Brief Life History of Laura Louise
When Laura Louise Turgeon was born in 1861, in Osseo, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, her father, Pierre Turgeon, was 42 and her mother, Edwidge Beaudreau dit Graveline, was 26. She married Israel Rougier on 16 September 1884, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Brooklyn Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Brooklyn Center, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1920. She died on 11 January 1944, in Osseo, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Osseo, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Laura Turgeon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Laura Turgean, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Laura Rougier, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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World Events (8)
1862 · The Dakota Conflict/War
The Dakota War was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of Dakota Native Americans. It began along the Minnesota River four years after Minnesota was admitted as a state. The Dakota made attacks on hundreds of settlers, which resulted in their deaths. A military tribunal sentenced 303 Dakota men to death for their crimes but 264 of them were exonerated. The remaining 38 were apart of a mass hanging on December 26 that same year. It was the largest mass execution in United States history.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Normand, Andre, Fernand, Lucien, Jacques, Yvon, Aime, Emile, Emilien, Ghislain, Herve.
French and Breton: from Old French esturgeon ‘sturgeon’, a nickname related to some characteristic of this fish. This surname is very rare in France.
History: Charles Turgeon from Mortagne-au-Perche in Orne, France, married Pasquière Lefebvre in Mortagne-au-Perche c. 1649, died in Beauport, QC, c. 1700.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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