Gideon VINCENT (1842-1930) Quebec, Canada and Oregon, Lucas, Ohio

Gideon is my great-great grandfather. Quick facts: born in Quebec, immigrated to Vermont, fought in the Civil War where he was injured, and wound up in Oregon, Lucas, Ohio. He was married twice and had 12 children.

 Gideon with his great-grandson Fred VINCENT (son of Fred VINCENT, son of Frances VINCENT, son of Gideon)

back: Fred Sr and Frances
front: Fred Jr and Gideon





















The basics:
Gideon VINCENT is the son of Francois Louis VINCENT (1804-1857) and Phylis Martine DELUBEC dit ST. JEAN (1813-?) (for a lesson in French Canadian last names, see the note at the end of the post).

b. 4 Aug 1842 Levis, Quebec, Canada
m. 1st 26 Nov 1866 to Delima Laura ETEAU (also spelt ETU, ETUE, HETU) (9 Jan 1847-27 May 1888) d/o Francois Xavier HETU and Justine Celina EMERY dit CODERRE (aka GODER variations)
m 2nd 29 Feb 1892 to Mary Louise LaPLANTE (12 Aug 1863-19 Jan 1951)
d. 13 Mar 1930 Oregon, Lucas, Ohio

Delima Laura ETEAU is the daughter of Francois Xavier HETU and Justine Celina EMERY CODERRE. (Justine's is another name with variations...her last name is sometimes recorded as Goder, Godet and variations of that)
Laura was born on 9 January 1847 in St. Ambroise de Kildare, Joliette, Quebec, Canada. 
She married Gideon VINCENT on 26 November 1866 in Lucas county, Ohio. 
She died 27 May 1888 in Momeneetown, Oregon, Lucas, Ohio.

I have a similar problem with Perle's mother, whom I call Delima Laura ETEAU, as in, what is really her name and how should it be spelled?

In Lucas County Ohio Marriages it lists Vincent, Gideon  to Delphine Etu. In a letter from Saint Ingatius' Parish it lists Gideon's first wife as "Mrs. Delimar Vincent, once Eteau." On a declaration for Widow's Pension for his Gideon's second wife (Mary Louise LaPlante), the first wife is named as "Delima Etue." In the 1870 census she is listed as Laura, and as Lorry in the 1880 census. So, I have dubbed her Delima Laura ETEAU. Some records have been indexed so that the "u" at the end is indexed as an "n" thus, indexed as Etean instead of Eteau.

Delima Laura and Gideon had  6 children (see Gideon's post to see his children with his second wife):

1-Frances VINCENT (Oct 1868-5 May 1949) m. about 1889 Francis HOFBAUER
2-Perle VINCENT (15 Jan 1871-28 Feb 1962) m. 1 Jun 1889 Frederick MOMINEE
3-Edward VINCENT (Apr 1876-1959) m. 28 Sep 1909 Anna E. COLLUM/COLLER
4-Napoleon VINCENT (Apr 1878-aft Mar 1930) m. about 1899 Sadie M.
5-Jennie VINCENT (Apr 1879-aft Mar 1930) m. 28 Nov 1899 to Louis MILLIER
6-Florence VINCENT (5 Jun 1883-aft Mar 1930) m. 17 Jun 1901 David Manville FAHNESTOCK

children with Laura:
1-Frances VINCENT (Oct 1868-5 May 1949) m. about 1889 Francis HOFBAUER
2-Perle VINCENT (15 Jan 1871-28 Feb 1962) m. 1 Jun 1889 Frederick MOMINEE (my ancestors-click on Frederick's name to see the post about him)
3-Edward VINCENT (Apr 1876-1959) m. about 1908 Anna E. COLLER
4-Napoleon VINCENT (Apr 1878-aft Mar 1930) m. about 1899 Sadie M.
5-Jennie VINCENT (Apr 1879-aft Mar 1930) m. about 1898 to Louis MILLIER
6-Florence VINCENT (5 Jun 1883-aft Mar 1930) m. Mr. FAHNSTOCK

children with Louise:
1-unknown- died before 1 June 1900
2-Hercule VINCENT (15 Aug 1896-9 Jul 1905) unmarried
3-Theodore J VINCENT (8 Sep 1897-Apr 1968) m. about 1927 Loraine M.
4-Cleopatra VINCENT (Feb 1899-1921) m. bef 1920 Clarence HALL
5-Martina VINCENT (about 1901-1976) m. about 1929 Nick NARON
6-Josephine Mary VINCENT (about 1902-1958) m. 9 Aug 1919 John Frank LEHMAN

As mentioned above, Gideon served in the Civil War. He was enrolled at Woodstock, Vermont on 4 Aug 1864 and was a private with Company E of the 1st Vermont Volunteer Calvary. He was honorably discharged on 21 Jun 1865 in Burlington, Vermont. According to his pension papers, he was 5' 5", had a dark complexion, black eyes, and black hair. He was supposedly injured during the war, though I can't find to what extent. He was still able to farm, though his injuries did interfere with his farming, if I remember correctly.


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Gideon was only in the Calvary from August 1864 to June of 1865, so some of this doesn't apply to his time of service, though he was at Appomattox, but here is the blurb on 1st Vermont Calvary from Wikipedia:

The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Cavalry (or 1st VVC) was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.

The regiment was mustered into Federal service on November 19, 1861, at Burlington, Vermont.

It was engaged in, or present at 76 engagements during the course of the war, from Mount Jackson on April 16, 1862, to Appomattox Court House, on April 9, 1865, including the 1862 and 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaigns, the Gettysburg Campaign, the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg, plus many skirmishes not connected to a particular campaign.

The regiment most notably participated in BG Elon Farnsworth's unsuccessful attack on the Confederate right flank on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Maj William Wells led a battalion in that attack, with Farnsworth by his side. Lieut: Col Addison W. Preston commanded the regiment. The regiment's monument stands on the Sluyder Field, near the site where BG Evander Law's brigade repelled the Union attack.

The regiment lost during service: 112 killed and mortally wounded, 159 died in Confederate prisons, 7 died from accidents and 114 died by disease; total loss 392.

The regiment mustered out of service on August 9, 1865.
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note: A brief explanation of French Canadian names taken from a rootsweb site follows. To see the whole article click on this link: American French Genealogical Society's French Canadian surnames then scroll down 1 page to the article. It's really quite interesting.

1-There are many variations in spellings of surnames because, most colonists were illiterate and "as the colonists migrated within Nouvelle France/New France & eventually beyond the areas of French-speaking Canada ( ex. to current-day USA, the Caribbean, the West Indies, etc.) recorders of 'vital statistics' who were not French speakers, usually spelled names phonetically, or changed  them because they didn't have a clue how to write them."

Which is why the original Montmesmil of my mother's family is now Mominee in my family, but also seen as Montminy, Montmeny, Momney, Mominy, etc. I think I counted 20 variations once.

2-An explanation of "dit" names: "The 'dit' names have an interesting origin. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'.  The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated ( ex: since the Colonists followed the customs of the French feudal system, land was divided amongst the first born sons [primogeniture] . Soon there was not enough land to divide any further.)"

So, in my family we have Beauregard dit Davignon not to be confused with the Beauregard dit Jarret (also written Davignon Beauregard and Jarret Beauregard...the "dit" wasn't always written and the order of the names were often switched.