Marshall Vaillancourt ⁵

   Other names for Marshall were Marshall Smart, Marcel Vaillancourt and Martial Vaillancourt.

  Things to check:

His date of birth varies from record to record. Most seem to put it at 1839, but a few make it about 1834 to 1837.

Several census records indicate he was a veteran of the U.S. Civil War. ⁶

  Notes on his death:

He died in the ambulance en route to the city.

  In his life:

• He immigrated from Canada in 1861 to Minnesota. ²

• In 1870 he lived in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁸

• Marshall worked, in 1870, as a shoe puck maker in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁸

• He was counted in the 1870 U.S. census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁸ Page 9, ward 3. Enumerated as Marshal Smart in the Jas. Winslow household.

• In 1880 Marshall lived at 108 Robert Street in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁹

• He worked, in 1880, as a night watchman in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁹

• Marshall was counted in the 1880 U.S. census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁹ ED 4, SD 3, Page 10B. Enumerated as Marshall Smart.

• In 1885 he lived in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁰

• He was counted in the 1885 Minnesota census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁰ Schedule No. 5, Page No. 15. Enumerate as Smart.

• In 1895 Marshall lived at 165 E. Fairfield Ave. in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹¹

• He worked, in 1895, as a night watchman in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹¹

• Marshall was counted in the 1895 Minnesota census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹¹ Page 18, ward 6.

• In 1898 he lived at 111 Eva in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹² Listed as Marchell Vaillancourt.

• Marshall worked, in 1898, as a watchman in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹²

• In 1900 he lived at 146 Alabama in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ²

• Marshall worked, in 1900, as a watchman in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ²

• He was counted in the 1900 US census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ² ED 108, SD 4, Sheet 10A, ward 6.
Enumerated as Marcel.

• In 1904 Marshall lived at the rear of 104 East Fairfield Avenue in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁵

• He worked, in 1904, as a watchman for Finch, Young & McConville in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ⁵ Finch, Young & McConville -- "Whole Dry Goods, Carpets and Upholstery and Mnfrs of Ladies' and Gent's Furnishings 4th n w cor Sibley."

• In 1905 Marshall lived at 104 Fairfield in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹³

• He worked, in 1905, as a watchman in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹³

• Marshall was counted in the 1905 Minnesota census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹³ ED 24, Sheet No. 15, ward 6, sub-division B, precinct 26. Enumerated as Marsia Smart.

• In 1909 he lived at 219 14th in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁴

• Marshall worked, in 1909, as a watchman in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁴

• In 1910 he lived at 723 East 7th Street in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁵

• Marshall worked, in 1910, as a watchman at a dry goods house in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁵

• He was counted in the 1910 US census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁵ ED 40, Sheet 8B, ward 2.

Marshall married Marguerite Henritte Gifford in 1876.¹⁶ (Marguerite Henritte Gifford was born about 1839 in Maine ¹⁶ and died between 1885 and 1892.)

Marshall next married Harriet Ducharme, daughter of Louis Ducharme and Feliceite Desautel, on 29 February 1892 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.^{2 3 4} (Harriet Ducharme was born on 28 March 1867 in New York,^{2 17 18} died on 15 November 1956 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota ^{17 19} and was buried on 19 November 1956 in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota ¹⁹.) The cause of her death was cardio-vascular nephritis and arteriosclerotic disease.