Fanny PERRY

Notes:

She may have been Frances. Also known as Rose.

Fanny married Charles MOUSSEAU on 3 Feb 1835 in Fort Snelling, Michigan Territory. Charles was born on 24 Oct 1806 in Montreal, Canada; died on 21 Feb 1882 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry MOUSSEAU was born on 10 Apr 1836 in Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota; died on 8 Oct 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
2. David MOUSSEAU was born on 5 Nov 1837 in Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota.
3. Anthony D MOUSSEAU was born on 15 Apr 1841 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; died before 1910 in Unknown.
4. Sophie MOUSSEAU was born on 15 May 1842 in St. Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 25 Feb 1851 in St. Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
5. Mary Anna MOUSSEAU was born on 8 Jun 1843 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
6. Mitchell MOUSSEAU was born on 3 Jun 1845 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 4 Oct 1904; was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
7. Ellen Abestina MOUSSEAU was born on 22 Feb 1851 in St. Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 19 Jul 1923 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
8. Bernard (Barney) MOUSSEAU was born on 15 Aug 1854 in Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota; died on 30 Oct 1924 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 31 Oct 1924 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
9. Paul MOUSSEAU was born on 21 Apr 1856 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 20 Feb 1922 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Feb 1922 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
10. Sophia MOUSSEAU was born on 9 Feb 1858 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 15 Aug 1909 in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
11. Mary Fanny MOUSSEAU was born on 7 Feb 1865 in Minnesota; died on 9 Feb 1930 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Notes:

His entry in Pig’s Eye’s Notepad:

PERRY, ABRAHAM - A refugee from the Selkirk Colony, he had been born in Switzerland about 1780, and had been a watchmaker. With his wife, three of his children, and a considerable number of his countrymen, he had emigrated to the Red River Colony in 1820. He arrived at Fort Snelling in 1827, settling north of the Fort at Camp Coldwater, opened a farm, and prospered. It was said that Perry owned more cattle than all the rest of the families combined, except for Joseph Renville.
The forced move to the Fountain Cave site was a cruel blow to Perry, who was no longer young. And within a few months of having reestablished a farm on his new claim, the survey of the military reservation had been completed, and to the dismay of the Fountain Cave settlers, Major Joseph Plympton had extended the territory of the Fort to a point nearly to the upper levee, what is now Seven Corners in St. Paul, and they were again rousted from their homes. This time, the Perry's moved to the site of Lambert's Landing, where Pierre Parrant, their former neighbor, was already established in business.
Almost completely broken by his ill-fortune and the loss of his herds, they moved in with their son-in-law, James Clewett. Soon Perry's health took a turn for the worse, and he died in 1849. His wife, Mary Ann, died in 1859 at the residence of another son-in-law, Charles Bazille. In all, they had seven children: Charles, Sophia, Fanny, Rose Ann, Adele, Josephine (1830 MN), and Annie Jane. Together, they provided over 75 grandchildren.

The 1881 Minnesota and Hennepin County history says:

Perry is described as a great owner of cattle and was called, in consequence, the “Abraham” of this region. The purpose of government militaru posts seems to have been interpreted in one way by these settlers [from Selkirk] and in quite another by the officers of the government. These settlers accused the officers of the fort if exercising arbitrary and tyrannical power and thus frustrating one purpose of the fort, viz., affording protection and encouragement to settlers. This view was sustained by subsequent settlers who, like these Swiss, wished to settler as squatters on the [Fort Snelling Military] reservation. The officers of the fort, however, had definite orders from the United States Marshal, to remove squatters from the Fort Snelling Reserve. In accordance with this order, instead of fostering this colony, they subjected them to persecution, even proceeding so far as to burn their buildings. At last, in 1836-1837, they were compelled to abandon lands where they had made their homes for about ten years. Mr. Perry moved to the present site of St. Paul, taking his cattle with him, and remained there until his death.

Abraham married Mary Ann BOURQUIN. Mary was born in 1786; died on 29 Nov 1859 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]