at school
      Nadau, Louisa, age 13, daughter, at school
      Nadau, Joseph, age 10, son, at school
      Nadau, Anna, age 4, daughter (this is Lucy)
      Nadau, Amelia, age 2, daughter (this is Marcell Amiel)
      Boarders:
      St. Ebba, Joseph, age 27
      Bellare, Edward, age 35
      Gordo, Barney, age 23
      Gates, Sydney, age 30
      Lucryer, Peter, age 26
      Moore, Dick, age 22
      Lovelace, Clark, age 30
      Exard, Joseph, age 31
      Hugo, Emmaual, age 36
      Mason, James, age 41
    Newspaper Article 15 Oct 1881  Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [24
    The Iron Post 
    • (Menominee Herald)
      page 1, column 6
      B. Nadeau, of section 36, has a potato in Bird Bros.' store on exhibition that measures 24 1/2 inches in circumference and weighs five pounds and one ounce. It is the biggest potato every raised in the county.
    Census 21 Jun 1884  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [25
    as of 1 June 1884 

    • Nadeau, Barney, 53 years, born Canada East, parents born Canada East, farmer
      Nadeau, Julia, 42 years, wife, born Belgium, parents born Belgium, housewife
      Nadeau, David, 26 years, born Wisconsin, merchant
      Nadeau, Louis, 25 years, born Wisconsin, merchant
      Nadeau, Barney Jr, 19 years, born Wisconsin, merchant
      Nadeau, Louise, 17 years, born Wisconsin, housemaid
      Nadeau, Joseph 13 years, born Wisconsin
      Nadeau, Lucy, 8 years, born Michigan
      Nadeau, Marcelle, 6 years, born Michigan
      Nadeau, Nora, 2 years, born Michigan
      Jonet, Nicholas, 80 years, father, widowed, born Belgium, parents born Belgium
      Laveau, Peter, 48 years, boarder, single, born Canada East, laborer
      Caron, Elisior, 32 years, male, boarder, single, born Canada East, blacksmith
      Parks, James, 26 years, servant, single, born Wisconsin, laborer
    Religion Bef 1887  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "Many of the new settlers were French-Canadians and of the Catholic faith. At first meetings were held at the Barney Nadeau home. In 1887 the group planned on building a church. The church was completed in 1889 and the Rev. Fr. Peter Mazuret became the first resident pastor."
    Census 1890  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Veterans of the Civil War 

    • Barney Nadeau
      rank of Ser; company A; 27th Wisconsin infantry; enlisted Aug 15 1862; discharged Oct 26 1863; length of service 1 year, 2 months, 11 days
    Postmaster 20 Feb 1890  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [26
    • Nadeau - Barney Nadeau (m.o 19 April '92); 20 Feb '90; appointed -Mary A. Rouse (n.b. 11 Oct '94); 8 June '93

      m.o. = authorized to issue money orders
      n.b. = some mention of the post office in the ?i?Postal Bulletin,?/i? a publication of the Post Office Department
    Census 1894  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [27

    • Nadeau, Barney Sr, 69 years, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Canada, farmer, US soldier
      Nadeau, Mariette, 58 years, born Belgium, parents born Belgium, housewife
      Nadeau, Joseph, 24 years, born Wisconsin
      Nadeau, Lucy, 19 years, born Michigan
      Nadeau, Marcell, 16 years, born Michigan, attending school
      Nadeau, Laura, 11 years, born Michigan, attending school
    Census 1900  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [28

    • Nadeau, Barney, born Dec 1826, age 73, married 45 years, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Canada Fr, farmer, can read & write, owned farm free and clear
      Nadeau, Francis, wife, born Apr 1836, age 64, married 45 years, born Belgium, father born Belgium, mother born Belgium, can read & write
      Nadeau, Laura, daughter, born July 1881, age 18, born Michigan, can read & write
      Nadeau, Louis, brother, born Apr 1836, age 64, single, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Belgium, mining prospector, can read & write
      Dunham, Louisa, daughter, born Mar 1867, age 33, divorced, born Wisconsin, father born Maine, mother born Belgium, can read & write
      Dunham, Lucy, granddaughter, born May 1893, age 7, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Wisconsin
      Dunham, Mable, granddaughter, born Aug 1894, age 5, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born, Wisconsin
      Dunham, Eunice, granddaughter, born Mar 1896, age 4, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Wisconsin
      Symonas, Chas. D, boarder, born July 1873, age 26, single, born Wisconsin, schoolteacher
      Oleson, Annie O., boarder, born May 1878, age 22, single, born Michigan, schoolteacher
      Brewer, Edith, boarder, born Sep 1875, age 21, single, born Michigan, schoolteacher
      DeLong, Clayton W., boarder, born June 1873, age 26, single, born Canada, immigrated 1876, agent RR Co
      Grenville, Alphonus, boarder, born Jan 1872, age 23, single, born Canada, salesman
    Additional information Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Nadeau history 
    Additional information 1901  [1
    • He lost his eyesight in 1901.
    Newspaper Article 10 Sep 1904  [29
    The Daily Herald Leader 
    • THE VILLAGE OF NADEAU...
      Barney Nadeau and His Sons Have Transformed a Forest Into a Hustling Business and Farming Community. Their Mills, Store and Farms are Doing Fine Business.

