Grignon, Charles Augustine

Other Events:

• Book: Grignon, Charles Papers 1816-1952
• Namesake: Grignon Street in Kaukauna is named for him.
• Land Record: 1837, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; Built the Grignon mansion as a wedding gift for his bride Mary Elizabeth Meade.
• Residence: 1837, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Occupation: Aft 1837, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• 1846 Census: 1846, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 02, Line 02
• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 02
• 1860 Census: 1860, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Biography: 1895; Commemorative Record Page 565
• Obituary: 12 Feb 1904; Kaukauna Sun
• Homestead: 8 Jun 2013, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; Grignon Mansion Reopens

Notes:

Book:
Located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. MAD 3 /36/A5-6; Call No. Wis Mss Pf; 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

Papers of a resident of Kaukauna, Wis., federal Indian interpreter, and local Democratic political figure. A few letters and accounts reflect Grignon's interest in the waning fur-trade business which he acquired from his father Augustin Grignon, but most of the correspondence relates to his work as an Indian interpreter from 1844 to 1855. Included are records of annuity payments and of conferences with the Indians, and references to his trips to Washington on behalf of the Menominees in 1845 and 1850. Among Grignon's correspondents on politics, business, and Indian affairs were Florimond J. Bonduel, Ben C. Eastman, Albert G. Ellis, George W. Ewing, Morgan L. Martin, and Lyman C. Draper. The collection also contains papers of David P. Meade and John F. Meade, father-in-law and brother-in-law of Grignon. These include postal records kept by David P. Meade while postmaster of Kaukauna in 1853-1854; and informative letters on business and politics written in the 1840s by John F. Meade, first from Green Bay as U.S. Land Receiver, then from Madison while a clerk in the Territorial House of Representatives and a state legislator. Numerous business papers relate to land sales, some by Charles A. Grignon, some by Jacob Deuel, surveyor and town promoter in Calumet County. Also included are letters regarding the use of stone from the Grignon quarry for locks on the Fox River, and other improvements.

Land Record:
Grignon Mansion 1313 Augustine Street Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Residence:
Resised at 1313 Augustine Street

Occupation:
Mercantile Trade shore owner

1846 Census:
4 Males 7 Females

1850 Census:
Charles A Grignon 40
Mary E Grignon 32
Francis E Grignon 11
Nancy O Grignon 9
Augustine D Grignon 7
Catharine E Grignon 5
Margaret Grignon 4
Mary Grignon 1
Jonas Henber 18
Elizabeth Henber 22
David P Meade 58
Catharine M Durang 66
David Hinsdale 25

1860 Census:
C A Grignon52
Mary E Grignon40
Fanny E Grignon20
Nancy D Grignon18
Catharine Grignon16
Augustine D Grignon14
Margaret E Grignon12
Mary S Grignon10
Emeline S Whitney Grignon7
Stephen R Colton Grignon2

Obituary:
Death of Charles Grignon Charles Grignon Kaukauna Sun 2/12/1904 A1 Obit

Homestead:
WGBA - TV Story on the Grand Reopening at WGBA-TV

Charles married Meade, Mary Elizabeth 1 Jan 1836. Mary (daughter of Meade, David P. and Wilde, Lydia) was born 8 Sep 1818, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died 29 Apr 1898, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried 2 May 1898, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 04
• 1880 Census: 1880, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1905 State Census: 1905, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1910 Census: 1910, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; dbid=7884&iid=4455057_00275, 15
• Obituary: 13 Jan 1916; Kaukauna Sun

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1880 Census:
Mary E. Grignon60
Francis Grignon37
August Grignon35
Lyddia Grignon33
Maggie Grignon31
Mary Grignon29
Emma Grignon25
Ross Grignon20
Charles Grignon17

1905 State Census:
Chas A Grignon42
Frances Grignon63 (sister)

1910 Census:
Francis E Grignon69
Augustin D Trignon65
Margaret E Trignon61
Mary L Trignon59
Charles S Grignon47
Katherine D Trignon51

Obituary:
See image Death Summons Six Residents This Week
Barney Corcoran, Fannie Grignon, Ferdinand Hartmanstorfer, Louisa Beaulieu, August Kail, August Hass, Caroline Schnitzkewitz
Kaukauna Sun | Date: 01/13/1916 | Page: 1 | Type: Obituary

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 05

Nancy married Meade, Edward Francis 25 Sep 1866. Edward was born Abt 1843; died Abt 1869; was buried , Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 06
• News Mention: 4 Sep 1885; Kaukauna Times
• 1900 Census: 1900, Cotesfield, Howard, Nebraska, USA
• 1905 State Census: 1905, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1920 Census: 1920, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Notes:

