Grignon, Augustin

1780 - Abt 1860  (79 years)

• Name	Grignon, Augustin
  Occupation	Abt 1745	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Traders - the first permanent white settlers of Wisconsin.
  Birth	27 Jun 1780	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1846 Census	1846	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  	1846 Census Wisconsin Territory, Page 2 Brown County
  Book	Abt 1857  [2]
  Recollections from August Grignon
  These famous recollections provide significant history and information about the settlement of the state of Wisconsin. This copy has been PAINSTAKINGLY transcribed by Roger Navarre, as many of the names are his direct ancestors. Roger's web site is at thenavarres.com Roger and 1FamilyTree have shared information and both use modified versions of the database software. View here online at 1FamilyTree
  	Grignon, August Recollections These famous recollections provide significant history and information about the settlement of the state of Wisconsin. 65 Pages. CAUTION - LARGE File 1, 318 KB May be SLOW to download.
  Death	Abt 1860
  Biography	1894
  Outagamie County Pioneers Page 239
  Biography	1895
  Outagamie Pioneer Rec
  GRIGNON, Augustin was born in Green Bay June 27, 1780. About the year 1800 he came as agent of the American Fur Trade Company to Kaukauna (then called Kockaloo) and bought the log house built by Dominic Ducharm in 1790. Ducharm was the first white man who settled in what is now Outagamie County. Augustin Grignon bought of the Indians 1520 acres of land fronting on the river 71 chains and 50 links wide. The United States Government afterwards gave him a patent for the same land. Augustin built an addition to the log house bought of Ducharm and resided in it and traded with the Indians until his death. His son, Charles A. Grignon was born in said housse (which was standing in 1894) on June 15, 1808 and after his father's death continued the business, buying furs of the Indians, until the United States bought all the land of the Indians and removed them to a reservation in Shawano County. He also built a nice frame house where he died, which is now the reisdence of his widow and children. Charles A. Grignon married Mary E. Mead, a sister of Mrs. George W. Lawe and also of M.J. Mead of Kaukauna. They have 3 sons named Augustin, Ross and Charles and 5 daughters named, Fanny, Maggy, Lydia, Mary and Emelia. Augustin Grignon was descended from the famous DeLanglade family. His mother was Domitelle DeLanglade, a daughter of the famous Charles DeLanglade, whose mother was a sister of the head Ottoway Chief, King Nessowa-quet, of Mackinaw. Charles DeLanglade became a famous leader of all the western Indians and it was he who planned and executed the famous battle known in history as the defeat of Gen. Braddock in 1755. He was also with Gen. Montcalm in the battle before Quebec in 1759, which resulted in the surrender of all the Canadas to the British. He was also engaged in most of the battles in the French and Indian War from 1755 to 1760. The children of Augustin Grignon were Margaret, who married Ebenezer Childs; Charles A. born in Kaukauna in 1808, Alexander and Paul and Sophia, who married Louis B. Porlier and Louis Grignon. Taken from The Outagamie Pioneer Record.
  Burial	12 Oct 1961	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA   [3]
  		Grignon, Augustin Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA Common grave for many family members moved from original burial at Butte des Morte. Reburied in 1961.
  Person ID	I110130	1FamilyTree | RogerNavarre184704
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Grignon, Pierre,   b. 16 Nov 1740, Deschambault, , Québec, Canada d. Abt Nov 1795, Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	deLanglade, Domitille,   b. 2 Jan 1759, Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, USA d. 25 Oct 1823, Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F54548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	McCrea, Nancy,   b. Abt 1779   d. Abt 1842 (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1805
  Children	1. Grignon, Margaret,   b. 22 Feb 1805, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt 1870 (Age 64 years) + 2. Grignon, Charles Augustine,   b. 15 Jun 1808, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 Apr 1862, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 53 years) + 3. Grignon, Alexander,   b. Abt 1812, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 4 Jul 1882, Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 70 years) + 4. Grignon, Hippolyte "Paul",   b. 14 Jun 1813, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 28 Sep 1861 (Age 48 years)   5. Grignon, Louis,   b. 1 Nov 1816, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. Bef 1857, Winnebago, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA (Age 40 years)   6. Grignon, Sophia,   b. 13 Jun 1818, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. Abt 1845 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F36191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2015

  
  

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  Gringon, Augustin abt 1780 - abt 1860

  
  

• Sources

  [S959] Annie Susan McLenegen, Pioneer Life in the Fox River Valley. [S1420] Augustin Grignon (1780-1860), Augustin Grignon Recollections, (Augustin Grignon Recollections Read this online at Augustin Grignon Recollections). [S967] Edward Noyes, The Grignon Hotel at Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, (1980 See the actual pages here on 1FamilyTree), page 18.