      No more interesting story of hard work and well rewarded, and consistent endeavor bringing in the sheaves of success, can be found in the prolific story of the building up of the village and township of Nadeau by that sturdy pioneer, Barney Nadeau, and his sons.
      Barney Nadeau came north with the railroad. He was a contractor for the Chicago & Northwestern in 1871, and at once saw the advantage of taking up a homestead amid such rich natural surroundings.
      He did so, and then took up in earnest the work of development. First by himself, and later aided by his boys, he proceeded to transform the forest into a community. Today the work is done. Not that development will stop at the present point, but that the first great change has taken place, albeit Mr. Nadeau, Sr., having lost his sight a few years ago, is not now able to view the finished work of this head and hands.
      Mr. Nadeau and four of his sons now enjoy the fruits of many years of industry and thrift. The Nadeau plant manufactures maple cant hook handles, hardwood charcoal, hemlock, pine and hardwood, lumber, flooring, siding and shingles, cedar posts and poles, railroad ties, tan bark and kindred products.
      They have 280 acres under cultivation, and 1200 in pasture. This year they have raised successfully 20 acres of sugar beets, 2000 bushels of grain, 200 tons of hay, 20 acres of corn, 10 acres of potatoes, and have in their pasture and barns 125 head of cattle, 100 sheep, 40 hogs and 35 horses.
      In addition the Messrs. Nadeau own and manage on of the best appointed general stores in Menominee county, the business last year exceeding $65,000. The cut of the mill last year was 3,000,000 ft. lumber, 10,000,000 shingles, 150,000 lath and a large output of cant hook handles. The mill was built in 1882.
      Nadeau Brothers have 8000 acres of the finest kind of Menominee county farm lands for sale, and full particulars as to prices, location, crop possibilities and easy terms will be cheerfully furnished to any one who may write for same.
      Barney Nadeau, Sr., was born amid the rugged forest of Maine, in 1836. He brought to his western house those sterling attributes of character which marked so many of our successful pioneers.
      David Nadeau, the senior member of the present firm of Nadeau Bros., was born in Kewaunee, Wis., 1857. He was married in 1887 to Miss Olive Chruysler (sic) of Flintville, and five children have come to bless this union. Mr. Nadeau is now erecting a beautiful and commodious home. He is a member of Foresters and the Modern Woodmen.
      Louis Nadeau, junior member of the firm, was born in Kewaunee in 1859. His usefullness (sic) to Menominee county has been evidenced in the discharge of many duties of trust and official position. In 1885, he was married to Miss Francis Brooks of Menominee and four children have been born to them, three boys and a girl.
      Nadeau Brothers started together and are carrying on the even greater success the work which their farther so ably started and managed for many years.
    Illness Oct 1905  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    chronic bronchitis 
    Death 24 Oct 1905  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [30
    • No 512
      State of Michigan, County of Menominee, page 199
      Oct 24, 1905
      Barney Nadeau Sr.
      male, white, married, 79 years, 9 months, 29 days, Township of Nadeau, chronic bronchitis, born Canada, farmer & notary public, parents Louis Nadeau and Desange Lagaie, residents of Canada
    Death Certificate 24 Oct 1905  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [31
    • State of Michigan death certificate nbr 12-651, filed 9 Nov 1905
      Barney Nadeau, Sr., married
      Born: 25 Dec 1824
      Married 30 years, parent of 12 childrenm of whom 9 are living
      Born: Maine, U.S.
      Father: Louis Nadeau, born Canada
      Mother: Desange Legace, born Canada
      Occupation: farming and Notary Public
      Informant: Barney Nadeau, Jr. of Nadeau, Mich.
      Died: Oct. 24, 1905
      Cause: Chronic bronchitis (for 5 years) with doctor attending from Sept. 1, 1905 to Oct. 24, 1905.
      Contributory: sub acute form pneumonia
      J. E. Piche, MD, Oct. 25, 1905, Nadeau, Mich.
      Burial: Nadeau, Mich.; Oct. 26th 1905
      Undertaker: Joseph Sherry, Nadeau
    Obituary 24 Oct 1905  [15
    Mennominee Herald-Leader 
    • THE PASSING OF BARNEY NADEAU, SR.
      Menominee County Pioneer Died This Morning at His Home at Nadeau. - Was a Prominent Resident,
      Barney Nadeau, Sr. of Nadeau, aged 69 years and one of the Pioneer settlers of Menominee county, died at his home this morning. Barney Nadeau, Sr. was bon amid the rugged forest of Maine, in 1836. He brought to his western home those sterling attributes or character which marked so many of our successful pioneers.
      Nor more interesting story of hard work well rewarded, and consistent endeavor bringing in the sheaves of success, can be found in the prolific history of Menominee county than the story of the building of the village and township of Nadeau by that sturdy pioneer, Barney Nadeau, and his sons.
      Barney Nadeau came north with the railroad. He was a contractor for the Chicago & Northwestern in 1871, and at once saw the advantage of taking up a homestead amid such rich natural surroundings.
      He did so, and he took up in earnest the work of development. First by himself, and later aided by his boys, he proceeded to transform the forest into a community.
      The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock.
    Occupation 24 Oct 1905  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [32
    farmer and notary public 
    • Occupation listed at time of death.
    Died 24 Oct 1905  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 30, 32, 33
    Cause: Chronic bronchitis 
    Buried 26 Oct 1905  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 34
    • Funeral mass at 10:00 am at St. Bruno and burial at Nadeau Cemetery.
    Marie Francois Nadeau cemetery stone
    Bruno Nadeau cemetery stone
    Nadeau Cemetery - Father; Bruno Nadeau; Died; Oct. 24, 1905; Ages 79 Yrs.
    Obituary 27 Oct 1905  [34
    Menominee Herald-Leader 
    • FUNERALS
      The funeral of the late Barney Nadeau, Sr., was held from the Catholic church of Nadeau yesterday morning at 10:00 o'clock the internment taking place in the Nadeau cemetery. Anumber of Menominee people attended the funeral among them being a number of the old veterans.
    Obituary 28 Oct 1905  [1
    Menominee County Journal 
    • PASSING OF A PIONEER

