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Greenbush Catholic Cemetery
Greenbush Twp, Mille Lacs Co, MN,
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Edwin DeShaw's headstone is the earliest in the cemetery.   He was born in New York in 1868; he died in Greenbush Mar 9, 1872.  His parents were Alexander DeShaw & Eliza Ann Grow.  Eliza has a headstone, but Alexander (who died only 4 years earlier than Eliza) does not appear to have a headstone. 
The folks listed below do not have headstones.  Records of burials in Greenbush have been found elsewhere:
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Belair, Boy -�28 Jun 1928, age 3yrs; son of Alexander Belair (might be Freeman Blair?)
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Joseph Beer-�d 20 Mar 1911;   �d 20 Mar 1911; age 46yrs; 1910 census: unmarr.; he was born in Switzerland; Head w/ his brother  Florentine@32, his sister Mrs Nora Huonder (Wd) and her son Joseph@17 (Joseph later was in WW1); ?he was the caretaker at St Francis until he died, and his job in the winter was to get the woodstove fired up. DC: bur "Greenbush Cemetery".  Seems very odd that he wouldn't have a headstone here, as he was also the groundskeeper for the cemetery. 
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Laurel Robideau-�d 7 Mar 1911, age 2 � yrs, pneumonia; dau of Lewis Robideau & Mary Burke
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Oscar Robideau-�1894; son of J.J. Jesmer  ?) �buried in Catholic Cemetery in Greenbush�
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Harvey Robideau-� 1 Jul 1884 � 11 Feb 1920; �born Greenbush, MN, married Alma Olson 1906�; son of Lewis Robideau & Mary Jane Jesmer
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Julianna Jesmer-�26 May 1848 � 6 Oct 1911; wife of Adolphus Jesmer 6 Sep 1868,  daughter of Joseph Robideau & Catherine   Jesmer; died in Mpls
68. 
Rose Fredette (?mother of Napoleon Fredette) - d 4 Jun 1909 b 1823 CAN her death certificate reads "buried Greenbush Cemetery"; MNHS has her indexed as "Rose Fredetta"
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Babe Grow - b&d 18 Feb 1909, son of Adolphus E Grow & Edith Rossdeath cert reads "bur Greenbush Cemetery"
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Eliza DeShaw � 25 Apr 1830 � 3 Dec 1902 wife of  Alexander DeShaw; dau  of JBte LeGrow & Mary Pauline Lamping)
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Adaline Grow � 19 Jul 1843 � 3 Aug 1906 wife of Nelson A Grow, dau of Joseph Jasmin & Julia Plamondon
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Greenwood (boy) probably George on the 1900 MN, Henn, Dayton � 1898- 9 Oct 1902;  son of Henry Greenwood (FR/CAN) & Georgiana. 1910 they are living between Louis & Delima Rocheford, Jr. and John & Rosa Hively.  This support the Boisvert= Greenwood theory and bring my Mercier & Robideau lines full circle.  Henry is the son of Christine Baudreau (m Edward Boisvert)< Josephte Fortier (m Joseph Baudreau) < Marie Angelique Mercier (m Guillaume Mercier) < Pierre Simon Mercier (m Marie Marguerite Guillet)< Pierre Simon Mercier m Marie Rhene Pineau, my 6th GreatGrandfather. 
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Josie Haley � 1873 � 11 Aug 1892; d/ of the late Michael Haley (he died Jan 1892) & Margaret from Baldwin Twp, Sherburne;  consumption; On the 1880 she is listed as Joanna, 5yrs old, bMN
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Herman Peter Heinen � (16 Mar 1935 � 20 Mar 1935) convulsions. MNHS BIndex 1935-MN-029106. son of  Frank J Heinen & Evelyn Kline. MNHS list him as Heiness
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Delia DuPont � 1877-19 Nov 1902 "fnr'l Greenbush Catholic Church" dau of Joseph Jesmer & Mary Ann Robideau)
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Mrs Farber
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Rose S Jesmer 3 Aug 1839- 27 Jun 1911. dau of Louis Lafontisee & Rosalie Plamondon (m1-1863/ Joseph Malotte) (m2-1891/ Joseph Jesmer) DC: "bur Greenbush" ; 72y10m7d.She married Joseph when she was 52yrs & was 58.  No visible headstone.
