Re: Joseph Bleau - Montreal to Kanawha County
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Joseph Bleau - Montreal to Kanawha County
Timothy Williams 4/06/12
In the 1900 census for Green Sulphur district (west side), Summers, West Virginia, Joseph Bleau, who has been married to wife Annie for 3 years, is shown with the following family:
Household Gender Age
HeadJoseph BleauMborn Jun 1852, Canada FR, borth parents born France
SpouseAnnie B BleauFborn Dec.1868, Pennsylvania, both parents born Pennsylvania
ChildFredrie A BleauMborn Sep 1881, West Virginia
ChildErnest V BleauMborn July 1884 West Virginia
ChildCarie R BleauFborn December 1887 West Virginia
ChildBirtie B BleauFborn April 1891 West Virginia
ChildMary V BleauFborn July 1894 West Virginia
ChildMargaret BleauFborn July 1898 West Virginia
ChildDaniel BleauM born November 1899 West Virginia
All children show that their mother was born in West Virginia.This is not possible if Annie is their mother, as she was born in Pennsylvania.On the other hand, if Joseph and Annie have only been married for 3 years, only the youngest two children can belong to both of them.
The 1900 census record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11871-64813-93?cc=1325221
West Virginia birth records show that Joseph had another wife before Annie.Virginia Alice Gwinn was the mother of his first five children, Fred A. Bleau, Ernest Vivian Bleau, Violet May Bleau, Daisy R. Bleau, and Mary V. Bleau.
The 1910 census shows the family living at Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia.This time Joseph's birthplace is Paris, and Annie's is Canada.The older children have left the household, which then consisted of:
HeadJoseph BleauM 57y
SpouseAnnie B BleauF 41y
ChildMargret BleauF 11y
ChildDaniel BleauM 10y
ChildRuth J BleauF 9y
ChildMary M BleauF 7y
ChildEdith L BleauF 5y
ChildTeddy BleauM 3y
ChildJosephine A BleauF 1y
Step-daughterNellie BeasleyF 18y
The 1910 census information is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPN6-MMN
For the 1920 census ofKanawha, West Virginia, I almost hesitate to say it is the same family, because the parents' birth places have changed, but the children are the same, with some younger additions:
Household Gender Age
HeadJoseph BleauM 63y born Pennsylvania?, parents born New York?
SpouseAnnabel BleauF 51y born New York?, parents born Pennsylvania?
ChildMary BleauF 16y
ChildEdith BleauF 14y
ChildAed BleauM 12y
ChildJosephine BleauF 10y
ChildPaul BleauM 6y
ChildWilliam BleauM 3y11m
Children were born in West Virginia.The census record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN2T-S45
None of this gives you Joseph's parents, but it should give a fuller idea of his family.
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Re: Joseph Bleau - Montreal to Kanawha County
Timothy Williams 4/06/12