      Founder of Nadeau Town Dead

      Overcoming innumerable obstacles and making the wilderness bloom can be said to have been the lifework of Barney Nadeau, Sr., who died at Nadeau last Tuesday at the ripe old age of 79 years, surrounded by a large family of children and grandchildren.
      Mr. Nadeau was born in Fort Kent, Maine, in 1825, and was one of the sturdy men who went west to hew out a living and a home in the west. Having spent several years in his home state he first moved to Kankakee, Ill., thence to Chippewa Falls, Wis., and finally locating at Kewaunee, Wis., where he did contracting. When the Chicago & Northwestern railway began the extension of its line from Green Bay into the upper peninsula, Mr. Nadeau was a railroad contractor, and when the line had reached what is now call Nadeau, he saw that this was the place for an active man like himself to locate. In 1873 he purchased a tract of land, on which is now the present town site of Nadeau, and in a very few years succeeded in laying the foundation for a business enterprise that now has assumed large proportions under the able management of his sons.
      During his residence at Nadeau he ahs held numerous township and county offices, and was at the time of his death postmaster.
      During the past few years he has been gradually failing in health, and when he lost his eyesight in 1901 he became partly helpless, still with a loving wife and attentive children and grandchildren his last years were made pleasant in enjoying the fruits of the hard work of bygone days. He has been a sufferer from chronic bronchitis for some time, his final illness dating back only two weeks.
      Mr. Nadeau was married at Green Bay in 1856 to Miss Mary Frances Jonet, who survives him and their union has been blessed with nine children, five boy, David, Louis, Barney, Joseph and Marcell, and four daughters, Julia, Louise, Lucy and Laura. Besides these he is survived by 29 grandchildren.
      He was a member of the Lyon Post, G.A.R. of Menominee, and the funeral which took place from the R. C. church at Nadeau on Thurseay (sic), was held under the auspices of that body, a large delegation of the G.A.R. of Menominee, Ingalls and Stephenson attending.
      The bereaved family has the sympathy of a large circle of firends throughout the county in their affliction.
    Probate 8 Jun 1907  Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [35
    • Louis Nadeau, son of Barney, petitioned the court to be assigned as administrator of the estate of Barney Nadeau. A sum of $106.03 was due to Barney from the Federal Government for services as Postmaster of the village of Nadeau and could not be paid until an administrator was appointed.
    Additional information 1911  [36
    A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People 
    • Bruno Nadeau was born in 1827 in New Brunswick. Thinking to improve his opportunities for advancing his financial condition he left his native place when young, and coming westward to Wisconsin, located first in Kewaunee, later going to Green Bay and then to Marinette. Soon after the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunterr Infantry, and served faithfully throughout his term of enlistment, when he received his honorable discharge from the army. He took an active part in various compaigns, serving under General U.S. Grant. He was with his regiment in many engagements and marches, including the following named: The Red River expedition; the siege of Vicksburg; was with the Hospital Corps on the Mississippi river; participated in the Chattanooga campaign; and in many others. After his discharge he returned to Wisconsin, remaining there until 1873, when he came to Menominee county, Michigan, where he took contracts in the building of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, and also embarked in the lumber business. Taking up a homestead claim in 1874, he erected a house for himself and family in the wilderness, and began the clearing of a farm. The settlement in which he located was named Nadeau in his honor, as was the postoffice, of which he was the first postmaster. He becam influential in public affairs, and served as the first supervisor of the township, and was justice of the peace several years. He cleared and improved a good farm, and was here engaged in the lumber business also until his death, October 23, 1905. In his political afflications he was a sound Republican.
