UPDATED INFORMATION ON JOHN BELLAND BERUBE, HOW DOES HENRY BELLAND CONNECT?
We found above information in the bible my sister had.
1.PIERRE(Peter)1 BELLAND (Peter Belland) was born Abt. 1859 in Quebec Province, Canada, and died in Prince Edward Island Province, Canada.He married
ELISE BERUBE Abt. 1880. Elise Burube Belland: born in January 1861 in Canada, died February 6, 1936, and buried on February 10, 1936, at Holy Sepulchre in Philadelphia Penna
Information provided by my FATHER FRANCIS H. BELLAND SR.
Children of PIERRE(Peter) BELLAND and ELISE BERUBE(Eloise Beurbe) is:
2aPIERRE BELLAND born blind date unknown death unknown
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2b.i.EDWARD JOHN2 BELLAND aka John Edward Belland, b. June 04, 1881 or june 6, 1881, Nashua New Hampshire, USA; d. October 06, 1971,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) not validated, died in New Jersey buried in Phila), USA.Grandfather: Edward Belland we believe was born 04/06/1881April 6, 1881 in Nashua, New Hampshire (noted on death certificate) and died on June 10, 1971, in Cape May County, NJ, buried on June 14, 1971, at Holy Sepulchre in Philadelphia.
EDWARD JOHN2 BELLAND aka John Edward Belland- I have tried to confirm his birthplace but with no luck --some say he was born in the Alsace Lorraine region and immigrated to Montreal, and was educated by the Chipewa indians in Quebec.He was a farmer then carpenter --worked on the Boston-Maine Railroad, then worked on the Reading Railroad --bringing him to Philadelphia.
WHO IS JOE AND HENRY BELLAND AND ARE WE RELATED TO THEM AND HOW?
ARE THEY ONE AND THE SAME PERSON?
1866Joe Belland, a loner, hunter and trapper, became the first white man to reside permanently in area.He built a house on the west bank of Lake Juanita, which was formerly known as Belland Lake.
The original rest stop was on the west side of Lake Belland, now named Lake Juanita, about two miles east of Grace City.Joe Belland, a loner, hunter and trapper, built a dug?out on this location.It was a good camping place with plenty of grazing and water.The old dug?out site that was first used may still be seen near the mouth of Belland Creek and facing into the lake.The lake was named after Mr. Belland until later times when it was changed to Lake Juanita.After living there for a few years, Mr. Belland disappeared.
Mrs. Adeline Potter of Grace City wrote the following report of Belland.She called him Henry instead of Joe.
A Frenchman named Belland came from eastern Canada, perhaps from the "Basin of Nines" to Dakota Territory in 1863.There is some speculation that he may have been a scout with Sibley when he traveled through the area in 1863.It is thought that he possibly came by boat, following the watercourses.A hand made row lock, that was pounded out on an anvil, has been found and believed to have been possessed by him.
He was a hunter and trapper and made his home on the west side of the lake near many fur-bearing animals.This place is still the home of the badger, skunk, mink, muskrat and weasel.
He was married to a squaw and lived in the area for about ten years, spending time hunting and trapping.In later years he kept horses for the relay teams on the Fort Totten Trail.
The fact that Belland was a squaw man was possibly the reason he was unmolested during the time that the Indians were restless.Larrabee eventually bought Belland's buildings and moved them to his place.
Following Belland, a man named "Slothful Joe" Hayes occupied the dug?out until 1876 when William A. Larrabee started a station about a mile and a half south on the east side of the James River.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 23 http://www.webfamilytree.com/fort_totten_trail.htmhttp://www.webfamilytree.com/fort_totten_trail.htm
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Lake Juanita has had four names, Townsend, Belland, Smith and Juanita.
The name Belland came from Henry Belland who was supposed to be the first white man here to live in Foster County.He was a squaw man and lived in a dugout on the west side of Lake Juanita.The dugout can still be seen.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 310 http://www.webfamilytree.com/larrabee%5Ftownship2.htmhttp://www.webfamilytree.com/larrabee%5Ftownship2.htm
Standing Rock Sioux Land Patents
BELLAND, CHARLES CHARLES01/16/191165309-10171136
BELLAND, SAMPSON01/16/191165309-10171137
BELLAND, ROSA10/21/1912261375297316
Devils Lake Sioux Land Patents
BELLAND, CHARLEY10/07/1916651509549138
The trail nearly paralleled the James River north as far as Lake Belland (the new name for this lake).It was named after Joe Belland, who was a hunter and trader.He lived on the west side of the lake."Tradition credits him with keeping a road house and that he came in 1866."He is believed to have remained until 1876 when Mr. Larrabee arrived on the scene.)
Mrs. W.H. Potter believed that Belland was one of Steven's guides, as a man by that name was with the Steven's company (from E.L. Horton report).
Dana Wright writes:
"The original rest camp was on the west side of the lake in the southeast corner of section 18 147 63 in Foster county, two miles west of Grace City.The old dugout site may still be seen, near the mouth of Belland Creek and facing east onto the lake.Belland's record was obscure.He seems to have been a mixed blood person from Devils Lake.Whether he was located there as a hunter trapper before the trail, or settled on the lake to accommodate travelers is unknown.Nor do we know when he left.
"It was long enough so that the name, Belland, was well established and remained on the lake till 'modern' times when some one thought Juanita would be a more pleasant sounding title.Following Belland a man called "Slothful Joe" Hayes occupied the dugout till about 1876 when W.H. Larrabee bought out Hayes and started a station about a mile and a half south on the east side of the James River.He set up the halfway station between Fort Seward and Fort Totten for several years and many prominent people took shelter under its roof.The building was burned about 1886 and never rebuilt."
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 10 http://www.webfamilytree.com/lake%5Fjuanita.htmhttp://www.webfamilytree.com/lake%5Fjuanita.htm
HENRY BELLAND
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1849 SENCES OF THE TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA
JUNE 11 1849
STILLWATER PRECINCT ST. CROIX COUNTY.
MENDOTA.
Names of PersonsMalesFemalesTotalComments
Henry Belland369H. Belland
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BELLAND, HENRY - He was a resident of the Grand Marais in 1839. In 1846, he sold a plot of land in St. Paul's Lower Town to Leonard LaRoche. He and his family were living in Mendota in 1850. They subsequently settled in West St. Paul where he lived for many years. He was married in 1839 at Lac Qui Parle MN to Marie. They had at least four children: Henry (1839 MN), Marie (1841 MN), Catharine (1843 MN), and Genevieve (1848 MN). [WM86, 150, LR194, MN50]
BELLIN [BELLAND?], FRANCIS - Born in Minnesota in 1799. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Estele (1818 Canada) had at least six children: John (1838), Joseph (1840), Celeste (1841), Henrisime (1842), Maxime (1845), and Rosalie (1847) all born in Minnesota. [MN50]
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