Solomon Juneau
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Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793 - 1856)

Solomon Laurent Juneau
Born in Repentigny, Lanaudiere Region, Quebec, Canadamap
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Died at age 63 in Keshena, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
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Biography

Founder and first Mayor of Milwaukee.

A fur-trader by trade, Juneau moved to Wisconsin from L'Asumption, Quebec, Canada, in 1818. Juneau served as the Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1846 before being succeeded by Horatio Wells.

Solomon Juneau passed away in Keshena, Wisconsin[1] on 14 Nov 1865 while visiting the Menominee Tribe.

He was buried in Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in Milwaukee. There is also a cenotaph in his memory at Juneau Park in Milwaukee.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ At the time, there was no Menominee County in existence yet.
  2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8477642/solomon-laurent-juneau : accessed 31 March 2022), memorial page for Solomon Laurent Juneau (9 Aug 1793–14 Nov 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8477642, citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave.




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Schamp-217 Richard Schamp
Minor historical mention - Pioneer Recollections, Milwaukee 1837 by Lucius G Fisher - Space:Wisconsin_Magazine_of_History 1918-03 Volume 1 Issue 3 [p.270]
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Dansenburg-1 Susan (Dansenburg) Campbell
Solomon Juneau's obituary was posted in the Milwaukee "Daily Sentinel", Tuesday, November 18, 1856 and read as follows: "THE DEATH OF SOLOMON JUNEAU It is now thirty-eight years and sixty-five days since Mr. JUNEAU, accompanied by his father-in-law Mr. JAQUES VIEAU, landed at Milwaukee, then an Indian village, with no white settler in Wisconsin nearer than Green Bay and Prairie du Chien. Mr. JUNEAU had selected this spot as a convenient trading-post for the Indians, and here he built, in 1822, the first log-house, and, in 1824, the first frame building, erected in Milwaukee. The latter stood on the site now occupied by Ludington's Block and the Sentinel office. Here Mr. Juneau continued to reside, rearing up a family of fourteen children, thirteen of whom were born in this city.
posted by Susan (Dansenburg) Campbell

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