    Additional information 1912  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Map of Nadeau in 1912.
    Newspaper Article 20 May 1914  Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [37
    Fire at Nadeau 
    • EXTRA! 4 o'clock a.m.
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      WHOLE TOWN OF NADEAU IS BURNING UP
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      Starting From Small Fire Thought Out, Entire Village May be Burned
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      FIRE ENGINES COMING
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      Marinette Sending Flame Fighter to Scene on Special Train
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      Through a fire that started from a small shack late last night the town of Nadeau in Menominee county is being destroyed by flames and with the already strong hold that the flames have on the village it is thought that it will be impossible to save the town.
      At 4 o'clock this morning the loss is: Exchange hotel, two saloons belonging to the Menominee River Brewing company, the station agents house, two store buildings and three vacant houses.
      Yesterday afternoon a fire was thought to be extinguished in a shack after the roof had burned off. Late last night while the village slept the fire broke anew and had gained such headway before discovered that it was impossible to check the progress of the flames.
      At 3 o'clock the Marinette Fire department volunteered to send a fire engine to the scene and 25 minutes later it had it aboard a special train carrying a big crew of fire fighters.
      Nadeau Brothers big store was still standing at 3:30 o'clock this morning, but hopes of saving the building and in fact any portion of the town had been given up. The entire population of the town is fighting the flames.
      The loss at this time is unestimable.
    Newspaper Article 21 May 1914  Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [38
    Fire at Nadeau 
    • RAIN COMES; BLAZES FALL
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      ...Appraisers yesterday placed the loses at the Nadeau fire at between $25,000 and $50,000 which is partially covered by insurance. The buildings destroyed were the G. T. Weline residence, from which nothing but Mr. Werline's library and valuable papers were saved; two saloons, all contents burned; the station agent's house; the Exchange hotel, contents destroyed; two vacant houses, two vacant store buildings and an ice house filled with a summer's supply of ice. Ten families rendered homeless.
      The Menominee fire fighters returned to their homes after the blaze had been stopped yesterday noon.
    Newspaper Article 30 Jul 1928  Ironwood, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    • Descendants at Picnic
      Nadeau - Eighty-eight descendants of the late Barney Nadeau of Nadeau, enjoyed a family picnic at Hayward Bay Sunday, his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren being present. The family history in Menominee county dates from 1871 when Barney Nadeau came here as construction foreman for the Chicago and Northwestern railway company. Mr. and Mrs. Nadeau were the parents of nine children who survived infancy and all are still living.
      The late Mr. Nadeau had a crew in camp between Peshtigo and Marinette the time of the Peshtigo fire, the camp being destroyed. He continued on the railroad construction job until the line was complete through to Escanaba when he settled at what is now Nadeau, Mich.
    Additional information 17 Mar 1935  [39
    • The following letter written by Louis Nadeau on March 17, 1935, and addressed to Gene Worth, Editor of the ?i?Menominee Herald Leader?/i? was supplied to the Menominee County Historical Society by Howard E. Nadeau on March 4, 1968. The letter is as follows:

