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Greenbush Catholic Cemetery
Greenbush Twp, Mille Lacs Co, MN,
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Directions to the cemetery: From 169: go west on Hwy 95 for 4.6 m (From lights on 95 in Princeton, 5.8 mi); go south (left) on Apple Road (directly across from Cnty 6) for 1.1 m, to the "Y" in the road; take the right fork onto 20th St for .3miles. The cemetery is on the left, with a sign under a tree. Mapquest from Princeton
The Greenbush Catholic Cemetery was established as far back as 1872, on Joseph Jesmer's land.   The Catholic Church for the "French Settlement" (as the community was called by the residents of Princeton) - the St Francis du Chantel Catholic Church - was built in the 1880s.  Joseph Jesmer donated to the diocese the cemetery and the land for the new church.  All of the sacraments were performed here until 1898, when the St Edward Church in Princeton was built.  Some folks went into town, but many stayed at St Francis, until the parish was officially closed in the 1930s.  At that time all the parishioners became members of either St Edwards or the Duelm Catholic Church.  St Francis du Chanterl  was razed in 1948, yet the Greenbush Catholic Cemetery  remains.  (Note: St Edwards� �church cemetery� was a section of Oak Knoll, Princeton, MN). 
In my research I found that during the transition of the parishioners from St Francis to St Edwards the cemetery records were lost, and the only collected source was an incomplete list of headstones that had been published in "St Edwards Centennial Year 1898-1998".  Much of the information was gathered in my research on the Robideau & Jesmer families.  When I heard about the lost records I decided to try to fill in the gaps about the other people buried here.  Looking for references to this cemetery I went through a file of obituaries at the Mille Lacs County Historical Society and surveyed all of the county Death Certificates through the end of the 1940s.  When I have found evidence that people without headstones were buried in the cemetery I have included them in these pages, with notes as to the source.  
There are 4 sections to this documentation:
1. The list from the St Edwards which I have annotated heavily (2 pages);
2. A list of people for which I have found evidence of burial here in the cemetery (1 page);
3. A document created by Jeanine Reckinger (another Greenbush cemetery researcher) of burial records she has found in other local church records that refer to burial here in the cemetery, which I have annotated but not verified (1 page); and finally,
4. A list of people I believe are probably buried here and why, but for which I have no evidence of burial.

People Buried in the Greenbush Catholic Cemetery
1. *�E.P. Grow- (Peter Edwin LeGrow, back in Franklin Co, aka Edward Peter)-1844-1930 (26 Jan 1930**); Son of Jean Bte LeGros & Mary Pauline Lamping (1860 Bombay, Franklin Co, NY Census)
2. *Almira Grow -1 Jan 1848-29 May 1910 Wife of EP, dau of Abraham Raymond & Mary Stark (1860 Bombay, Franklin Co, NY Census)
3. Frank Grow -1891-1926 (Frank E. 31 Oct 1926**) Son of EP Grow and Almira Raymond
4. Edna M. Grow -8 Dec 1907- 27 Sep 1910   Dau of Charles A Grow & Flora M Sampson
5. Ella M. Grow -1888-1936 (27 Jul 1889-9 Mar 1936)  Ellen Marie Taylor, w of Thomas H Grow
6. Thomas Grow -1886-1940 (18 Sep 1940**) . Son of Edwin P Grow & Almira Ramond
7. Laurence Dery (?Daly)-Jan 1911 � Mar 1911 Son of Onesime & Agnes.  Death cert states first name as "Emery"
8. Charlie E. Dery-14 May 1912 � May 1920 , Son of Onesime & Agnes.
9. Martha J Robideau- 18 Nov 1878 � 30 Jul 1907.  Wife of FH Robideau, dau of Edwin Peter Grow & Almira Raymond; Martha J & Frank were married 8 Nov 1897, Greenbush
10. *�Joseph Robideau -22 Aug 1819 � 7 Nov 1891. Son of Louis Robideau & Felicite Vivais;  probably born 22 Aug 1821; (1860 Bombay, Franklin Co, NY census w/ wife Catherine Jesmer Robideau, m. 1 Nov 1847, [St Patricks, Hogansburg, Franklin Co, NY] church records.  Greenbush settler
11. *Margie Robideau- Margaret, dau of Joseph Robideau & Catherine Jesmer-31 Jul 1870 � 31 Mar 1881; �Lists her as Maggie, died 1 Mar 1880
12. *Willie Robideau- William, son of Joseph Robideau & Catherine Jesmer-7 Jun 1874 � 17 May 1881
13. *�Louis Robideau-Died 3 Sep 1886, Aged 92y  (born 1794; Greenbush settler) 1860 Bombay, Franklin Co, NY census & St Patricks� church records .  Son of Joseph Etienne Robidoux & Marguerite Gendron,
14. �Peter Robideau-13 Sep 1831 � 4 Apr 1905 Son of Louis Robideau & Felicite Vivais.  Born in Hogansburg Township, Franklin Co, NY, came to Greenbush 1868 (St Patricks� church notes his marriage to Julia Jesmer; Peter appeared on the 1850 Bombay census with his father, Louis); �states that he is buried in the St Francis Cemetery.
15. Vina Bater (sic)- Malvina Rebecca, Wife of Harry Bates, dau of Peter Robideau & Julia Jesmer -14 Feb 1869 � 21 Apr 1903 (Peter and his daughter Vina�s headstones were replaced with by a husband/wife headstone & her name was misspelled.  correct spelling is Malvina �Bates�)
16. *� Julia Robideau -1833 � 1926 (17 Mar 1926, Henn. Co**) Wife of Peter, dau of Joseph Jesmer and Julia Plamondon
17. *GREENWOOD- This is probably the family that changed their name from Boisvert to Greenwood, from Dayton, MN-There were at least 10 Greenwood family members that died in Mille Lacs Co**; In the St Edwards Hx book, this name is listed as Gree N. Wood)  
18. Louise Schmidt-1860 � 1928 (26 Sep 1928**) nee Krause (Fred & Louise were p/ Emma [Schmidt] Volker)
19. Fred Schmidt-1855 � 1933 Fredrick, died 6 Feb 1932**
20. Baby Joseph Volder (Volker?)-19 Mar 1922 grandson of Fred Schmidt & Louise Krause
21. Caroline Rocheford-1822 � 1897 nee Bertrand, wife of Louis
22. Louis Rocheford-1825 � 1901   (b 11 Sep 1825)
23. Leonard Grow-1943 . 2 Aug 1943-19 Dec 1943.  Leonard Hubert, son of Lawrence Henry Grow & Helen Elizabeth Moshier. 
24. Ralph Newman- Baby Son of J.H. Neumann  -8 Jul 1889 � 8 Mar 1890
25. Catherine Neumann- Wife of F. Neumann, dau of Joseph Robideau & Catherine Jesmer-Died 6 Apr 1891 26y,10m,6d.  The St Edwards Hx book states that she shares, a monument w/ her son Ralph Newman.  Not visible on the marker.  There is a stone for a Ralph Neumann, but the stone states that he is the son of J.H. Neumann.  Did Catherine have her own son, Ralph? 
MANY MORE PEOPLE, notes and sources, cont page 2
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