Joseph Lavallee

1854 - 1887  (33 years)

• Name	Joseph Lavallee
  Nickname	Joe
  Born	16 Mar 1854	Carleton Place, Lanark Co., Ontario
  Christened	25 Dec 1854	Ramsay, Lanark Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Godparents	Margaret Valiquette and Maria Arjangil
  Emigration	Apr 1878	Canada to the US
  	Lanark Co., Ontario to Grand Forks, North Dakota
  Naturalization	16 May 1878	Grand Forks, North Dakota   [2]
  	Declaration of intention (1st papers)
  Census	1880	Huntsville, Polk, Minnesota   [3]
  	Joseph Lovlay, age 22, Single, born Canada, occupation: Labouring. With niece Jane Levi, age 17, Single, born Canada, occupation: Keeping House.
  	Was Jane one of the Leavys of Pakenham, and therefore a cousin of Mary Ernestine Moran?
  Land Patent	9 Aug 1884	Crookston township, Polk County, Minnesota   [4]
  	Joseph Lavalle granted a cash sale patent by the United States government to 160 acres of land in the south east quarter of section 34, township 152 north, range 49 west (Crookston township), Polk County, Minnesota.
  	Timothy Sullivan granted patent to north east quarter of section 34 on 30 March 1883
  Newspaper	14 Oct 1887	Grand Forks, North Dakota   [5]
  	Notice of illness (an "attack of fever")
  Died	26 Oct 1887	Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota
  Obit	28 Oct 1887	Grand Forks, North Dakota   [6]
  Cause of Death	Typhoid fever  [7]
  Buried	28 Oct 1887
  	Probably buried at Calvary Cemetery, Grand Forks, North Dakota, where his son Francis Howard Lavallee was buried in 1918
  Person ID	I1642	Moran
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Francis Lavallee,   b. About 1820, Québec ,   bur. 8 Dec 1878, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne McMillan,   b. About 1828, Canada ,   d. Before 1868, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	About 1847
  Family ID	F771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ernestine Moran,   b. 28 Jan 1859, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 18 Jul 1943, Seattle, Washington  (Age 84 years)
  Married	About 1881
  	Married at Fisher, Polk Co.?
  Census	1891	Huntley township, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Francis Lavallee (age 4) and Joseph Lavalle (age 3), born United States, in the household of their grandparents Alexander Moran and Mary Leavy.
  Census	1891	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Tina Lavallee, age 30, widowed, living in household of brother-in-law Michael H. Fagan and sister Mary Eugenie (Moran) Fagan. Occupation: Milliner. Where is daughter Lila Lavallee?
  Census	1895	East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesota   [10]
  	Head of household is Tina Lavallee, age 32, born Canada, occupation Housekeeper. With daughter Lila, age 10, born Minnesota; Annie McCormick, age 2[8?], occupation Dressmaker; Patrick Byrne, age 28, born Canada, occupation Grocery Merchant. Presumably sons Joseph and Francis are still living with Moran grandparents in Canada?
  Census	1900	East Grand Forks, Minnesota   [11]
  	Head of household is Mrs Tine Lavall, with children Lila M, Francis H, and Joseph A. Living beside Timothy Sullivan and Hanora Enright, whose son Michael married Helen Elizabeth Moran.
  Census	1905	East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesta
  	Tena Lavalle, with children Frank, Joseph, and Lila, and a boarder named Randall Montgomery (age 30, born Nebraska). 339 Sibley Street.
  Notes	In the 1900 US federal census (East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota), Mrs. Tine M Lavall is listed as the mother of 4 children, with 3 children living
  Children	1. Lila Mary Lavallee,   b. 20 Aug 1882, Fisher, Polk Co., Minnesota ,   d. 16 Feb 1967, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah  (Age 84 years)   2. Unknown Lavallee,   b. About 1884, East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota ,   d. Before Sep 1887, East Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota  (Age ~ 3 years)   3. Francis Howard Lavallee,   b. 15 Nov 1886, East Grand Forks, Minnesota ,   d. 10 Dec 1918  (Age 32 years)   4. Joseph Alexander Lavallee,   b. 01 Apr 1888, East Grand Forks, Minnesota ,   d. 7 Mar 1963  (Age 74 years)
  Obituary		Death of Joseph Lavallee The Almonte Gazette, 11 November 1887 Copied from the East Grand Forks Courier, 28 October 1887
  		Mother day late to see dying son The Searchlight (Redding, CA), 29 December 1918
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Declaration of intention (1st papers) for Joseph Lavelle [Lavallee] Grand Forks, North Dakota, 16 May 1878

  
  

  Obituary » Slide Show		Jos. Lavallee quite ill from an attack of fever Grand Forks Daily Herald, 14 October 1887
  		Death notice for Joseph Lavallee The Almonte Gazette, 28 October 1887
  		Funeral of Joseph Lavallee Grand Forks Daily Herald, 28 October 1887
  		Death of Joseph Lavallee The Almonte Gazette, 11 November 1887 Copied from the East Grand Forks Courier, 28 October 1887

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Register of St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley. [S501] Declarations of intention, 1877-1956 (Grand Forks, North Dakota), North Dakota. District Court (Grand Forks County). Grand Forks, Vol. D-1, page 88. Image 79 of 916 [S205] 1880 US Federal Census. District 211, Hunstville, Polk, Minnesota. Dwelling 67, family 52, Image 7 of 13 [S211] US Federal Land Patents. Document Nr.: 1677 [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 2, 14 Oct 1887. "Jos. Lavallee has been quite ill, and is still under the weather, from an attack of fever." [S44] Grand Forks Daily Herald, p. 4, 28 Oct 1887. The funeral of Joe Lavallee took place today, from his residence, four miles east of East Grank Forks. The procession reached the building opposite the Griggs house at twelve o'clock, and the service was held there. The funeral was largely attended, the spacious hall being entirely filled, showing the great respect in which the deceased was held. [S486] Almonte Gazette, p. 1 , 28 Oct 1887. "Mr. Joseph Lavallee, of East Grand Forks, Minn., brother of Mr. J.M.E. Lavallee, of this town, and Mrs. W. McDiarmid of C. Place, died on Wednesday, of typhoid fever. He was 32 years old" [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, Lanark North, Huntley, Family Number 3. [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, Ottawa City, Wellington Ward, Family Number 221. [S164] 1895 Minnesota State Census. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, 1895, Polk, East Grant Forks Ward 4, Family Number 129. [S118] 1900 United States Federal Census. Minnesota, Polk, East Grand Forks, District 212, household no. 242.