      Seattle Washington
      March 17, 1935

      Mr. Gene Worth
      Editor Herald-Leader
      Menominee, Michigan

      Dear Gene,

      You suggest that I write you from my memory of the early days. I have plenty of time and am glad to do this in the hope that you shall thus be able to record a few interesting facts that might otherwise escape.
      My own recollections of Menominee County go back to 1871 but as Mrs. Nadeau is a daughter of J. R. Brooks I go back to mention that in 1864 he was selected to lay out the Green Bay and Bay De Noc road north from Menominee - so we have been interested in Menominee County's highways for quite a spell.
      In 1871 we lived in Green Bay and my father Barney Nadeau but recently discharged from service in the Civil War was employed as a foreman by a contractor named Wallace who was building the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad from Green Bay to Marinette. On October 8 the Peshtigo fire occurred. It had been a very dry year and along the latter part of the summer they had had quite a lot of trouble with fires set in the clearing the right-of-way. I remember one place south of Oconto where a large part of the grade, which was mostly peat, burned up.
      At the time of the Peshtigo fire father's camp was about one mile north of Peshtigo. My brother David was in the crew employed as water-boy. Their camp was on a sandy knoll just north of which there was quite a deep swamp which was ditched in making the grade. The night of the fire they saw the light and heard the roar some time before the fire neared them. Some of the men wanted to run but father convinced them it was smarter to stay where they were. The buried their bedding and most of the supplies in the deep ditches and intended lying down themselves with their faces in what little water there was with the rest of their bodies covered with sand to prevent their clothes from burning. Through on of the pranks that the fire played it split at the south end of the ridge and went both sides of them leaving unharmed only a very small area on which their camp was located.
      The next morning the entire crew, my father and brother, Dave, among them walked down to Peshtigo and saw many terrible sights which there is no point in repeating here. While they were in Peshtigo a call for help came from Marinette by messenger and for the next several days the entire crew fought to save that city on a circle that was established to the south of the town.
      In the spring of 1872 Mr. Wallace took a contract to build the main line of the C & N.W. from Menominee to Escanaba and father went with him, this time as a sub-contractor. The first job was sections 6 and 7 (near Birch Creek). The camp was built where to old State Road crossed the railroad below Birch Creek (between the Julius Theuerkauf farm buildings and the track). Our family came up from Green Bay and we all lived in the construction camps until the job was finished in December.
      At this time Menominee County, north of Birch Creek was practically virgin forest, except for the pine cuttings along the Menominee River and with a few minor exceptions which I will note briefly. A farm at Ingalls had been started in 1858 by Thomas Caldwell. That farm later passed to Louis Dobeas who built the first store in Ingalls in 1879. There was a small settlement near Ford River and a farm, so called, south of the railroad near Bark River may have been in this county.
      The clearing of the right-of-way was mostly done on a piece-work basis in one hundred foot units and much of the grading was done by hand. In the swamps the grade was shovelled up by hand from the ditches - some used wheelbarrows and planks. It was only in the large cuts that work was done with teams with scrapers and wagons.
      Father's next job was section 13 (near Wallace) and then he went to Section 39 and 40 (just south of Powers) and built his camp at about the location of the old Sterling house east of the track at Kloman just above the present school house and which was removed in the building of the County Road. This job wasn't finished until December and fires were kept in the cold nights to keep the ground from freezing. In the swamp which is now the lower end of the Powers railroad yard there was heavy tamarack timber which was felled lengthwise the right-of-way instead of being removed and then the ties were laid across the trees without dirt filling and the first trains went over the track in that condition.
      There had been crews working out of Escanaba and they met on the bridge between Powers and Spalding in the week between Christmas 1872 and the 1873 New Year's day. The construction of this part of the railroad was paid for with a land grant under a contract that provided that a train must run from Menominee to Escanaba by January 1, 1873. They made it with two or three days to spare but there was no ballast on the ties in the swamps and they practically went over the tops of the hills. It took all of 1873 with gravel trains to make the railroad usable. After the grad was finished across the swamp south of Powers it dropped through the bog and had to be moved to one side on more ties with trees holding them up and for several months a train poured stones and dirt into the hole before they could put the track back on the original right-of-way.
      The first houses along the railroad were the section houses built by the company. At Powers they also put up a small building in which George Haggerson was the first operator and agent. The first store at Powers was built in 1874 by A. A. Archibald who later sold it to George Westman and he to Charles Bradner.
      In the spring of 1873 father took the job of boarding the crews of the gravel trains. At Bagley they built a large frame camp out of twelve inch white pine boards stood on end with battons over the joints (regular barn construction). For several months there were about 100 men in this camp and then another camp was built near Wilson and another at Section 9 (Indiantown). I was put in charge of this last camp although only fifteen years old, with Marcel Dumas and a cook named Quinby, who had a peg-leg.
      Each camp had a "Van" and this 49 camp was my frist merchandising experience. I had charge of the Van besides having to keep the records and help wash the dishes. The men called me the "Tobacco Boss". The first time the paycar came along the construction engineer had quite a time convincing the paymaster that it was safe to turn over $2000. (which was a lot of money in those days) to a 15 year old kid. The construction engineer in charge of the work was Frank H Van Cleve then little more than a boy himself.
