Edouard Chevalier ²

   Cause of his death was heart disease.⁴

  General Notes:

Birth date given as 7/8/1820 on death certificate.

  Notes on his death:

"An Aged Citizen Is Found Dead

Edward Chivalier Expires at the Advanced Age of Eighty-Nine Years

Edward Chivalier was found dead in bed at an early hour last Monday morning by his daughter, Mrs. Julia White, with whom he had been staying since the previous Thursday. he attained the advanced age of over 89 years.

He was one of the pioneers of McLeod county, and for the past eight years had resided on Hennepin avenue south of Buffalo creek bridge. Having been unwell of late, his daughter prevailed upon him to come to her home where she could care for him. He suffered a spell of weakness Sunday and she sat up with him until midnight, when he was apparently much better and insisted that she leave him and take her night's rest. His life evidently ebbed quietly away as a natural consequence of old age.

The late Edward Chivalier was born at Assumption, province of Quebec, Canada, on July 8, 1822. In 1841 he married at St. Alfonse, Canada, Matilda Goulet, a sister of Celestian Goulet, of Bergen. She passed away about fifteen years ago. He came with his family to McLeod county in 1858 and settled in Bergen township, and after a residence of two years he removed to Sumter township, where he remained until the Indian outbreak being forced to flee with his family to St. Paul. After residing in that city for two years he went to Sibley county, where he lived for ten years and then returned to this county and settled on a farm in Glencoe town where he remained until he removed to this city.

He was the father of thirteen children, seven of whom survive him. They are Louis, of Henderson; Joseph, of Hancock; Mrs. Mary Willson and William, of Helen town; Mrs. Josephine Goulet, of Glencoe town, and Mrs. A. Goulet and Mrs. Julia White of this city.

The funeral services were held Wednesday morning at St. George's church, Rev. Father John Byrne officiating, and the remains were interred in the East Side cemetery. A large cortege of friends and relatives paid their respects to the departed life at the grave.

The deceased was a man who was highly respected by all. He was one of the sturdy pioneers who blazed the way for the future settlement and improvement of the lands in this county, and he and his family endured the many hardships akin to pioneer life."

...Glencoe Enterprise, 23 November 1911

  In his life:

• He immigrated from Canada in 1857. ⁵

• He was counted in the 1860 US census for Penn Township, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁶ Page 25

• In 1860 he lived in Penn Township, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁶

• Edouard worked, in 1860, as a day laborer in Penn Township, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁶

• He was counted in the 1870 US census for Jessenland Township, Sibley, Minnesota. ⁷ Page 7

• In 1870 he lived in Jessenland Township, Sibley, Minnesota. ⁷

• Edouard worked, in 1870, as a farmer in Jessenland Township, Sibley, Minnesota. ⁷

• He was counted in the 1880 US census for Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁸ SD 2, ED 82, Page 29

• In 1880 he lived in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁸

• Edouard worked, in 1880, as a farmer in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁸

• He was counted in the 1900 US census for Marysville Township, Wright, Minnesota. ⁵ SD 6, Ed 229, Sheet 7b

• In 1900 he lived in Marysville Township, Wright, Minnesota. ⁵

• In 1904 he lived in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ⁹

• In 1905 he lived in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ¹⁰

• Edouard worked, in 1905, as a landlord in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ¹⁰

• He was counted in the 1905 Minnesota census for Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ¹⁰ ED 14, Sheet 2.

• Edouard was counted in the 1910 US census for Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ¹¹ SD 3, ED 83, Sheet 10a

• In 1910 he lived in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota. ¹¹

Edouard married Mathilde Goulet, daughter of Louis Goulet, Sr. and Marie Robichaud, in 1841 in St. Alfonse, Quebec, Canada.¹ (Mathilde Goulet was born on 7 May 1824 in St. Jaques de L'achigan, Montcalm, Quebec ¹² and died on 6 March 1895 in Minnesota ¹².)