News Mention:
The residence which is now being built by A. D. Grignon on the old homestead in Kaukauna, will be the third which has been constructed by the Grignon family, all of which structures will be yet standing and each built by a different generation. The first of these is a log house and was erected over 80 years ago by Augustine Grignon. Here was born C. A. Grignon, Sr., who in turn erected the present Grignon residence, and where all his children were born. Augustine, the grandson, now builds the third which will outshine in architecture the dwellings of his ancestors, but it can not, in all probabilities be any more substantially constructed.
Kaukauna Times September 4, 1885

1900 Census:
Augustin Grignon55
Catharine D Grignon41
Augustin D Grignon14
Newton Deuel45

1905 State Census:
Augustin D Grignon61
Catherine Grignon46
A Denel Grignon19

1920 Census:
Augustin D Grignon75
Katharine D Grignon71
Augustin D Grignon34

Augustine married Deuel, Katherine "Kate" 18 Nov 1884. Katherine (daughter of Deuel, Jacob and Scott, Hanna) was born 11 May 1859, , Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA; died Abt Jan 1938, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 07
• 1900 Census: 1900, Oconto, Oconto, Wisconsin, USA
• News Mention: 7 Nov 1907; Kaukauna Sun
• Obituary: 21 Jun 1912; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

1900 Census:
Charles Freund45
Lydia Freund40
Marie Freund14

News Mention:
Attended Lawe Funeral
Mrs. Chas. Freund; Maria Freund; Leo Lawe; Mr. & Mrs. S. Harteau; John Bottensek; Joseph McCarty; F. M.Charlesworth; Richard Conlon; John W. Claspill and C. E. Raught
Kaukauna Sun | Date: 11/07/1907 | Page: A4 | Type: News

Obituary:
Death's Call
Lydia Grignon Freund
Kaukauna Times | Date: 06/21/1912 | Page: 1 | Type: Obituary

June 21, 1912
Mrs. Lydia Grignon Freund, wife of Charles Freund, of Oconto, died Friday at the age of 59 years. Mrs. Freund was born in Kaukauna, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Grignon; her grandfather was Augustine Grignon who was the third earliest settler in Grand Kakalin.

Lydia married Freund, Charles Abt 1883. Charles (son of Freund, Nicholas and Jansen, Henrietta Josephine) was born Abt Jun 1854; died Aft 1920; was buried , Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 08

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page 149, Line 09
• Obituary: 12 Aug 1915; Kaukauna Sun

Notes:

Obituary:
See image Miss Grignon Dies Mary Grignon Kaukauna Sun 8/12/1915 1 Obituary

Miss Mary Grignon diedt the old family homestead Monday, Aug 9. She had been born in this home and had been a resident of Kaukauna all her live. In Nov while visiting her niece Miss Marie Freund at Oconto, WI, Miss Grignon fell and broke her leg, preventing her return for several months returning July 5. Last Wednesday she slipped on a rug, sustaining serious internal injuries. The deceased is survived by two sisters, Frances and Margaret of this city and 3 brothers, Augustine of Los Angeles, CA, Cossiter of Chickesha, OK and Charles of Kaukauna. Miss Grignon's father was Charles A Grignon, a son of Augustine Grignon, whose father was Pierre Grignon, the son of Governor Grignon of Bretagne, France. and whose mother was a daughter of Madame de Sevigne, a name familiar in French literature. Pierre Grignon (her great grandfather) married a daughter of Charles de Langlade, who was one of the first white men to set foot on Wisconsin soil. The mother of the deceased was Miss Mary E Meade, and Miss Meade's father had settled at Green Bay in 1838, coming later to Kaukauna where he died Apr 16. 1857. George Lawe, "Father of Kaukauna" was a brother of her grandfather,

Other Events:

• Death Record - Civil: 5 Jan 1901
• Obituary: 8 Mar 1901; Kaukauna Times
• Obituary: 8 Mar 1901; Oshkosh Daily Northwestern

Notes:

Death Record - Civil:
Name:Emmalin Whitne Grignon
Death Date:5 Jan 1901
Death Place:Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Volume:02
Page Number:0492
Reel:104
Image:1673
Sequence Number:132607

Obituary:
Ms. Emma Grignon, age 42, passed peacefully away in the presence of her brothers and sisters, Tuesday morning. She is the daughter of Charles and Mary Grignon. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Kaukauna, her father having been born here in 1808. The Grignons are the oldest family in Kaukauna.