      Father took the money he earned in this railroad work and went into the hotel business at Marinette but with his lack of experience and the 1873 panic it was soon necessary for the family to resume its interest in the development of Menominee County for in 1874 the family moved into a soldiers homestead where the town of Nadeau is now located. The trains those days were drawn by "wood-burners" and for the next few years the family income came largely from fuel wood for the engine.
      The furnishing of this fuel wood really started the first settlements in the central part of the county. Just south of Nadeau, Wendle Worley established a wood camp which became a farm now owned by Joe King. Charles Russel, who the first fall shot one of his own oxen with a head-light between the logs of his partly built barn, took up a 160 acre homestead to the north of us and started a farm now split into two 80 acre farms owned by Henry Mercier and Dick Menard.
      The panic of 1873 which put our family back into Menominee County slowed things up a lot but a few small businesses started along the line of the new railroad. In 1873 Mellen Smith built a mill at Wallace. In 1874, S. A. Benjamin built a small mill at Ingalls. In 1877 Andrew Lundquist and Mose Landre built a mill at Ingalls that burned in 1882. In 1880 Norwood Bowers built a mill at Ingalls that burned in 1883. Ira Carley and E. L. Parmenter built another mill at Ingalls in '83 of which Mr. Carley became the sole owner in 1892.
      The first mill at Nadeau was built in 1875 by Schomer & Galligher of Oshkosh. This mill ran about 2 years nad I worked for them setting and riding carriage They used a circular saw and the power was a two-horse tread power such as were later used by small threashing machines. In the winter of 1880, the year I was 21 my brother, Dave, and I formed the firm of Nadeau Brothers and logged for the H. Whitbeck Company. The next year we cut cedar poles, posts tie cuts, etc., and drove them down the Little Cedar River to Stephenson for M. C. Burch who built a mill there. This mill was sold to H.P. Bird who moved it to Wausaukee.
      In 1880 Louis Forcier and Theo Rubens built a small mill at Nadeau about where the August Jean mill is now located. Nadeau Brothers had a small store and furnished supplies for this mill and a camp and in about a year had a camp and a mill in settlement for the account. After permitting this mill to stand idle a couple of years we moved it over to the east side of the track and it became the first of six mills in about the same location that we built and which were destroyed by fire.
      About 1880 George Westman and Wilson Brothers of Marinette built a mill at Daggett. They operated a few years and established a store in which they employed John Dunhan as manager and they later sold the store to him. Westman moved his mill west and established the town of Westman, Idaho.
      When we moved onto the homestead in 1874 the house was a quarter mile from the railroad down a woods trail. When we wanted to take the train we went down to the track and built a fire which stopped the train, provided heat when it was cold and helped keep off the mosquitoes in summer. There was one train a day and it hauled everything and was faster than walking. In a couple of years a market developed for bark, poles, etc., and a short spur track was built to us.
      The first school house in Nadeau Township (still district #1) was about a mile north from the spur and there was no road but the railroad. Sunday we got together every person in the proposed district, pushed the car out on the main line, ran it up the track a mile and unloaded it and then pushed it back and out on the siding without getting caught at it. We were pretty badly worried because it took longer than anticipated.
      About 1875 the Spalding Lumber Company built a mill on the bank of the Big Cedar River at Spalding - they already had one at the mouth of the river. This mill was operated by them as long as there was pine to cut but Mr. Spalding saw no future in the other timber and sold the Spalding mill to Ross Bros. who operated it for a number of years and bought all of the Spalding Company holdings north of the railroad. About the same time the Spalding holdings south of the railroad and the mill at the mouth of the river were sold to Samuel Crawford who had experience in the manufacture of hemlock in Pennsylvania and was very successful at Cedar River.
      The mill companies in Menominee and Marinette were logging all along the River and hauled their supplies by team up the old State Road. They early established the Relay Farm and the Pembina Farm. As soon as the railroad was completed they built a road across thru the present location of Nathan from Carney to the Pembina farm which was just below the Pembina Falls. This was in about 1874 and at that time they built a warehouse at Carney and put Andrew Porterfield in charge. He built the first house in Carney and started a farm on which he lived many years. He was a valuable citizen in the community and many years later served Menominee County well as a construction foreman when the old County Road No. 1 was being built. The supply road from Carney to the Pembina Farm was laid out and built by James Holmes.
      The most important industry to the early development of farms in the county was the charcoal kilns. The furnace at Menominee was built in 1872 and they soon built kilns at several points along the line. A little later the Fox River Iron Company of DePere built kilns at Carney, Nadeau, Wilson and Harris and Kloman. One set was operated by a man named Phillips east several miles from Stepenson and he had to haul his coal to the track. These kilns used up all the hard wood down almost to twigs and as the hardwood stumps soon rotted the settler had gone a long way toward clearing a farm when he finished cutting this kiln wood. We hauled stone all one summer for the kilns at Nadeau and then operated them for many years after they were built.
      What is now the large I.X.L. plant at Hermansville was started by C.J.L. Meyers in 1878 but it was 1887 before the manufacture of flooring commenced.
      The Post Office at Nadeau was established in 1880 and Barney Nadeau, Sr., my father was the first Postmaster. He served many years until he lost his sight. Stephenson Township originally extended up to Spalding Township and my father was the first Highway Commissioner. Thru his efforts Nadeau Township nine miles square was cut off the north end of Stephenson Township and he was the first Supervisor.
      The development of Menominee County's road system with which I was so actively connected for over 30 years is in itself a very important chapter in the development of the county. Frank Betts covered this so fully in his first annual report to the Board of Supervisors that I need do no more than refer to it here.
      If I can assist you any further in your search for information concerning the early days in the county please feel free to call upon me.