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Mrs Lafontise � died Jun 1877, 75yrs (b<1802>)"bur GB burying ground"
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Mrs Victoria Lafontise (w/ Louis Lafontisee, b<1816>)  � died 12 Mar 1903 "past 80yrs" (b Mar 1816, CAN on 1900) "catholic cemetery in GB township". On the 1900 Mille Lacs, Foreston census she is Head, living near Moses LaFontisee and his wife Rose (d/Owen And Anna Bracken) but looks to be living with a John Ross, and his wife Effie.  John may be her grandson. Victoria's husband was Louis on the 1880, Sherburne, Blue Hill, with grandchild Clarence LOUIS (surname?). Louis was married to Rosalie Plamondon.  maybe Victoria is Louis' 2nd wife? They are living right next door to Moses LaFontisee & Rose Bracken. They are 2 doors down from Joseph Maggert & Margaret Blair.  Could Louis & Victoria be Moses' parents? She states on the 1900 that she has had only 1 child, and that child is living.  Supports the notion that she is a 2nd wife, as both Charles LOUIS & John ROSS appear to be Louis' grandsons.
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� Louis Raiche �d 17 Jul 1908, 29yrs, son of Peter Raiche, "GB Cath Cmtry"
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Michael Kenely � d 11 Apr 1892 elderly man; born <1805-1812> IRE; reside GB Twp, "buried cath ch, bur cath cmtry"; lived right next door to Robideaus, near cmtry
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Lucy Labbrisnier � d 21 Feb 1905 @33.wife of Jerome, dau of Peter Raiche & Philemone.   1880 she is with her family in "Brooklyn, Hennepin, MN" Brklyn Pk/Cntr?
LABISINIER [LaBISSONIERE], ISAAC - The son of Joseph LaBisinier below, he was born in 1823 in Pembina, ND. A plasterer in St. Paul in 1850. He married Therese Theroux (1825 Canada) on 1 Feb 1848 (by Fr. Ravoux) and had several children: Julie (1848 MN), Mary, Jerome, Gilbert, Isaac, Ellen, Amelia, and a daughter married to Anthony Verboncoeur. Anthony is Stepheny Verboncoeur's brother. 
83.
Eugene Rehaume � b 16 Jul 1874, Annandale, d 2 Jun 1918 "fun'l St Francis Ch, bur GB Cmtry (Cath)"
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Thelma Rehaume�  d 29 Dec 1913 @2y11m dau of Nels Rehaume.  "fun'l GB Cath Ch, bur Cath Cmtry GB" DC says b 17 Jan 1910 d 22 Dec 1913, b 24 Dec 1913 DC indexed as �Thlama�
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Ed Sexton � 1790 (1870mn bIRE) � 15 Mar 1880 father of Mrs Mary (Wm) Carmody  "bur Catholic burying ground-GB" ? Edward was born in Limerick, IRE. His wife Mary (Fitzgerald) died in IRE, soon after he moved to America in 1850, bringing his children.  Ed's d/ Mary (Sexton) Carmody was born in Co Kerry, IRE
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Alfred Wenberg � 1899 � Aug 1915; son of Frank Wenberg & Mary Grow.  Alfred's DC states d 4 Sep 1915; fnl GB Cath Ch
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Frank Wolf b 27 Feb 1907;� d June 1907, @4 months, dc:  son of Frank Wolf & Emma Williamson; 1920 bro of Gordon
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Thomas LaBelle b 1835, d 15 4 1915 @80 stepfather of Stephany (Verboncoeur) Fradette Buried in the �old Greenbush Cemetery, 8 mi w of Princeton.� Notation in the Burke Genealogy book, on loan from Orville Burke.
** = information from MN Historical Society�s Death Index Online http://people.mnhs.org/dci
DC= Death Certificate
�= Mille Lacs County Historical Society�s Birth/Marriage/Death Card File
?= St Edwards 100 yr anniv text       ? = Mille Lacs County Heritage
Many of these families migrated from the Hogansburg area, Franklin County, NY in the mid 1860s.  See these webpages to find many of these surnames (Robideau/Robidou, Jesmer, Grow, Belair, DeShaw, Malotte):
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyfrankl/ and  http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/franklin/
� = people verified from Franklin Co, NY via Franklin County church records, census records
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