Reaper of Death - Mrs Anna McCrossen, Wm McCrossen, Emma Grignon, Mary Grignon, Charles Grignon, Fannie augustine, Lydia (Mrs Chrles Freund), Mary, Margaret Rossiter and Charles Grignon, Chas Freund, NM EDwards, Lucy Buckland, Frank Buckland, Mrs Orlando Clark, DeWitt Johnson, John Jansen, John Fechter, Jas Toner, J Claspill, TM Kellogg, A Boyergeon, Dena DePaw
Kaukauna Times | Date: 03/08/1901 | Page: 5 | Type: Obituary

Obituary:
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Other Events:

• Obituary: 3 Oct 1931; Appleton Post Crescent

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Obituary:
ROSS GRIGNON, PIONEER, DIES
Funeral Services Probably Will Be Held Next Monday Morning
Kaukauna - Ross C. Grignon, 72, one of the few survivors of the Grignon family, pioneer residents of Kaukauna. died about 5:45 Friday morning at his home in the old Grignon homestead near the fourth government lock. Mr. Grlgnon was ailng for the past ten months. He lived in Kaukauna most of his life, at the home which is the oldest house in Kaukauna. He spent several years in Oklahoma, but returned here. Survivors are his widow; one brother, Charles A. Grignon of this city; and one nephew, Deuel Grignon of California. Funeral services probably will be held Monday morning at Holy Cross Catholic church, with the Rev. P. J. Lochman in charge of the requiem high mass. Interment will be in Holy Cross cemetery.
Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Saturday, October 03, 1931 | Page 12
Hold Funeral Services For Ross Grignon Ross C. Grignon Kaukauna Times 10/6/1931 1 Obituary

Rossiter married Acker, Edith 16 Nov 1884, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Edith (daughter of Acker, Issac. W. and Scott, Amanda) was born 6 Aug 1860; died 29 Feb 1948, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1905 State Census: 1905, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

1905 State Census:
Chas A Grignon42
Frances Grignon63 (sister)

Other Events:

• 1900 Census: 1900, Cotesfield, Howard, Nebraska, USA
• 1905 State Census: 1905, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1910 Census: 1910, Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, USA
• WWI Draft Registration Card: 12 Sep 1918
• 1920 Census: 1920, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1930 Census: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Obituary: 24 Oct 1938; Appleton Post Crescent
• Obituary: 26 Oct 1938; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

1900 Census:
Augustin Grignon55
Catharine D Grignon41
Augustin D Grignon14
Newton Deuel45

1905 State Census:
Augustin D Grignon61
Catherine Grignon46
A Denel Grignon19

1910 Census:
Eugene E Chamberlain29
Wilhelmina Chamberlain27
Joyce E Chamberlain3
Augus Saunders25
Alexander Grignon24 (cousin in law)
Elizabeth Grignon25
Hugh C Grignon2
James Grignon1

WWI Draft Registration Card:
Name:Augustin Senel Grignon
[Augustine Deuel Grignon]
City:Sacramento
County:Sacramento
State:California
Birth Date:24 Mar 1886
Race:White

1920 Census:
Augustin D Grignon75
Katharine D Grignon71
Augustin D Grignon34

1930 Census:
Derrel Grignon44
Katharine Grignon70

Obituary:
Last of Grignon Heirs Succumbs in California
Word has been received here of the death of Augustin Deuel Grignon, 52, the last of the Grignon heirs, at Los Angeles, Calif., Friday. He was the grandson of Charles A. Grignon, who built the famous Grignon home at Kaukauna, one of the state's most widely known landmarks. Augustin Deuel Grignon was born at Kaukauna March 24, 1886. He will be buried at the Englewood Catholic cemetery, Englewood [sic], Calif. Survivors are the widow and an aunt, Mrs. Ross Grignon, Kaukauna". [Appleton Post Crescent, Mon., Oct. 24, 1938 pg. 21]

Obituary:
See Image Augustin Deuel Grignon, 52, grandson of Charles Augustin Grignon, who constructed the Grignon home in this city 100 years ago, died at his home in Los Angeles, California Friday. He was the last of the Grignon heirs. He was born in Kaukauna on March 21, 1886, the son of Augustine and Catherine Deuel Grignon. He has been a resident in California since 1912.

Other Events:

• Obituary: 22 Jan 1920; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

Obituary:
Miss Marie Freund
Marie Freund
Kaukauna Times | Date: 01/22/1920 | Page: 8 | Type: Obituary