      Sincerely yours,
      Louis Nadeau

      Note by Howard E. Nadeau -
      Daggett formerly called Section 25. Mrs. Clara Daggett Faulkner was first Postmaster and named post office her maiden name but none of the Daggetts ever lived there.
    Newspaper Article Article about Marcel Nadeau with family details 
    • BROTHERS -

      Marcel Nadeau is an uncle of Howard E. Nadeau, president of the Commerical bank of Menominee. He is one of the five sons of Barney Nadeau, founder of the village of Nadeau, who also gave his name to Nadeau township. Barney Nadeau established himself at what's now Nadeau soon after 1872, in which year he built the grade for parts of the Chicago & North Western Railway line, which that year was extended from the Menominee river here to Escanaba. It had to run a train over this route before Jan., 1, 1872 to qualify for goverment land grants for the construction. The firest train went over a wobbly roadbed built of brush and other makeshift grade materials in a bog area south of Powers-Spaulding. Nadeau had also built parts of the C&NW line south of Marinette, which construction coincided with the great Peshtigo fire of October, 1871, which took the lives of about 1,200 persons and destroyed he village of Peshtigo and a sawmill in Memekaunne, took more than 20 lives in the Birch Creek area and more than 60 across Green bay in Door county, Wis.
    Newspaper Article 21 Aug 2011  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [40
    Nadeau Train Depot 
    • Historical photo features C & N Railroad Depot in Nadeau

      This week's historical photo features the Chicago and Northwestern Depot in Nadeau. The depot was located on the west side of the main tracks across from what is now The Shop Bar and Grill. The men in the photo are not identified but may have been some of the town's businessmen. Nadeau Township was organized in 1877, the eighth township organized in Menominee County. Prior to that the area had been a part of Stephenson Township. The township and village were names after Bruno Nadeau, an early settler, who built a mill and store known as Nadeau Brothers. When the railroad track was being laid, sawmills in the area supplied ties. Later sawmills furnished wood to the railroad for fuel. The coming of the railroad also opened up the area to settlers, many of whom were French-Canadians, and land was cleared for farms. Around 1884, schools were established in the township. Businesses include a hotel operated by Olivier Perras. Many of the early residents were Catholic by faith and were meeting in the home of Barney Nadeau. In 1887, the group began plans for a church building. The church was completed in 1889. The Rev. Fr. Peter Mazuret was the first resident parish pastor.
    Newspaper Article 20 Aug 2012  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [41
    St. Bruno Church 
    • Historical Photos feature 125th Anniversary of St. Bruno's Church, Nadeau

      St. Bruno's Parish, Nadeau, will celebrate its 125th Anniversary with special events Aug. 25. Activities begin at noon with tours, horse-drawn carriage rides, wagon rides, bounce house, games, corn/sand box, little car train rides, bingo, snacks and refreshments. Bishop Alexander Sample, who will be joined by former priests, will celebrate Mass at 4 p.m. CT. Following the Mass, there will be an outdoor catered dinner. The evening will include socializing, dancing and fireworks at dusk. Registration for the celebration is not necessary, said planners. Donations will be accepted.
      Since the founding of the Village of Nadeau in 1880, plans for a church were forming. In 1879, a priest was appointed to serve the spiritual needs of the village people. In the Spring of 1887, Bruno Nadeau donated land and the building materials with which to begin construction. The church is names in honor of this benefactor. Local men, under the supervision of Father Martin Fox, erected a 32X50-foot building. The Rev. Peter Mazuret was the first appointed pastor - Sept. 15, 1889. He supervised finishing of the church interior and erection of the steeple. A rectory was also built during that time. One of the longest-serving priest at the parish was Father Sperlein, who served nearly 34 years until his death June 27, 1936. During his pastorate, a spacious sanctuary was finished to provide a large club room. Ov er the years, two missions, one in Gourley Township and on in Holmes Township, were started by St. Bruno's Parish. This enabled Catholics living out in the country to attend Sunday Mass in the days when transportation was not as available.
      Many priests served in the parish over the years. Today, St. Bruno's is served by Fr. Mike Vichich, who also serves St. John Neumann parishes in Hermansville and Spalding.
    Newspaper Article 21 Apr 2014  Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [42
    Nadeau Bros. abt 1900 
    • Employees of the Nadeau Brothers Sawmill gathered for this historical photo in the early 1900's. The mill was located east of the tracks at the north side of the Village of Nadeau. According to Journal records, when the Chicago and North Western Railroad was built from Marinette to Escanaba in 1872, the Nadeau Brothers Mill was awarded the contract to supply ties for the project. The Nadeau Brothers holdings included a company store and charcoal kilns. One of the charcoal kilns remains in that area. An advertisement in the 1912 Menominee County Atlas listed Nadea Brothers as dealers in lumber, lands, implements and general merchandise. The ad also stated they sold hemlock, pine and hardwood lumber, flooring, shingles, siding, cedar posts and poles. The mill was later destroyed by fire.
    Organization Membership Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    G.A.R. 
    • He was a member of the G.A.R., The Grand Army of the Republic, Lyon Post at Menominee, which was composed of veterans of the Union Army who served in the Civil War.
    Name Barney Nadau 
    Name Barney Nado 
    Name Bruno Nadean  [43
    Name Heli Bruno Nadeau  [44
    Name Heli Bruno Nadeault  [45
    _HASHTAG Nadeau Cemetery 
    • buried at Nadeau Cemetery
    _UID 1A73FB156B3B429682F07618F3E7EBF1D1B3 
    Person ID I51  Gauthier Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2020 

    Father Louis Nadeau,   b. 17 Apr 1797, St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Marie Archange "Desanges" Lagasse,   b. 7 Jan 1797, Kamouraska (St. Louis), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 30 Aug 1825  St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [46, 47, 48
    • Marriage certificat from St. Basile states their marriage was at St. Basile. St. John Valley Times article states marriage was at Ste. Luce, Frenchville, Maine
    Nadeau Lagasse marriage.jpg
    Nadeau Lagasse marriage.jpg
    Family ID F142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Francoise Jonet,   b. 14 Apr 1836, Perwez, Brabant, Walloon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1911, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Sep 1856  Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 49
    Nadeau Family
    Nadeau Family
    Barney Nadeau, Frances Jonet, Laura Nadeau
    Bruno Nadeau family
    Bruno Nadeau family
    First row: Marcel and Laura - Second row: Barney Jr, Barney, Francis, David, ? - Third row: Louis, ?, ?, Joseph -- Photo taken from "Saint Bruno Parish - Diamond Jubilee 1880-1995"
    Barney and Frances Nadeau with family
    Barney and Frances Nadeau with family
    First row: children ? - Second row: ?, Barney, Francis, John Gauthier - Third row: ?, Laura Nadeau Gauthier, ?, ?, ?, ?
    Children 
     1. David Nadeau,   b. 31 Aug 1857, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1929, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Louis Nadeau,   b. 26 Jan 1859, Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1944, Seattle, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Julia Nadeau,   b. 15 May 1860, Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1936, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Barney Nadeau,   b. 19 Oct 1865, Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1943, Powers, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Louise Nadeau,   b. 4 Mar 1867, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1951, Pentland, Luce, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Joseph Armand Nadeau,   b. 13 Jul 1870, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1956, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     7. Lucy Nadeau,   b. 20 Aug 1875, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1959, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     8. Marcell Amiel Nadeau,   b. 2 Jan 1878, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1952, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     9. Laura Eunice Nadeau,   b. 25 Jul 1881, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1958, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2020 
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Born 1826 - Fort Kent, Maine or St. Basile, Madawaska, Maine

      Moved from Maine to Kankakeww, Ill then to Chippewa Falls, Wis, and finally locating at Kewaunee, Wis. (death notice, 28 Oct 1905 - Menominee County Journal)

      Married at Green Bay in 1856.

      Worked on railroad from Green Bay, Wis. into the upper peninsula of Michigan. (death notice)

      1863 - enlisted in Company I, Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Served under U.S. Grant. Participated in Red River espedition, siege of Vicksburg, was with the hospital corps on the Mississippi River, Chattanooga campaign. (Louis Nadeau artical in Clover Land Magazine, December 1917)

      Came to Menominee County where he took contracts with Chicago & North Western railroad (Louis Nadeau, Clover Land Magazine)

      1873 - purchased tract of land at the present site of Nadeau. (death notice)

      1874 - homestead claim (Louis Nadeau, Clover Land Magazine)

      First supervisor of Nadeau Township, justice of the peace several years (Louis Nadeau, Clover Land Magazine)

      Postmaster at Nadeau unitl his death. (death notice)

      1901 - lost eyesight, suffered from chronic bronchitis. (death notice)

      Religion and town founding reference - Menominee County Centenial 1863-1963, Historical Album and Program Book (Spies Public Library, Menominee)
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      Newspaper Article
      Escanaba Daily Express (?)
      "Marcel Nadeau Home Draws Attention at Stephenson"

      Article about home of Marcel Nadeau but also included information regarding Barney Nadeau.

      Barney Nadeau - Sons:
      David
      Louis
      Barney
      Joseph
      Marcel

      Barney was the founder of the village of Nadeau and gave name to the township. He came soon after 1872, in which year he build the grade for parts of the Chicago & North Western Railway line. He also built parts of the C & NW line south of Marinette, which construction coincided with the great Peshtigo Fire of October 1871.
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      Pictorial Review of Saint Bruno Parish, Nadeau, Michigan - Diamond Jubilee 1880-1955

      Built his home along the tracks of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad. Self-employed in timber, his main business consisted of providing railroad ties for the railroad builders.
      Bruno was born in the State of Maine. He volunteered into the service of the Unites States Army. He was promoted from private to sergeant. He married Frances Janet and fathered eight children: David, Louis, Barney, Joseph, Marcell, Laura, Julia, and Lucy.
      David, Louis, Barney, and Marcell, known as the Nadeau Brothers, in 1880 opened up a sawmill in the area known as Section 36, Menominee County. Nadeau Brothers began to build homes; and in the year 1881, records show ......Telesphore Gauthier.....all to have been employed by Nadeau Brothers.

      His name was listed as Louis on Laura Nadeau Gauthier's death certificate.

    • (Medical):Chronic bronchitis for 5 years. Doctor attended from Sept. 1, 1905 to Oct. 24, 1905. Contributory to death - sub acute form pneumonia for 9 days [31]

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